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## Knowledge-based Action, a Limb of Liberation, a Strength like Nectar
(387) Deliberate action, performed with knowledge, is a limb of liberation, and it is only found in the Kula Yogis, because they possess the Shruta Shakti, which leads to the cessation of karmic bondage.
Knowledge-based action refers to actions performed in accordance with the Agamas. Actions performed in obedience to the scriptures are limbs of liberation, and they become the cause of liberation. Because following the commands of the Aptas, the authoritative figures, is the primary purpose of liberation, and it is the royal road to liberation. Therefore, those who accept the scriptures as authoritative, written by the Aptas, and consider them as the highest authority, and perform virtuous actions, are on the path to liberation.
“You are the one who guides me to pure devotion, I am the one who strives.” “I have taken refuge in your feet, O Devchandra, with a pure heart.” – Shri Devchandraji
Thus, these knowledge-based actions, which are limbs of liberation and where following the commands of the Aptas is paramount, are only found in the Kula Yogis, and not in others. The characteristics of the Kula Yogis will be discussed later. These knowledge-based actions are called "possible nectar" for the Kula Yogis, because they possess Shruta Shakti in the lower state, and they perform actions without doubt in the higher state. Therefore, these knowledge-based actions are considered impossible for anyone other than the Kula Yogis. And the reason why they are possible for the Kula Yogis is that they possess the Shruta Shakti, and therefore they have the cessation of karmic bondage. This Shruta Shakti is like nectar. Without it, the primary characteristic of being a Kula Yogi would not exist. Just as nectar revives the dead or the unconscious, making them alive and immortal, similarly, this Shruta Shakti, like nectar, revives the dead or unconscious soul, making it alive, bestowing upon it a life of supreme purpose, and rescuing it from the terrifying death of the moment, granting it immortality. This Shruta Shakti, like a life-giving elixir, is the supreme nectar, and its inclusion, its proper internalization, and its firm embrace, leads to the attainment of the primary characteristic of being a Kula Yogi.
“Follow the words of the Jinas, they are nectar, respect the true path, abandon the attachment to matter and emotions, take refuge in the feet of Devchandra… the Lord who knows the inner self.” – Shri Devchandraji
“The words of the Vitaraga, the ultimate peaceful essence, the root medicine for the disease of the world, the antidote for the coward.” – Shrimad Rajchandraji