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There is only one path of supreme bliss for all the time; the practice that leads to that bliss is worth adopting. (36)
Explanation & Discussion: The supreme bliss lies in the state of liberation; as such, the truth seeker needs to resort to the path of liberation. That path remains the same all throughout. In this connection Shrimad has said (Vachanamrut # 54), “There are no different paths for liberation. All those, who have attained the supreme bliss of liberation in the past, had done it by pursuing one single path.... There is no difference of opinion about the path. That path is easy; it is the path of bliss, it is steady and prevails forever. No one has gained liberation without making out the secret of that path.”
Though the path of liberation is thus the same for all the time and at all places, it happens to be laid in differing terms. For instance, Tattvärtha Sutra (I-1) states: “Samyagdarshanjnänchäriträni Mokshamärgah”. It means that the path of liberation consists of right perception, right knowledge and right conduct. Another scripture states: “Jnänkriyäbhyam Mokshah”. It means that the liberation can be attained by knowledge and practice. The two sutras thus seem to be different, but there is actually no difference. The difference between the two appears because the second sutra takes perception as implicit in knowledge. The difference is thus only apparent. It is the scriptural style to put the same thing in different words for the sake of emphasis.
The absolute and practical viewpoints were explained earlier. They are not at variance with each other. This stanza gives equal importance to both of them. The first line relates to the absolute viewpoint, which focuses on
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