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so does ‘my-ness’ (sankalp). Whatever goes on in the mind, the
world calls it sankalp-vikalp, whereas vitarags call it adhyavasan
(vacillating thoughts of the mind).
Everything is different in the language of the vitarags and
it is of great benefit when one understands it. Is there only one
kind of a diamond merchant? A diamond merchant from
Bombay will buy a diamond for one lakh Rupees and a diamond
merchant in Madras will pay one and a quarter lakh Rupees,
because he sees more value in it. A diamond dealer in Paris will
pay the Madras dealer two and a half lakhs because he sees
more value in it. A true merchant will buy the expensive goods;
he would be willing to pay the higher price for the real goods.
A fool would not pay because he does not recognize its true
value; he will try to negotiate a lesser price; ‘sell it to me for five
hundred Rupees otherwise I am not interested!’ A true merchant
would pay its worth.
A true seeker knows the priceless nature of the language
of the vitarag Lords.
Destroying your mistakes is the vitarag path
The path of vitarag means to destroy mistakes; to destroy
mistakes from all different aspects and to move away from the
worldly language and understanding, to the language and
understanding of the vitarag. The path of vitarag is very simple.
No effort is required if one meets a Gnani Purush to attain
moksha. Otherwise, no one has been able to attain moksha and
never will, through his own efforts. If it were possible to attain
moksha through hard work, then people work very hard in their
rituals, laborers work hard in carrying heavy bricks etc., in both
the situations hard work is involved and they would have
attained moksha. It is not so, no one has ever achieved moksha
through hard work; moksha is achieved through vitaragata (the
state of total detachment and absence of raag-dwesh). Regardless
of the circumstances you find yourself in, if you maintain