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desire to attain that awareness, and that is why I have come
here.
Dadashri: Life after life, people have desired that Gnan (knowledge), but they have not made a firm niyanu (strong resolution) to attain it. If one had made a true resolution (niyanu) then all his merit karma (punya) would have been spent on just that, and he would indeed have attained what he desired. The nature of niyanu is that all your merit karmas (punya) are expended only on the resolution itself. So much of your merit karma (punya) has been spent on your extravagant houses and your body. It has been spent on cars and homes and keeping your wife and children happy. As for myself, I only brought with me the niyanu for moksha, which is why things have run smoothly. I never have any problems. The meaning of niyanu is that one should have a single goal: I want only this, and nothing else! It is only worth doing the niyanu for moksha. The goal should just be for Shuddhatma and niyanu for only moksha (final liberation). That is all, and nothing else. Now all You have to do is embrace it with firm determination (nischay) and focus all Your energies on that niyanu. If You have just this one niyanu, You will no longer prolong your lifetimes. You will be liberated in a couple of lifetimes. This worldly life is nothing but a pit of entanglements.
Moksha: A Location or a State?
Questioner: But what I wanted to know was whether moksha is a place where we go to, or is it something we have to acquire or is it some kind of a state?
Dadashri: Moksha is your own nature (swabhav). Your own nature (swabhav) is moksha itself. But in order for you to realize your nature, would you not have to do something? Your nature is moksha, but because you are not aware of this state, you are not experiencing the bliss from it. You do not have to go to any place for moksha. Freedom
