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संबोहणा
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The wise define Adhyātma as everything that is done clearly keeping in view the unsullied nature of soul. It is the very chara. cteristic of the enlightened state.
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Here I am eager to say something auspicions. Listen, 'o dear friends! with an attentive heart, if you desire to reach the highest summit of Adhyātma..
... 19 The excellent human birth, the best of all lives, is the result of the great power of meritorius deeds. The wise turn their lives tu advantage by the purification of their own conduct with the help of good knowledge.
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The phenomenal soul being overpowered by ignorance, took innumerable births; infatuation
leads to the attainment of bodies from which · proceed miseries.
