Gandhis Teachers Rajchandra Ravjibhai Mehta

SR No.: 006754
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Satish Sharma
Publisher: Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 260
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Rajchandra
File Size: 11 MB

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are likely to have. On further reflection, we can also know what kind of a future existence the soul is likely to have, or what kind of a past existence it had.
Q. 18 If yes, who can? A. The answer to this is contained in the reply above.
Q. 19 You have given the names of some who have attained moksha. What is the authority for this statement?
A. If you have addressed this question personally to me, I may say in reply that one can to some extent infer from one's own experience how a person, whose involvement in earthly existence is about to end, is likely to speak or act, and on the basis of this one can assert whether or not such a person attained moksha. In most cases, we can also get from shastras reasons in support of our conclusion.
Q. 20 What makes you say that even Buddha did not attain moksha?13
A. On the basis of the teachings of Buddhist scriptures. If his views were the same as these, then they seem to have been inconsistent with one another, and that is not a mark of perfect illumination. If a person has not attained perfect illumination, his attachments and aversions are not likely to disappear so long as he is in such a state; earthly experience is a necessary consequence. One cannot, therefore, claim such a person to have attained absolute moksha. Moreover, it is impossible for you and me to know from independent sources that the Buddha's views were different from those contained in the teachings attributed to him. Even so, if it is asserted that his views were in fact different and proof given in support of the assertion, there is no reason why we should not accept that as possible.
Q. 21 What will finally happen to this world?
A. It does not seem rationally possible to me that all souls will attain absolute moksha, or that the world will perish