Indian Philosophy v2.c26.s8.26
Indian Philosophy v2.c26.s8.26
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v2.c26.s8.26
The supreme good for man consists in the breaking down of the fetters that shut him out from the reality which he is. Freedom consists in the realisation of the Ātman in the individual soul.¹ The freed soul "is never born, being beyond the range of causality."² When one realises the truth, he will live in the world with a sublime unconcern comparable to the perfect indifference of inanimate nature (jaḍavat).³ He is not bound by the conventional rules and regulations.⁴