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The Self Realization
वळी जो आत्मा होय तो, जणाय ते नहि केम ? | जणाय जो ते होय तो, घट पट आदि जेम || ४७॥ Vali jo atma hoya to, janaya te nahi kema? Janaya jo te hoya to, ghata pata adi jema. 47 If there's the soul, why it's not known? As pots and clothes, it should be seen; If there is soul's existence own, Arguments mine are true, I mean. 47
If the Self or Soul exists as a substance then it should be seen or felt by the senses as living bodies, pots and clothes are seen by our senses. Living bodies, pots and clothes exist, for they are seen. The Self is different from the living body, its senses and breath and yet it is not seen or known as an independent substance Hence, it does not exist.
माटे छे नहि आतमा, मिथ्या मोक्ष उपाय 1 ए अंतर शंकातणी, समजावो सदुपाय 118211 Mate chhe nahi atama, mithya moksha upaya, E antara shankatano, samajavo sadupaya. 48 Thus there's no soul, futile all meansFor freedom of the soul-of saints, Destroy my doubts by any means, To make my heart free from all taints. 48
Therefore there is no Soul. Hence it is futile to think of its liberation. If religion is a method of Soul's liberation it is not required at all since the Soul does not exist. Please explain the nature of Soul's existence if at all there is any.
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