EDITORIAL
Life after life, human beings have been struggling for
liberation (moksha). Many times, one has made progress and
many times he has fallen down. What holds one back from
achieving the desired result? Those who are performing the
practices or helping to perform the practices of attaining liberation,
achieve to some degree the success in knowing the ‘Helpful
causes’. To know and see the ‘Harmful causes’ and to remain
unattached from them, can only be done by a Gnani Purush who
manifests very rarely. Once a Gnani Purush has visibly manifested
among us, the path to liberation (moksha marg) opens up
completely. And with that, one can reach all the way to the end
of that path!
One finds the ways up to the path of liberation but while
going up, there are ‘Danger points’ and ‘red signals’ that alerts
one to these danger points, and usually these are not shown. As
significant the upward road is, the knowledge and precautions
for the slippery sl opes along the way is of much more significance.
Therefore, without those precautions, no matter how much labor
one exerts, he inevitably falls back.
The success in Self-realization does not occur without the
extremely sharp awareness of where one becomes an impediment
to his own self. This means, in the endeavor of Self-realization,
it is extremely important to stop the losses than to gain the profit.
Once the seeker meets the Gnani Purush and knows and
understands Him, he begins the worship of the path of liberation.
Prior to meeting the Gnani, those who were deeply entrenched
in the worldly life (sansar), now turn towards the path of
liberation. However in their remaining worldly obligations, which
they must fulfill and complete, often knowingly or unknowingly,
they get dragged and immersed back into the worldly life. Who
can show them this ‘leakage’ (their weakness)? To ‘seal’ that
‘leakage’, here in this Aptavani is shown the practical knowledge
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