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and the imperfections necessarily clinging to a nature eternally 

 finite are not destroyed even in Mutti. 



(6) Another class of (^aiva sectaries taught that in emancipation the 



body itself is transformed, irradiated with (^ivan's light, and 

 rendered immortal. This system supjiosed that intimate union 

 with Civa transmuted rather than sanctified the Soul. 



(7) There is then the system of the Veddniis, who taught that the 



absolute union of the Soul with the Infinite Wisdom, its com- 

 mingling with the Divine Spirit, as the air in a jar becomes 

 one with the circumambient air when the jar is broken, was 

 MiUti. But here personality is lost. 



(8) The doctrine of Palkariyam (followers of Bhdskara) is, that in 



emancipation there is an absolute destruction of the human Soulj 

 which is entirely absorbed in the supreme essence. 



(9) There were some (^aivites who taught that in emancipation the 



Soul acquires mystic miraculous powers ; that, in fact, the 

 emancipated one is so made partaker of the divine nature and 

 attributes, that he is able to gain possession of and exercise 

 miraculous powers, which are called the eight ' Siddhis.' Per- 

 sons professing to wield such magical powers are not unfre- 

 quently found in India, and there is in them very often a 

 bewildering mixture of enthusiasm and fraud. 



(10) There were also some who taught that in emancipation the Soul 

 becomes, like a stone, insensible. This stationary, apathetic 

 existence, if existence it can be called, is the refuge of the Soul 

 from the sufferings and struggles of embodiment. 



In opposition to all these faulty theories, the true doctrine of emanci- 

 pation is thus defined : When the Soid, finally set free from the influence of 

 threefold defilement through the grace of Qiva, obtains divine ivisdom, and 

 so rises to live eternally in the conscious, fidl enjoyment of ^iva's presence, 

 in conclusive bliss, this is emancipation, according to the Siddhdnta 

 philosophy. 



NOTE IV. 

 The 'Guru.' (S. Tf^ — venerable.) 



The Guru plays a most important part in all Hindu religion. He is 

 the 'venerable' preceptor, master, and embodied god. In the (^aiva 



