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remained to the point of their own final liberation (nirvana) but
the reign of Lord Mahavir will last twenty one thousand years
after his nirvana, which occurred 2500 years ago.
People assert, ‘moksha has stopped.’ Now what will
become of these people? By thinking and believing moksha is
not possible, they have abandoned the path to moksha and have
become involved in other activities. Let me tell you what this is
like. If there has been a drought this year, a person will say, “Do
not plough or sow anything on this farm, you will waste your
seeds.” It is like sitting and doing nothing.
Moksha through normality
‘We’ have one desire and that is that the whole world
turns towards moksha. Who can you say has turned towards
moksha? It is when a person has ‘walked’ a mile towards
moksha! Religions of today are not the path of the vitarag. What
is the definition of the vitarag path? It is when one becomes
normal. Above normal is a fever and below normal is a fever.
97 is the below normal fever and 99 is the above normal fever.
98 is normality. Above normal and below normal are both
fevers. Only a doctor looks at it this way, but the principle
applies to every one. Normality is required in eating, drinking,
sleeping, in everything and that is what the vitarag path is all
about. Today, everything is above normality and therefore
everything has become poisonous. It is not anyone’s fault.
Everyone is trapped in the current time cycle.
Vitarag path means to come into normality in everything.
When a person becomes involved in penance, he gets lost in
divisions and sects. Why do you fall into divisions? They are
nothing but deep holes; you come out of one hole and fall into
another. It is like cleaning just one corner of the home. Those
who are involved in doing penance, do penance and nothing
else, there are those who are involved only in renunciation and
some only read the scriptures. Why are you are taking care of