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               66  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (29): 39-71, Winter 2022

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                  The spiritual master is like a     Conclusion
               doctor who teaches the person         We  reached  the  following
               certain prayer quotes. Therefore      conclusions regarding the main
               the master must be educated in        question  of  this  study,  which
               divine knowledge appropriately        surveys  the  criticisms  over

               to  guide  others  at  different      Chopra’s opinions on spiritual
               levels of perfection. (Sadr ul-Din    perfection  based  on  Mulla
               Shirazi, 2002: 221)                   Sadra’s points of view.
                  As  for  differences  in  their       In each component of spiritual
               points of view on obstacles to        perfection, including the meaning
               spiritual perfection, we can mention   of  perfection,  the  destination

               that  Mulla  Sadra  believes  in      and  the  purpose,  the  way  and
               human and jinn devils and faith       the means, and obstacles, there
               weakness, whereas Chopra does         are  several  similarities  and
               not so .                              differences  in  Mulla  Sadra’s
                                                     and Chopra’s points of view.
                                                        Chopra defines perfection so

                                                     superficially, and his definition
                                                     is  not  comparable  with  Mulla
                                                     Sadra’s  definition  of  spiritual

                                                     perfection, which leads to getting
                                                     closer to God, the most highly,
                                                     and merging into him .

                                                        About  the  last  destination
                                                     and the purpose of perfection,
                                                     Mulla  Sadra  considers  having
                                                     certainty  and  intuition  about
                                                     the  almighty  God  as  a  final
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