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Aptavani-2
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Where can one place even one such great sentence of Lord Mahavir now? People do not understand them and end up covering their nose and mouths with a muhpati (Jain tradition of covering the mouth and nose with a cloth to prevent himsa (violence) to small flying insects)! It is acceptable if this custom is a result of advanced spiritual state which arises in the prescribed method. This covering of mouth is for the spiritual seeker in the final stages prior to liberation. He can keep a piece of cloth with him in order to cover his mouth if he goes some place where there are many insects. The cloth is not for the purpose of saving the insects because in reality no one living entity can save the life of another living entity. It is for the purpose of preventing insects from entering his body through the nose or the mouth as that would harm his prakruti (body complex). That is the purpose of a muhpati. This muhpati represents the final spiritual cause in the Kramic path. Along with this, there are many other causes. For example, causes for
keval Gnan' that should also be supported and adopted. But what use is it to give priority to nurturing a cause, at level of kindergarten when in fact it is to be adopted and supported at the Ph.D. level?
Dadashri : What is the point of taking a bath everyday if you cannot clean the dirt off your body? What is the point of attending spiritual discourse everyday when one cannot get rid of the filth of the mind, speech and intellect? If his miserable condition is not alleviated, then what good is all that? No matter how much the priest knows, what good is it to you if your misery is not reduced? That darshan which removes our misery is a worthy darshan, none else. If he has fifty bungalows and you do his darshan every day and you do not get even a hut to live in, what is the use of doing his darshan daily? If doing the Maharaj's darshan does not reduce your misery, then imagine how miserable he must be himself!
One cannot afford to be careless even for a moment. One is not careless while driving a car and yet he becomes so careless when it comes to wandering around in endless cycles of life and death
The Lord has said, "Realize, realize. Attain the right understanding. O embodied Selfs, understand. Understand the right way. "Moksha is there for you, only if you free yourself from talks that have become entrenched in contradicting what the Lord has said.
Solution is there if you find the right path
Questioner : It is my discipline to attend spiritual discourses regularly
Have you seen a bull working in an oil mill? The bull has blinders over his eyes and as it walks round and round turning the wheel of the oil mill, it thinks, "I have walked a lot, but when the mill owner removes the blinders, the bull realizes that it is exactly where it started. That is exactly what happens to people in their religious efforts, they simply waste their effort. Until you attain exact Gnan, all your efforts go to waste. If I did not know my way to the railway station, I would get lost and even if I walk four times the distance, I would not get anywhere. Here one makes a mistake in simply going to the railway station, but how many such mistakes does one make in the search of the real path? So should you not inquire? You should look for another path if your current path does not satisfy you. There is only one path to moksha and, it is complicated like a maze. All other paths are countless in numbers and they are ornamental'; they simply look attractive. The path to moksha however, can only be attained from a person who has attained it himself. One should only inquire about moksha from such a person. Such a person must be absolutely selfless.
There should never be business in religion Those who practice renunciation and teach others to do