Vicharmala Granth Satik Pustak 1 to 8

Author(s): Anathdas Sadhu, Govinddas Sadhu
Publisher: Heeralal Dhole

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VICHAR MALA.
"Thou?'. If they are one, why are they not equally visible? Whether or not, Self is distinct from the physical body and the rest? If distinct, whether he is atomic in size, medium sized or manifold? And if so, whether an agent or not. If the latter, whether he is one or many? In this way, the signification of 'Thou' includes a wide range of doubts. Similarly the signification of 'That' is apt to be misapprehended and to create doubts: as for example, Iswara residing in Vaikunta may either be taken for a finite being with hands, feet and other features (personal), or the infinite, impersonal, all-pervading? Whether the atoms are dependent on him or independent in ushering the objective world into existence And if they are independent, whether they are the material or instrumental cause or both? If it be alleged, they are the non-distinct materio-instrumental cause, then as Karma is the independent cause, waiting for no onc, to subject living creatures to reap what they had Sown in a previous life, there will necessarily be created an antagonism between these several causes and works. Thus then, to clear this we are to fall back upon the other contingency, admit works to be the dependent cause. Such is a category of some of the doubts which may be attributed to the visible perception of the signification of "That.' And they are called doubts regarding the subject [non-duality] to be proved, which are removed by 'consideration,'
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To sum up then
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Who daily has recourse to discrimination, Makes his mind fixed, and his knowledge Rising, weakens doubts, removes them And confirms what is real, and what unreal.
By constant thinking and weighing the arguments used for establishing Bruhmaic-knowledge, a person's perception is