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DISCOURSE XXVII
CAUSES OF KARMIC BONDS
The couch of Karma is based on four legs. First leg is falsebelief, second is attachment, third is passion and the fourth is vibrations of the regions of the Soul. When the first leg in the form of false-belief is cut off, the couch becomes limped. When false belief is eliminated and right belief dawns, true conviction is confirmed and attachment is easily discarded. When bowels are purged off, fever recedes of its own accord. The experienced physicians therefore, prescribe fasting to cure typhoid.
NON-ATTACHMENT
Non-attachment means abandoning all sinful activities, confessions of and retrograding from sinful acts. Attachment means being attached to sinful activities, i.e., indulgence in sins. Nonattachment means abstinence, religious observances and righteous conduct.
Without righteous conduct no Soul could acquire salvation, none shall be able to acquire and none can do so.
Righteous conduct is the most imminent stage to acquire salvation. You pray to God and demand "Grant me O God, these three jewels”. Which are these three jewels ? They are : Right intuition, Right knowledge and Right conduct.
Worldly existences continue if there are faith and knowledge in the absence of righteous conduct. Knowledge with faith is right
edge and it should be equipped with righteous conduct. They are doomed who merely aim at knowledge without righteous conduct. They are doomed beyond cure.
If knowledge is compared with an eye then righteous conduct is like hands and feet. If you have eyes but no hands and feet how can you proceed in life?
Righteous conduct is very essential for self-elevation and the same can arise from abandoning attachment.
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