Purity from the Moral Standpoint or the Spiritual Standpoint

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In the bhagavad-gita Arjuna
poses, the question to Shri

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Krishna as to how to identify
the realized Soul asking, how

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does he act, how does he speak
Etc?

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Shri Krishna responds, that it
is not true outer action.

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That one can identify the
liberated individual, as this is

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something that can only be
understood from the inner state

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of consciousness of that.
Vidual.

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Some people follow the moral
precepts of their society or

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their religion in an exemplary
fashion yet inwardly, they may

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be in a state of turmoil Under
Pressure perhaps even lusting

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after things that they do not
show outwardly.

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They are considered moral and
leading lights of society yet

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from the spiritual standpoint,
they are struggling and unready

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for the deeper realization
Asians, there may be others who

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outwardly seem to be lacking in
the correct moral standpoint at

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least within the framework of
the social order with, in which

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they live.
But who are free inwardly and

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hold, a deep sense of spiritual
purpose, these individuals will

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still be working out the
challenges they face, but they

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do it with an orientation and
focus possibly absent from the

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individual who strictly observes
the outer forms, while not

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solving the inner obstacles that
arise.

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The mother observes quote.
For example, if you take your

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stand on a moral Viewpoint which
is itself altogether wrong from

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the spiritual point of view.
There are people who apparently

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lead in all together perfectly
moral life, who conform to all

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the social laws, all the
Customs, the moral conventions

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and where a mass of impurity
from the spiritual point of view

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these beings are profoundly
impure.

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Or on the other hand, there are
some poor people who do things,

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who are born.
For instance with a sense of

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freedom and do things, which are
not considered, very respectable

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from the social or moral point
of view.

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And who can be in a state of
inner aspiration and inner

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sincerity, which makes them
infinitely pure than others.

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This is one of the big
difficulties as soon as one

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speaks of these things there.
Arises the deformation produced

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in the Consciousness, by all the
social and moral conventions.

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The soon as you speak of Purity,
immoral Monument comes in front

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of you, which completely
falsifies your notion.

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And note that it is infinitely
easier to be moral from the

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social point of view than to be
moral from the spiritual point

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of view to be moral from the
social Viewpoint.

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One has only to pay good
attention to do nothing which is

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not approved of by others.
This may be somewhat difficult

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but still it is not impossible
and one may be, as I said a

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monument of insincerity and
impurities.

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While doing this, whereas to be
pure from the spiritual point of

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view means of vigilance a
Consciousness.

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The sincerity that stand all
tests and quote, reference SRI,

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aurobindo, and the mother
growing within the psychology of

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inner development, chapter for
growth of Consciousness, first

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steps and Foundation Pages 65 to
66,