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desire to attain that awareness, and that is why I have come
here.
Dadashri: Life after life, people have desired that Gnan
(knowledge), but they have not made a firm niyanu (strong
resolution) to attain it. If one had made a true resolution
(niyanu) then all his merit karma (punya) would have been
spent on just that, and he would indeed have attained what he
desired. The nature of niyanu is that all your merit karmas
(punya) are expended only on the resolution itself. So much of
your merit karma (punya) has been spent on your extravagant
houses and your body. It has been spent on cars and homes and
keeping your wife and children happy. As for myself, I only
brought with me the niyanu for moksha, which is why things
have run smoothly. I never have any problems. The meaning of
niyanu is that one should have a single goal: I want only this,
and nothing else! It is only worth doing the niyanu for moksha.
The goal should just be for Shuddhatma and niyanu for only
moksha (final liberation). That is all, and nothing else. Now all
You have to do is embrace it with firm determination (nischay)
and focus all Your energies on that niyanu. If You have just this
one niyanu, You will no longer prolong your lifetimes. You will
be liberated in a couple of lifetimes. This worldly life is nothing
but a pit of entanglements.
Moksha: A Location or a State?
Questioner: But what I wanted to know was whether
moksha is a place where we go to, or is it something we have
to acquire or is it some kind of a state?
Dadashri: Moksha is your own nature (swabhav).
Your own nature (swabhav) is moksha itself. But in order for
you to realize your nature, would you not have to do
something? Your nature is moksha, but because you are not
aware of this state, you are not experiencing the bliss from it.
You do not have to go to any place for moksha. Freedom