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they not?
Dadashri: You know what? Even now you are binding karma. At this moment, you are binding very high merit karma( punya). But the day when you will not bind any karma never comes, does it? Why is that?
Questioner: We must be doing some kind of activity, good or bad, must we not?
Dadashri: Yes, but shouldn’ t there be a way where one does not bind any karma? How did Lord Mahavir attain liberation? He did not bind any karma. Karma is bound to occur as long as the body exists! One has to eat, drink, go to the toilet, does he not?
Questioner: Yes, but one has to suffer the fruits of karma he has already bound, does he not?
Dadashri: If one binds karma, then he is bound to have another life. But Lord Mahavir did not have another life! Shouldn’ t there be a way to not bind karma, in spite of doing karma activity?
Questioner: There must be.
Dadashri: Do you ever wish to not bind karma? There is a science through which one does not bind any karma even when he is‘ doing’ karma! You will find liberation when you know that science.
Karma is Not the Obstacle to Liberation
Questioner: This current life is due to the effect of our past life karma, is it not?
Dadashri: Yes, this whole life one will have to suffer the effects of karma of his past life, and in doing so, if he does attachment-abhorrence( raag-dwesh), then new karma will be created and bound. Nothing is bound if you do not do raag-