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the Self; 'I am Chandulal'; extra intent) it has given rise to this worldly life (sansar). Through the doer of the nature of the Self (swabhav), there is moksha.
Even if a man has a hundred queens, if he starts having a bhaav of wanting to attain brahmacharya (absolute freedom from any sexual impulses through mind, speech and body), and the bhaav that he should not indulge in sexual activities, then through such recurring thoughts he will become bhaav-swaroop (absolute intent-filled state of brahmacharya). And what a wonderful state of brahmacharya he will experience in his next life! To practice perfect celibacy through mind, speech and body is not in one's hands. It will come as an effect of the bhaav that was done in the past life.
The Tirthankars, after attaining Gnan, have a final bhaav of the salvation of the world (jagat kalyan). Their own salvation has already happened. Now, they have the bhaav of, how can others attain salvation? According to their bhaav, the bhaavatma takes its form. First, there is a bhaav-atma (causal; one creates causes for becoming a Tirthankar; vyavahar atma) Tirthankar, and then the dravya-atma (effect; discharge pratishthit soul; one behaves as a Tirthankar in the next life) Tirthankar. Even that is not the result of nirvikalp (the Self), but the result of vikalp (non-Self), it is the result of bhaav.
Questioner: Are yogi purush, such as yourself, able to see the subtle actions of the parmanus (subatomic particles)?
Dadashri: Yes, they can, which is why it is the only way this puzzle can be solved. Otherwise, there is no other way that this puzzle can be solved.
People may say that a person died because someone gave him poison. That is not the correct way to look at it. Firstly, the antahkaran (mind, intellect, chit and ego complex) is poisoned. This is a subtle (sookshma) form of poisoning, while
