Forty Verses, V. 3

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Of what avail to debate whether the world

is real and unreal, sentient or insentient,

pleasant or unpleasant?

Extinguishing the ego, transcending the world,

realising the Self - that is the state which is

dear to all, and free from the sense of unity

and duality.

 

The same line of thought continues.

Destruction of the ego is a sine qua non for

the realisation of the Self within the heart.

It brings to an end all speculation about reality

and unreality, God and world, whose true nature

will be revealed in actual experience.

This is the most blissful attainable state and

beyond the plurality of the illusory world.

 

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S.S. Cohen

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Of what use are disputes such as

the 'world is real', 'no, it is a mirage',

'it is conscious energy', 'no, it is matter',

'it is happiness', 'no, it is sorrow'?

Abidance in the exalted state where neither

the ego nor the world exists, is acceptable

to all.

 

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A.R. Natarajan

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