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has two components namely anger and pride). Drop an atom bomb on them! Maaya is responsible for the discord and quarrels in this world. It is also responsible for propagating and perpetuating the worldly life. Of her six sons, Anger is guileless. He frankly and unwittingly blurts out what is on his mind. People can easily identify him and will ask, "Why are you getting angry?' Pride (maan) is good too, although it is slightly inferior to Anger. People will recognize it and will ask you why you walk around arrogantly. Whereas Deceit and Attachment are very difficult to detect, even the person in whom these quality reside, is oblivious to them. Finally comes Greed and it is last on the list. Even God gets tired of deceit, attachment and greed; these qualities will not allow anyone to attain liberation. This family of Maaya is very powerful indeed. In the traditional kramic path, Maaya remains unconquerable even till the end. When godhood comes finally to grace the aspirant, Maaya intervenes. One can only be freed from this worldly life by meeting a Gnani Purush, only then will Maaya and its progeny be destroyed. The Gnani does not do anything, except eradicate Maaya and her eldest son Ego (Anger and Pride), after which all five of Maaya's remaining sons along with old lady' Maaya will perish. This is how one becomes free from bondage and achieves liberation. When I give you the Gnan, I emancipate you from all bondage of illusion.
Happiness : Bliss There are three kinds of happiness in this world : 1. Happiness related to the senses indriya sookh) 2. Happiness not related to the senses. (nirindriya sookh) 3. Happiness beyond the senses (atiindriya sookh-of the Real Self)
The happiness that one experiences through the medium of the five senses is the happiness of the first kind. The person
who renounces sensorial pleasures but has not acquired the happiness of Self is caught up in a bind; he is neither here nor there. The happiness void of the senses is ego-inebriated; it is merely donkey-pranks! The happiness that is beyond the senses is the infinite bliss of the Self. This happiness cannot be acquired without knowing the Self.
There are three travelers, one enjoys the pleasure of the senses indriya sookh), the second is given to ego-pleasures (nirindriya sookh) and the third remains within the realms of his pure Self, beyond the senses (atiindriya sookh). All three happened to spend a night at a village inn. During the night it snows and turns very cold. None of them have any blankets. How do they spend the night? The first one keeps crying out, 'It's very cold, I am going to die from this cold', and by the morning, sure enough he is dead.
The second traveler keeps saying, 'Darn! It's so cold. The heck with it, it does not affect me, it affects the body'. This is how he spends his night and by the morning his entire body becomes very cold but the fellow is still breathing very slowly.
The third traveler just withdraws within the cave of the Self, the moment it starts snowing. He remains completely detached from his body the entire night. He lives in the infinite bliss of the Self and by the morning he is on his way.
The person who is given to ego-pleasures remains intoxicated by the ego. People fuss over him, calling him 'Bapji (master)' 'Bapji and he remains intoxicated with pride.
Ignorance : Attachment-Abhorrence
The Vedanta says that liberation is acquired once impurityobstructed view and ignorance are gone. The Jain scriptures say that liberation is acquired once attachment, abhorrence and ignorance are gone.
