Chapter 37 critiques the common desire for a heavenly abode, describing it as merely a place for sensual enjoyment attained through difficult penance. The text questions the value of such a place if it lacks the remembrance and chanting of God's name. In contrast, it presents the true "divine heavenly state" as the realization of the Vairaj, or the Cosmic Self-form. As described in Chapter 37, this is not a physical place but a state of being, completely free from mental grief, disease, sorrow, hunger, thirst, and the fear of death. It is a state of fearless existence beyond the duality of 'do's and don'ts,' which is presented as a far more worthy goal.
Chapter 37 discusses heaven. How does it contrast the conventional view of heaven with the true 'divine heavenly state'?
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