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manifest on earth; the Gunatit guru is Ak-
sharbrahman, the embodiment of Narayan
because he is eternally God-realized, and
the ideal for all spiritual aspirants to at-
tain the
and for him are the essence of
-
coming aksharrup
this shastra. In addition, it includes con-
templation of certain thoughts as part of
one’s internal sadhana, namely, thoughts
about Parabrahman’s attainment ,
Bhagwan’s doership , Bhag-
wan’s pleasure , , ephemeral
nature of the world, through asso-