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end. So wise up and remain in your Self.
Do you understand mahavrat? Vartey tey mahavrat! It is that which is part of one's being and a natural state! That means he does not even have to think about it; a renunciation state exists naturally and spontaneously. If renunciation of smoking cigarettes was truly for you, you would not even think about them, whereas the one who has to renounce smoking, will keep remembering, 'I have renounced smoking. I have renounced smoking. Therefore renunciation which is natural is completely different; there, there is no ego of renouncing. However, many express ego about their renunciation. You fools! Now that renunciation has become natural and spontaneous, wise up! Why must you go around bragging about it? Why are you being arrogant about it? Renunciation that is spontaneous is a good thing. The more one gets rid of his worldly possessions, the lesser the baggage and hassle on the path of moksha. And what is our path of liberation like? Because this path is the Akram path, we leave alone the old karmic baggage (from past life). We do not touch them; we simply do not create any new ones. You do not have to get rid of the old stock, it will fall away on its own when it is time for it to leave.
One maharaj (Jain priest) made his own discovery: He said, "Akram is really akarmi (this word has two very different meanings 1. Useless (general term) 2. One that does not bind karma (spiritual form)), is it not?" Yes his discovery is good; the scientists too make discoveries, do they not? To make such a discovery is a task fit for a scientist, is it not? Besides, akarmi means one who does not bind karma; that is what he called 'us'. He is saying a positive thing about 'us', is he not? He is not insulting 'us', is he?
To claim, 'I am panch-mahavrat-dhari (the one who upholds the five mahavrats)' is a false support; it is an egobased wrong belief. One has never inquired whether these five
mahavrats are resting on the foundation of ego. If you maharaj. are resting on the foundation of ego, then the great vows are resting on the same foundation, are they not? He replies, "I had never thought it that way." And just because you have not thought about it in this way does not mean that Lord Mahavir is going to be fooled or that this path to liberation can be fooled. Is the Lord likely to be fooled? Many claim, "We are panchmahavratdhari", and people believe them because people care about money and sex and nothing else. They have no awareness of what anuvrat, mahavrat or aropit bhaav is. And people like us who know, will not say anything because it is wrong to speak against what is contrary to people's belief.
What is contrary to worldly belief? It is that which is contrary to the prevailing system of worldly interactions. It is not right to establish a system of panchayat (five respected village elders that adjudicate) in a village of thieves. If your pocket is picked in such a village and you tell the people, "I was robbed", they will say, "How do we know? Let us go to the panchayat." But the panchayat too is made up of thieves. So you should not speak against the people. If someone asks you then only you may say, "This is an ego based (aropit) panchmahavratdhari (follower of the five great vows). This panchmahavratdhari will give results just as Mahavir here (Lords idol) is likely to give you liberation." If a person does not have anything to eat, even rotten wheat will do in the end. He has to eat, does he not? Otherwise he will wither and die. Hence that is what people are doing elsewhere; they are eating rotten wheat. They have no choice.
You had no idea that the holder of the five vows (panchmahavratdhari) was on a false foundation, did you? It is only when the Gnani Purush elucidates this that you understand. The Lord has said, "Do not be the holder of these five great vows on the foundation of 'I am Chandulal'. Worship the idols of tirthankaras and study the scriptures on these bases. Do not
