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also grows, flourishes and dies at the end. It leaves behind theseed which produces a new plant. Man leaves when dying hisKarma behind, the good and bad actions of his life. Thephysical body may die and disintegrate but the impressions ofhis actions do not die. He has to take birth again to enjoy thefruits of these actions. No life can be the first for it is the fruitof previous actions, nor the last, for its actions must beexpiated in the next following life. Therefore, Samsara orphenomenal existence is without beginning and end. But thereis no Samsara for a Jivanmukta or liberated sage who isresting in his own Sat-Chit-Ananda Svarupa. Man destroys theSamskaras which bring him again and again in this earth toreap the fruits of his actions by acquiring knowledge of theSelf and becomes free.Have a deep study of the Upanishads. In the whole worldthere is no study so inspiring and so beneficial as that of theUpanishads. Every Mantra is pregnant with deep, original,sublime and soul-stirring thoughts. They are the products ofthe highest wisdom of the ancient Rishis of India. They bringsolace, inner strength, peace and courage to the readers. Theyinfuse hope to the hopeless, strength to the weak, joy to thejoyless and serenity to the restless. The system of Vedantatakes its origin from the Upanishads which contain the ancientwisdom of the sages of yore. A deep study of these wonderfulUpanishads will clearly indicate as to what magnanimousheights those Rishis of yore had climbed in the spiritualladder. The Western scholars and philosophers pay theirhomage to the Rishis and appreciate the grandeur andoriginality of the Upanishads.Do not argue. Give up lingual warfare, intellectualgymnastics and quibbling. You will be nowhere if you enterinto disputations and discussions. Have living taith orunshakable conviction in the existence of the immortal,All-pervading Brahman or the Eternal, the words of yourTURIYA OR THE FOURTH STATE 145