Self Realization

                                                Srimad Bhagavatam

The deeds of an entity are recorded in his/her subtle body. After his/her death, which only destroys the gross body, the entity takes his/her next birth as per the deeds recorded in his/her subtle body.

The doer of deeds is the ego. Ego arises when the self begins to identify with the subtle and causal body, which in turn consist of senses, mind and intellect.

Subtle body or mind identified with the self is called Jiva or individual spirit.

As long as this unreal identification exists, man is bound by his deeds and is subjected to the cycle of births and deaths.

This bondage is caused by ignorance.

It is true knowledge that is liberating. And this knowledge is attained by worshipping god and seeing him everywhere.

Living in solitude and meditating on god leads the entity towards self realization and liberation.

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