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attained the State of spiritual accomplishment after death preceded with one month-fast.
The entire narrative conveys in brief that a person completely saturated with disgust for worldly objects, if observes sincerely the ascetic mode of life after initiation characterised with five samiti, three gupti and ten-fold ascetic-duty, then he fulfils his ascetic order and finally succeeds in traversing the worldly ocean.
CONCLUSIONS
Gentlemen,
Here ends the series of discourses on Soul, karmas and religion. All these three subjects are very profound and significant in nature and they require to be properly digested and thoroughly understood. We have dealt with these subjects in brief and some of the aspects still remain to be explained. They are : 1. Matter with form does not affect any other formless matter,
then why should it affect formless soul ? 2. What is happiness ? What is the nature of happiness ? 3. How one can derive happiness and peace even in the midst
of utter miseries and disturbances? 4. By proper acts pure merits are accumulated and karmas are
eradicated then how can that very act contract karmas
and eradicate karmas as well. 5. Soul entertains only one application in one moment. All
Karmic bondages in the absence of contracting next existence is seven fold and all the seven fold karmas have different nature and mode. Thus how with an application of one moment various karmas could be contracted and how various natures and modes are created ? Dharma (religion) undoubtedly imparts beneficial rewards in the forthcoming existences, but practice of religion also imparts benefits at the time of its observance; for example till one observes religion, one is freed from sinful acts; antinatal or old karmas are annihilated, pure merits are accumulated and newly contracted Karmas are slackened in their stability; others are inspired to observe such religious practices at our instance and accumulate meritorious impressions etc.
