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shed? To discharge (shed) karma and at the same time aashrav (influx) to continue, is contradictory. If you want to shed karma, you must have samvar (stoppage of the influx). But first, unless you make the distinction between jiva-ajiva (living-nonliving; the Self and the non-Self), you will not get anywhere. Essentially all you will be doing is enduring the inauspicious (ashubha) karma and binding auspicious (shubha) karma. Otherwise, the karma will continue being bound.
Questioner: How does aashrav (influx of karmic matter) occur?
Dadashri: When you have bad thoughts in your mind, it is called udaya-bhaav (intent that arises due to the unfolding of past karma). If the atma (relative self) becomes involved (tanmayakar) with the thought, it is called aashrav (influx of karmic matter). Now for that atikraman (negative bhaav), if you immediately do pratikraman, it will get erased. If you cannot do pratikraman, then the karma will bind.
Just one lifetime going to waste is not of great consequence, but what is crucial, is that one will bind karma for another hundred more lifetimes.
Questioner: What is samvar?
Dadashri: Samvar means the stoppage of ‘charging'. As long as there is this awareness of 'I am Chandubhai’, both influx (aashrav) and bondage (bandh) will continue. And if the awareness of 'I am Shuddhatma' is present, there will be samvar (stoppage of charging new karma). How long does the awareness of 'I am Shuddhatma' remain with you?
Questioner: It stays with me the whole time since you gave me the Gnan.
Dadashri: Therefore, there is no binding of karma (bandh) for You from now on. You have samvar (blockage),
