Vicharmala Granth Satik Pustak 1 to 8

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

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VICHAR MALA.
can form the substrate, vehicle, or receptacle of any substance." Hence Iswar and phenomena are non-existent, and to believe otherwise is only a mental action.
Passions and desires are mental attributes;
Yourself is not the mind;
He is (without contention) pervading and pure, Like felicity; and 'That art Thou.'
As the belief of the reality of phenomena is a mental attribute, so are passions, and desires; and that mind is different from your Self; for he is free from determination and doubts [argumentative disputes], pervading and naturally blissful; and "That art Thou."
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The professor now returns to the pupil's query-If the world is unreal it should remain unmainfested.
The world in you; you, in it; remove. Leave all conceit of 'I' and mine.
And [with blissfulness of Self], Finish your sojourn.
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Believe the attribution of the world to Self is a farcid contrivance and as there can be no illusion without a real something remaining in the back ground to serve as a seat [on which it is to be projected, superimposed or added] so phenomena cannot claim to be such site; you are that seat and receptacle; and with this knowledge do away with the idea of "I am an agent" "My house" "My watch" "My borse;" and when couceit has been removed and the mind is tranquillized, a person realises that whatever he is engaged in, is due to the force of fructescent works which have commenced to bear fruit.
If it be said, manifestibility of the unreal world is detrimental to Self-knowledge, the professor therefore illustrates it by example, to show it can do no injury.