Spiritual Enlightenment

Author(s): Yogindu Deva, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Radiant Publishers

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Spiritual Enlightenment
shouldst realize thy own pure soul, by which thou mayest cross the ocean of Samsara (the world).
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73. Raga (attraction or love), Dvesha (repulsion or hatred), etc. which are Ashuddha Chetna (impure forms of consciousness) produced by Karmas, and the body, etc., which are Achetana (inanimate) objects, all these are distinct and separate from the Atman. Know this as certain.
74. Jnana-Maee (embodiment of knowledge) is the Atman; give up all the Bhavas (thoughts and conditions) which are Bhinna (distinct and separate) from that Atman and realize and meditate upon thy pure self.
75. This Atman who is from the Nishchaya point of view free from the eight kinds of Karmas and the eighteen Doshas (blemishes or imperfections) consists essentially in right belief, right knowledge and right conduct. You should know your own Atman to be so.
76. He who believes the Atman to be the Atman (as described above) is a Samyak Drishti (believer in truth), and it is the Samyak Drishti who becomes free from the bondage of Karmas.
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77. He who works with attachment for the Paryayas (forms or conditions) is a Mithya Drishti; such a one enters into the bondage of Karmas and roams about in the Samsara (the world).
78. Karmas are very powerful and tenacious; they are hard like a stone; they obstruct the knowing capacity of the self and lead him into wrong paths.
79. The Jiva who gives himself up to Mithyatva (falsehood) knows the Tattvas in the wrong way and believes the Bhavas (thoughts, forms or conditions) created by Karmas as his own.
80. Those who describe themselves by saying 'I am white,' 'I am black,' or' I am of various other colours,' 'I am fat,' or 'I am lean,' and the like, are the Mithya Drishti (false believers).
81. 'I am a Brahman,' 'I am a Vaishya,' 'I am a Kshatriya'; or 'I am a Shudra,' etc.; also 'I am a man', 'I am a woman'; or