STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTON Ch4V14,15

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STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTON

 

CHAPTER 4

ATTAINMENT

Arudha

 

V14.

 

Q. Is there any authority for saying that there is neither

bondage nor Liberation?

 

M. This is decided on the strength of experience and not

merely on the strength of the scriptures.

 

V15.

 

Q. If it is experienced how is it experienced?

 

M. `Bondage' and `Liberation' are mere linguistic

terms.

They have no reality of their own. Therefore they cannot

function of their own accord. It is necessary to accept the

existence of some basic thing of which they are the

modifications. If one enquires, `for whom is there bondage

and Liberation?' it will be seen, `they are for me'.

If one

enquires, `who am I?', one will see that there is no

such

thing as the `I'. It will then be as clear as an amalaka

fruit in one's hand that what remains is one's real

being.

As this truth will be naturally and clearly experienced by

those who leave aside mere verbal discussions and enquire

into themselves inwardly, at least for a moment,

there is no doubt that all realized persons uniformly see

neither bondage nor Liberation so far as the true Self is

concerned.

 

 

 

 

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