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vitarag bhaav (complete non-attachment from within), and he deals with it.
The Lord does not consider, what people in general consider, as renunciation (tyaag). True renunciation in the Lord's eyes, is the renunciation of murchha (infatuation due to attachment) incited by material things. This 'Dada' has all the things. He has wealth, he has a business in his name, and he has checks in his name. Dada has not renounced a thing. And because he has no murchha, it means that he has renounced everything. A sadhu maharaj should never say that he was born in such and such a town, because despite having renounced everything, he still carries it all inside and so that murchha and moha (attachment for illusory things) do not go away. Whereas, in whatever I am telling you, there is no cause for any sort of renunciation. What is there that does not warrant renunciation anyways? Things do not have to be renounced, but what does need to be renounced, is the murchha for them. What is murchha? It is mohaniya karma (karma that does not let one see 'as it is'; karma of illusory attraction). People have renounced many things; however all those things still stand, because their murchha over them has not left. After attaining the knowledge of the Self, you no longer have murchha. This is because You are now Shuddhatma (pure Soul). Upon becoming Shuddhatma, all the murchha vanishes. Your mohaniya karma is completely destroyed; otherwise the awareness of the Shuddhatma could never be established. As long as there is even a drop of mohaniya karma left, the awareness (laksha) of Shuddhatma can never be established.
The Awareness of the Pure Soul
Questioner: Dada, is one considered to have attained the awareness (laksha) of the Self, when he experiences the Self?
Dadashri: When you wake up at night, what is the first thing that comes into your awareness (laksha)?
