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Aptavani-1 39 look at your actions. Your actions are a result of your past life’s karma. But what is noted is your dhyan and what it is engaged in while you are doing a samayik or pratikraman (ritual of asking for forgiveness). One may be doing samayik but his dhyan is on the hourglass or he keeps getting irritated with his disciples and then he claims that he did samayik. An acharya maharaj was sitting before Lord Mahavir in samayik. The acharya was given spiritual knowledge (Gnan) but he did not have the knowledge of vyavasthit. Another enlightened being asked the Lord about the acharya’s future life. The Lord replied, “At this moment he would go to a celestial life form.” A little later someone again asked the Lord about the acharyas’ future life and the Lord replied, “He is destined for a life in hell.” Fifteen minutes later someone else asked the Lord the same question and the Lord replied that the acharya would attain liberation. ‘Lord how can this be when the acharya is so deep in meditation?’ they asked the Lord and the Lord said, ‘you cannot see what I can see and what you see, I regard irrelevant. Although the acharya is seated in m