liberated Souls reside ), would be renouncing and acquiring ! How then , can that be called moksha ? In fact , it is the non-self complex ( prakruti ) that does the renouncing and acquiring but one merely exercises the ego in the process , ‘ I renounced , I acquired .’ The Lord has not given instructions to renounce any thing ; He has instructed us to renounce the infatuation ( murchha ) and the illusion ( moha ) for it .
‘ To become the non-Self is raag , and to be the Self is renunciation .’
- Dadashri
� Only the Vitarag can give the subtlest interpretation of ahimsa ( non-violence ). The one who has a constant inner intent of not hurting any living being in the slightest and this is also evident in his conduct , is a Vitarag . No living being can kill another living being , and for that matter no living being can save another from dying . If ‘ Chandulal ’ had made the intention ( bhaav ) to kill and when the timing for another being to die arrives , the death of that being will occur at the hands of Chandubhai . No living being can ever die before it ’ s time of death . The intention one makes to kill , is bhaav-maran , and its effect will come in the next life as one becoming a killer . The Lord did not say , “ Don ’ t do overt himsa .” He said one should not do bhaav himsa i . e . make intentions to hurt or kill . This automatically includes all types of non-violence . It is not important to harbor mercy for avoidance of killing . It is very important not to harbor any intent to kill .
� There are two types of yogas ( yoga means to join or union ). One is Gnan yoga , that is the yoga of the Self and the other is agnan ( ignorance ) yoga and that is the yoga of the nonself . Non-self yoga includes yoga of the mind , body and speech . What does one unite with ? Is it that which one has knowledge of , or that which one is ignorant about ? Until the Self is known , how can the yoga of the Self be possible ? That yoga can only be called yoga of the body because only the body is known .
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