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person, he or she will only throw it back in your face. The weak
person will become weaker. The entire world is weak and unless
the person whose forgiveness you seek is good-natured, you
should not attempt to apologize to that person personally. A
weak person will always retaliate by saying, ‘See, I knew all
along that you were wrong, but you did not understand. Now
you realize that you were wrong.’ Hey! You do not realize that
you are the one at fault and you are the wretched one in need
of improvement. She has improved and is improving. He would
not know this. The poor man has no awareness, does he? It is
a different matter if one has even little awareness. But he has no
awareness, not even a little.
No Moksha through Rituals
The path to moksha is alochana, pratikraman and
pratyakhyan. That itself is the path of moksha. First you should
admit your mistakes. Then you should repent because it was the
wrong thing to do, and then you should make a firm decision
that you will not do it again. That is what our path to moksha
is.
The path to liberation does not have any rituals or anything
like that. Rituals are only present in the worldly life. It is for
those who want material and physical comforts. For them, rituals
are appropriate; however, they are not needed for liberation.
What is the path of liberation? It is of alochana, pratikraman
and pratyakhyan. Continue doing this. This is our path to
moksha in which no rituals are necessary.
Did you understand rituals (kriyakand)? What is that for?
It is for material comforts; therefore, the Lord (Lord within) had
said that whoever wants to enjoy material comforts can practice
penance – and through this, you will attain relative worldly
happiness, you will attain the comforts of the celestial world.
You will attain worldly happiness, but if you do not want this
temporary worldly happiness then we have this path of moksha