Spiritual Enlightenment

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

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English Translation
I am a eunuch'; all these and other like thoughts belong to a Mithya Drishti (false believer).
82. 'I am young', 'I am old', 'I am beautiful', 'I am brave'; 'I am a Pandit' (a learned man); 'I am Uttama' (high); 'I am Digambara' (naked saint); ‘I am Bodh Guru' (Buddhist saint); or 'I am a Svetambara Sadhu (Jain saint having white clothes),those who possess such like thoughts should be considered as Mithya Drishtis.
83. Mother, father, husband, wife, son, friend, wealth, etc., are all Maya-Jala(net of illusion, not permanent, but perishable objects); the Mithya Drishti, however, knows them as his own.
84. All sensual pleasures lead to pain and misery, but the Mithya Drishti takes a great delight in their enjoyment, regarding them to be the causes of happiness. What other improper act, then, will he not perform?
85. Having got the Kala Labdhi(opportune time) the more one's Moha (ignorance or illusion) is destroyed, the more he gets Shuddha-Atma Rupa Samyak Darshan (right belief in the pure nature of Atman) and begins to reflect upon the self from the Nishchaya point of view.
86. Atman (soul) is neither white, not black; neither Sukshma (fine), nor Sthool (gross); He is the Jnana Swarup (embodiment of knowledge, or pure consciousness, by nature); only a Jnani (wise man) knows thus. .
87. Atman is neither a Brahman, nor a Vaish; neither a Kshatriya nor a Shudra; neither male, female, nor eunuch; He is the Jnana Swarup (embodiment of knowledge, or pure consciousness, by nature) and by His Jnana knows all.
88. Atman is neither a Yati (saint), nor a Guru (teacher); he is neither a Sanyasi, nor an Udasi, nor a Dandi, etc.; he is the Jnana Swarup (embodiment of knowledge); it is only a Jnani (a sage) who knows the Atman.
89. Atman is neither a teacher, nor a disciple; he is neither a king, nor a beggar; neither brave nor a coward; neither high nor low; he is the Jnana Swarup (embodiment of Knowledge);