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[The Lord's Philosophy
included as a course that leads to salvation. The blooming of good actions result in the attainment of human life. Thus if merit is to be wholly discarded life as a human being will be impossible which is the result of good actions, and it is impossible to attain deliverance if human life is not possible. That is why merit is said to be actions leading to deliverance and so the word g ( merit) is derived in this way. It is that which makes the soul pure.
Asrava quality:
The causes that affect the linking of karmas to the soul are called Asrava quality. The good or evil actions of the soul result in karmas and these are Asrava. If the action is a good one it results in good karma and if it is evil it results in evil karma. But good or evil actions are the resuIts of the inclinations of the soul and so these inclinations are the real causes of Asrava. The result of bad actions is misery but even good actions hinder to some degree the attainment of the real purity of the soul. Even then to stop evil karmas good karmas are extremely necessary. To attain deliverance of full development of the soul, first it is necessary to destroy evil actions with good ones and then to destroy the good with the help of Sanwar and Nirjara. A question may arise at this stage-why should one try to acquire good actions when they are to be annihilated at a further stage? It is not difficult to supply a satisfactory answer to this. The fact is that salvation cannot be gained without the acquisition of good actions, nor without destroying them. To get salvation first their acquisition and then their destruction are both necessary. Suppose we have to go to London from India. It is impossible to reach it
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