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and activities and does not divert his attention to anything else is a person of undistracted vision. One who concentrates on karma, that is, remains entangled in karma is bound by karma. One who perceives his pure self as essentially free from all dirt of karma is liberated from karma. The person who rivets his attention on pure consciousness does necessarily revel in it and not in anything else that causes karmic bondage, nor in sensual objects and passions. In this way, one who has undistracted vision enjoys undistracted bliss. Conversely it can be said that he alone who practises nothing but pure discipline perceives nothing other than his self.32 The meaning of the expression perceiver of the pure soul' is clarified by the expression 'perceiver of the soul freed from karma' in the following sútras:
By cutting down attachment and aversion by means of self-restraint and penance, the monk perceives his pure self free of karma (3.35). Extirpating all outward tendencies of the senses, experience your soul as freed from karma in this mortal world (4.50).
2.174 jahā punnassa katthai, tahā tucchassa katthai, jahā tucchassa katthai, tahă puņņassa katthai. Whatever is preached to the fortunate is preached to the unfortunate; whatever is preached to the unfortunate is preached to the fortunate.
Bhagyam Sutra 174 In the absence of self-realization, equality cannot materialise in practical life,. The person who has realized the self does not strive for anything else. He exerts only for the realization of the self. And therefore, he explains the principle of non-possession in the same manner to the person of a low status as to that of a high status. Conversely he explains it in the same manner to the high as he does to the low. Religion should be preached only for the purpose of shaking off the karma. 53 'The person who contemplates on the self preaches the religion for the same purpose. And, therefore, for him, the discrimination between the high who possesses fortune and the low who suffers from poverty becomes senseless. 94 The principle of non-possession is equally beneficial to the rich and the poor. Although there is fortune with one, and absence of fortune with the other, clinging is active in both. And, therefore, the instruction of the principle of non-possession is to be imparted with the same seriousness to
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