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Pupil's Enlightenment
was ready, the teaching of Guru became instrumental in bringing it out. The pupil is, however, aware that but for the guidance from Guru, he could not have manifested it. As such, he wants to acknowledge allegiance to the Guru for attaining the enlightenment.
He starts with first Fundamental relating to the existence of soul. But humble as he is, he does not state that he is enlightened. He uses the term Bhän, meaning the sense of Self. Until now he was groping in the dark and was moving around without knowing the right path. He was trying to comprehend the Self by external modes. It was his ignorance. That ignorance has been removed by the instructions of Guru and he has now been able to realize that soul abides within the body. It has come to his experiential level that the relation of soul to the body is comparable to that of a sword to its sheath or that of a coconut kernel to its outside shell. Since he had never gained that sense earlier, he calls it unprecedented.
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Bhäsyun Nif Swaroop Te, Shuddha Chetana Roop
Ajar, Amar, Avinashi Ne, Dehatit Swaroop.
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I now visualize my nature as pure consciousness, which is ageless, immortal, imperishable and transcendental. (120)
Explanation & Discussion: The pupil now turns to second Fundamental relating to everlastingness of soul. For that purpose he presents four attributes of pure soul as being ageless, immortal, indestructible, and transcendental. As stated earlier, soul
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