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your control. All forms of conflicts are within you. These are the
kashayas: anger, pride, attachment and greed. They control
everything. When the Gnani Purush gives you the knowledge
of the Self, you become free from the control of these
kashayas and their entrapment. The nature of the worldly life
is such that it will keep you bound, even if you want nothing to
do with it. Therefore, keep an internal intent for liberation,
moksha. You have had such a desire in your countless past
lives but do you not need someone who can show you the
way? You need a Gnani Purush, who knows and will show
you the way.
When you have a band-aid on your arm, it is so sticky
that it will not come off without pulling the hair on your arm. The
worldly life is sticky, just like a band-aid; it will only come off
when the Gnani shows you the medicine of how to take it off.
This worldly life is not such that it will free you even if you wish
to leave it. Anyone who relinquishes the worldly life is able to
do so because of his past karma. Whether a person acquires
a worldly life or a life of an ascetic, he has been able to do so
because of his karma. It is only after you acquire the real vision,
that you attain final liberation.
You are not the doer of anything. Anger, pride, deceit
and greed; these kashayas run everything; they are the rulers.
It is only when you realize the Self, that these kashayas leave.
You may repent for an angry outburst, but the Lord has said
that nothing can be gained if a person does not know how to
do pratikraman. Knowing how to do pratikramans leads to
liberation.
These kashayas will not leave you in peace even for a
moment. You become engulfed in attachment when your son is
getting married, at that time you are in complete oblivion. At
other times, you experience so much inner turmoil. This is all