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strong, that at the time it arises, I get dragged away in that
direction.
Dadashri: In reality, nothing can drag you away. It has
not come into exactness, the fact that you have realized the
Atma. If it has come into exactness, then nothing can touch you.
That is because afterward, only the discharge karmas remain,
so only the enduring of karmas (bhogavato) remains. New
karmas are not being bound at all. If the Atma has indeed been
realized, then the blocking off of inflowing karma (samvar)
remains, and where there is a blocking off of karma (samvar),
the binding of karma (bandh) does not occur. Both the person
who is ignorant of the Self (agnani) and the Self-realized person
(Gnani) alike, definitely have influx of karmic matter (aashrav)
and discharge of karmic matter (nirjara). However the only
difference here is that, the person who is not Self-realized
(agnani), has binding of karma (bandh); whereas for the Self-
realized person (Gnani), because of the power of Gna