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Moksha Is Needed by Those Who...
Questioner: When a person dies, he immediately gains another body, so why are people trying to attain final liberation (moksha)?
Dadashri: Those who have worries in the worldly life (sansar), who do not like those worries, who cannot endure the worries, are those that need liberation (moksha). And those who like these worries would not need liberation at all! So everyone does not need liberation. Most foreigners (people outside India) can endure worry, so even they have no need for liberation. Even here, there are some people who can tolerate worry, so they do not need liberation either. Otherwise, those who cannot tolerate worry, and want to escape from this worldly life (sansar), are the ones who need liberation (moksha).
These Are the Laws of Nature
Questioner: Does every living being (jiva) have life after death?
Dadashri: Any living being after death, has life. Only certain living beings, who are Gnani Purush and who in activity (pravrutti) are non-doer (nivrut), have liberation!
Questioner: After liberation, is there rebirth? Dadashri: No. After liberation, there is no birth. Questioner: And after death?
Dadashri: After death, there is definitely rebirth for every living being (jiva).
Questioner: After death, is it the same soul (jiva) that is born or is it another soul (jiva) that takes birth?
Dadashri: The same jiva takes birth. Questioner: So then why does the population increase? Dadashri: It increases and then later, it decreases. It is a