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received ‘cash’ in any of your past lives.
The Kramic And The Akram Path To Liberation
There are two paths of liberation : One is the common
and the main path, called the Kramik path, which is a step-by-
step path where there is a gradual spiritual evolution. In this
path, if you are fortunate enough and find the company of spiritual
people, you may climb up to five hundred steps. On the other
hand if you land amidst the company of non-spiritual people,
you may go down five thousand steps. It is a very arduous and
a grueling path. You have to do a lot of incantation of God’s
name, penance and renunciation in order to progress and even
then there is no telling when you will achieve liberation.
The other path is the Akram path, where you are not
required to climb any steps. It is a ‘lift’ (an elevator) path where
you can continue with all your daily mundane activities, fulfill all
your worldly responsibilities towards your wife and children,
and still achieve liberation! Nothing will hinder your progress
towards liberation. This is an exceptional path and one, which
comes around once every million years.
King Bharat was the only one who was given such Gnan.
Of his hundred sons, Lord Rushabhadev bestowed this Gnan
upon only King Bharat. Ninety-eight of his sons were initiated
into monk hood leaving behind their kingdom to Bahubaliji and
Bharat. Shortly afterwards Bahubaliji also renounced everything
and left the kingdom. Consequently the responsibility of the
whole empire fell on King Bharat. King Bharat had thirteen
hundred queens. Don’t men get tired of even one wife today?
King Bharat had grown tired of the varying temperaments of his
queens, fighting wars and the worries of ruling an empire. So he
asked Lord Rushabhadev if he could relinquish the kingdom to
someone else and be initiated into monk hood. He too wanted
liberation. Lord Rushabdev told King Bharat that he was the