When one knows what Atma is and what the Atma is not , one is said to have known the Atma . In the state of ignorance , one should not say , ‘ the Atma is pure perfect knowledge ( shuddha-buddha )’. At the most , one can say , from the perspective of the body , the Atma is impure but from the perspective of the Atma , it is pure .
Once tasted , the bliss of the Atma never goes away . It is the joy of the mind which is fleeting , so that once it comes , it will go away . As long as the chit ( inner functioning component comprised of knowledge and vision ) stays involved with the kashays ( inner weakness of anger , pride , deceit and greed ), it is not possible to experience the Atma . A state of eternal bliss is itself the experience of the Atma .
The Gnani gives you the awareness that worry and anger is something that happens in the non-Self , and not in the Self ; thereafter , the conviction that nothing can happen to the Atma sets in .
After attaining the Atma in the exact manner , only the discharge karmas remain . In that state there is only samvar purvak nirjara , meaning there is blockage of new binding karma ( samvar ) while the effects of past causes are unfolding . Thereafter , no further karmas are bound .
The karma exerts control , as long as it receives one ’ s support . Once the support is removed , the karma becomes neutral . The support is given during the unfolding of the karma , when because of ignorance one says , ‘ I did this ’ when in reality the doer is the unfolding effects of past causes !
Although the Gnani Purush does all the activity involved in sansar ( worldly life ), firmly embedded in his consciousness there is always the awareness , ‘ I do not do anything ’, and that is how he remains as the Atma . The agnani ( one without Selfawareness ), on the other hand , never steps out of the consciousness of ‘ I am the doer ’, not even momentarily !
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