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fruits?' The answer is that retreating from attachment would be fruitful in the form of gaining equanimity and hence not leading to any bondage. Since old Karmas are extinguished by bearing their consequences with equanimity and since no new bondage occurs, one can reach the Karmaless state. That itself is liberation. The attainment of Karmalessness can therefore be termed as the fruit of such retreating.
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Vityc Kal Anant Te, Karma Shubhashubh Blav Teh Shubhashubh Chhedatan, Upaje Moksha Swabhav. 11901
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Infinite time has elapsed while maintaining the good or bad modes; the state of liberation arises by uprooting those good and bad modes. (90)
Explanation & Discussion: The pupil had pointed out that as the worldly soul has been wandering since the infinity, it is not possible to visualize the end of that wandering. The Guru explains that infinite wandering has occurred, because during that time the soul has been living with the sense of good or bad. If it perceives some object or situation as good, it gets attached to that; and if it considers it as bad, it resents the same. This amounts to indulging in craving and aversion, and that has led to its wandering from birth to birth.
If the soul now realizes that attachment and resentment are not in tune with its true nature and are the causes of continuing birth and death, it would change its approach; it would cultivate a sense of detachment. Then it would not react to any situation with attachment or resentment
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