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apparent, then he will know 'this is a pamphlet of deception'. Vitarag Lords say. "There is no one to bother the one who is strong like us and who does not desire anything in this world. And if someone does come to bother such a person, they will bother the non-Self complex, the pudgal. Who dare bother the Self?" These people are traders that deal with the pudgal so let them. The worst they can do is take away the pudgal and here they are taking away from the one who has no ownership over his pudgal. The one who desires moksha will not have ownership of the pudgal and those who have the ownership, do not desire moksha.
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Darshan of the Formless leads to Moksha
Kaviraj has written:
'Murti amurta na darshan pamey jya
Mandir na ghant naad vaagi gayaa chhe.'
"Where the formed one attains the darshan of the formless
Then his bells of liberation have begun to toll."
Bells of moksha will toll when the one with a form (murta; human being) attains the darshan of the formless (amurta; the Self in the Gnani Purush). There has never been darshan of the formless at any time, if there had been, then the bells for moksha would have been ringing in all the 'temples' (all human beings). Do you understand what I mean when I say, 'When a murti does darshan of amurta (the Self) salvation will be attained?' For human beings that murti has to be living, only then can they do darshan of the amurta? That murti is the Gnani Purush. When human beings get darshan of the Lord within the Gnani Purush, then the temple's bells toll. Once the Self is attained through this darshan, then the ringing is completed and the work is done. Gnani Purush separates the non-self (the jada; matter) and the Self (chetan; sentient), and establishes a clear distinction within which says, "This is pure and this is impure." Even the slightest impurity is not acceptable here, in the realm of
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the Self. The slightest impurity will not work for moksha. It is not considered 'gold. The Lord has said, "Even two percent impurity is not gold; we need absolutely pure gold. Any other kind of gold will not work here." We need to attain the criteria laid down by the vitarag Lords. We need pure awareness (shuddha upayog), 99% will not do; it has to be 100%.
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Vitarag means to be truly shrewd
Vitarags are not so naïve. Others may be but there is no one as astute as the vitarag. They are truly very astute. What did the intellects of the world call them? They used to call them very naïve. Friends of the vitarags used to say, "They (vitarags) are naïve. They are fools." The fools! It is you, your friends and families who are fools. The vitarags are so smart that no one can make fools out of them. They cannot be derailed from their path. They may let themselves be fooled deliberately to stay on course. They will take the approach of, "If I do not let myself be fooled, they will not let me go on my path." So people think they are naïve. They are not naïve; they are very astute and wise. There is no one smarter in this world than the one who allows himself to be fooled deliberately. Those who did so went on to become vitarags. Therefore, anyone who wants to be vitarag should deliberately allow himself to be fooled by others. As it is, the world is being fooled unknowingly anyway. All these ascetics, saints and such are being fooled all the time, only vitarags get fooled deliberately.
The vitarags, from a very young age, would allow people to fool them from every direction, and yet they would not let the other person know that they know that they have been fooled, otherwise he would see it in their eyes. They were smart; they would not let you read their eyes. They had knowledge of, 'these poor people deal on the pudgal level so let them take away the pudgal; I have to give away the pudgal anyway. Let the one with the greed satisfy his greed; let the one seeking
