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DISCOURSE XXXIII
ANNIHILATION (NIRJARA) OF KARMAS
Gentlemen,
Entire complexity of worldly affairs is to be attributed to Karmas. If karmas did not exist, four states in hell, series of life and death, and various kinds of miseries would not have existed at all. When karmas are eradicated then all these complexities vanish. Thus aspirant of peace and bliss has to endeavour to eradicate Karmas.
But how to eradicate them? They are not cattles to be driven off. They are not human beings to be pushed off. They are not dust particles that we may blow them off. They are the products of matter, very subtle in form and so imperceptible to the naked eyes. Extremely powerful microscope cannot render them perceptible. So how to eradicate them which are non-perceptible and therefore, not cognizable. This is indeed a big problem. But man's intelligence is capable of apprehending imperceptible entitles and eradicate them. We shall make it clear with one illustration.
INVISIBLE THIEF APPREHENDED
A thief had wonderful collyrium which could make him invisible. He applied that collyrium in his eyes and being invisible entered the palace to devour the eatables placed in the dishes before the King. He relished very much the taste of delicious dishes usually meant for the King.
The King gradually grew emaciated, so the minister asked the King : "Your Majesty, you are getting emaciated and losing physical glamour. Are you suffering from some latent disease ? Do you not enjoy food or do you not get proper appetite ? Please tell me frankly to enable me to adopt remedial measures”.
The King said : “Minister, I feel shy to narrate the fact". The Minister said : "Your Majesty, it is not proper to feel shy or to disregard any problem of health. Body is the prop of everything else. Convey to me the truth without any hesitation or reservation".
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