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"dirt,” but until that happens the ego breaks down through a series of natural beatings. Continuous Binding of Karma Where There Is
Ignorance Questioner: Aren't we binding karma at each moment right now?
Dadashri: Not just every moment, but even at night while you sleep. During the day, you are aware that you are binding karma, but you are also binding karma during the night. That is because even while you are sleeping, you do not forget, I am Chandubhai.' No Binding of Karma in the Presence of Gnan!
Questioner: How do we stop binding karma?
Dadashri: It is when You have the awareness of your own Atma. After the Gnani Purush gives you the awareness of the Self, You will no longer bind any karma. After that, you will not bind any new karma, and the old ones will continue to *discharge'.
Questioner: How can one become free from the karmas that are being bound through the bodily functions of eating and drinking?
Dadashri: After Self-realization, you do not bind any karma whatsoever. From then on, in eating, drinking, wandering about or wearing spectacles, you do not bind any karma.
Questioner: But doesn't eating and drinking kill a lot of living beings (jivas, embodied souls)?
Dadashri: As long as one is violent (himsak), there will always be violence (himsa) in one's every action. I am Chandubhai' is a wrong belief, and that in itself is a violent intent
