Spiritual Practice

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The soul is immortal. The body is born and dies. The word «spirit» has different meanings. In order to understand the different meanings of various religious words, it is necessary to use a constructive image. To do this, take the scheme as a tool. A diagram is just a tool, scissors. We need scissors to cut off some meanings found in spiritual literature from others. Words in spiritual sources often mean many things. Often in different spiritual sources there are the same words, but the meanings behind them are different. Or, on the contrary, the words we meet seem to be different, but the meanings behind them are the same. So, on these diagrams we will lay out different meanings as on a shelf. Different meanings – on different shelves. And different words denoting the same meanings – on one shelf.

Within the framework of this book, the concept of «Universe» covers and structurally describes both the material and mental components of «absolutely everything». In the three-dimensional diagrams of the universe structure used in this part, the vertical axis can be interpreted as the «Axis of Merit», and the axis going deeper, towards nirvana, can be interpreted as the «Axis of Tranquility».

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