6.13 Cause Of Bondage

See, all these bondages are imagined through ignorance. This is the philosophy of Vedanta. Bondage is created improper work (adharma), it can only be cut through proper work (dharma), this is the philosophy of dharma. Bondage is created by the forgetting of Ishvara, and is removed by remembering Ishvara, this is the devotion (bhakti) philosophy. Bondage is created by forgetting the self, and will be removed by remembering it, this is the Shaiva philosophy. Vedanta says that bondage is only the ignorance of the self. There is no other cause of bondage besides misunderstanding. Until you accept this point, the knowledge of Vedanta will not be available to you.