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[ 65 ] 146. The Soul is Pare, and freed from all thought'activities good or evil, is the Supreme Status.
147. Karmic inflow whether, productive of merit of demerit, must cease. It is only by so doing that Purity of Soul can be,
148. The Pure Soul is neither bound by, nor attached to Karmas in any form,
149. The Soul in its purity is beyond all points of viegIt is.
150. The different viewpoints are merely aspects reserable to the Soul,, which is always' detached, in reality from them.
151. The Pure Soul-the Essential Soul-is beyond all form, all speech, and all thought, Supreme in Itself.
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COMMENTARY 152. It is pointed out here that both good and bad Karmas lead the Soul into bondage. Both; therefore must be removed.
153. Gold and Iron feiters may bind a person. In like manner Good and evil Karmas bind the Soul,
154. Association wļth either Good or Evil Karmas can only hinder the Liberation of the Soul.
155-156. As a true Jaihả can have nothing in common with a person who is evil, and gives ap the association, in like manner the Jaina from the real point of view refrains from Karmas, and advises other to do so.
157. The unenlightened soul is bound. The detached Soul is unbound,
158. The Librated Soul is the all knowing. Absorbed in
