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of his past merit karma. He accumulates more merit karma and
reaps the fruit of liberation.
All activities of rituals and austerities carried out with
obstinacy, inflexibility and staunchness bind papanubandhi punya,
whereas austerities and rituals performed with the proper
understanding of what is beneficial for one’s Soul and liberation
binds punyanubandhi punya. With such karma, the person will
one day meet a Gnani Purush and eventually achieve liberation.
Wealth does not come to you without merit karma.
Who in this world is considered one with the most merit
karma? It is the one who in a passing thought will desire
something and having decided on it will have his wishes fulfilled
for years to come without any efforts on his part.
Second come the ones who desire something and having
decided on it over and over again, will acquire it easily at the
end of the day.
Third come the ones who desire something, will make an
effort to acquire it and their wish will be fulfilled.
Fourth come those who work very hard towards fulfilling
their desire and eventually get what they want.
Fifth and final come those who desire something, work
very hard for it and still do not get what they want. These
laborers work very hard, in addition to their hard work they
face abuse at the hands of others and still they do not get any
money. And when they do get any money, there is no certainty
that they will have anything to eat at home. They work the
hardest and yet they are not rewarded for their labor.
Many people believe that demerit karma created
unknowingly or in ignorance bear no consequences. Why would
there be no consequences? Is there not a consequence to putting