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end. So wise up and remain in your Self.
Do you understand mahavrat? Vartey tey mahavrat! It is that which is part of one’ s being and a natural state! That means he does not even have to think about it; a renunciation state exists naturally and spontaneously. If renunciation of smoking cigarettes was truly for you, you would not even think about them, whereas the one who has to renounce smoking, will keep remembering,‘ I have renounced smoking. I have renounced smoking.’ Therefore renunciation which is natural is completely different; there, there is no ego of renouncing. However, many express ego about their renunciation. You fools! Now that renunciation has become natural and spontaneous, wise up! Why must you go around bragging about it? Why are you being arrogant about it? Renunciation that is spontaneous is a good thing. The more one gets rid of his worldly possessions, the lesser the baggage and hassle on the path of moksha. And what is our path of liberation like? Because this path is the Akram path, we leave alone the old karmic baggage( from past life). We do not touch them; we simply do not create any new ones. You do not have to get rid of the old stock; it will fall away on its own when it is time for it to leave.
One maharaj( Jain priest) made his own discovery: He said,“ Akram is really akarmi( this word has two very different meanings 1. Useless( general term) 2. One that does not bind karma( spiritual form)), is it not?” Yes his discovery is good; the scientists too make discoveries, do they not? To make such a discovery is a task fit for a scientist, is it not? Besides, akarmi means one who does not bind karma; that is what he called‘ us’. He is saying a positive thing about‘ us’, is he not? He is not insulting‘ us’, is he?
To claim,‘ I am panch-mahavrat-dhari( the one who upholds the five mahavrats)’ is a false support; it is an egobased wrong belief. One has never inquired whether these five