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Statement of Six Fundamentals
ષસ્થાનક સંક્ષેપમાં, ષટદર્શન પણ તેહ; 21494I UzHidd, szli şiioli he.
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Shatsthänak Sankshepamän, Shat Darshan Pan Teh;
Samajävä Paramärthane, Kahyän Jnänie Eh.
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These are the six steps (Fundamentals) in brief; they also cover six schools of thought; the enlightened persons have described them in order to elucidate the ultimate truth. (44)
Explanation & Discussion: These six Fundamentals constitute the six steps on the path of liberation, which need to be treaded one by one. First of all one has to believe in the existence of soul. When no doubt remains about it, he needs to consider that the soul is eternal; it is indestructible and stays forever. After being convinced of it he would conceive of his continually acquiring Karma and realize how he has been undergoing birth after birth as a consequence. Thereby one would think of reaching the Karmaless state so as to be free from the cycle of birth and death. Then he needs to consider how to gain that Karmaless state and resort to the path thereof.
These six Fundamentals also constitute the six main ideologies or six schools of thought prevailing in the spiritual realm. They are collectively called Shaddarshan. Shad means six and Darshan means the ideological schools of thought. Those six schools are presented differently by different people. The Vedäntist consider only those schools which are based on the Veds. Sänkhya, Yog, Poorva Mimänsä, Uttar Mimänsä, Nyäy, and Vaisheshik are such six schools.
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