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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