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Bhaga wan Mahavir
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your own will; but as to the enjoyment of the fruit you have no hand in it. The fruit must be enjoyed inevitably in every
case,
The Doctrine of Karma is most useful for those striving for salvation because it points out ways for the removal of the shackles of the soul and getting deliverance. But it is of great importance in the worldly behaviour as well. It deserves to be well known in all its details because it gives soothing position of peace to a man worried by different anxieties. It consoles and encourages him with a bright future even when he is hemmed in with formidable obstacles in his way in this world and it affords peace when he is beset with sickness and malady. But we can not discuss on it at length here for want of space. In thus understanding the nature of Karmas we can clearly understand the nature of Karmas we can clearly understand the nature of Bandha ( contact ) quality.
Moksha Tatva. ( Deliverance.) Some thing has already been said before about Moksha (deliverance !. In their gradual process of destruction when Karmas are totally destroyed the soul becomes manifest in all its natural elements. This condition of the soul is called Moksha. That clearest manifestation of the soul, when delivered, can not be described and is beyond the knowledge of the worldly. Those great souls that know that condition of the soul which is infinite knowledge and infinite bliss, unenveloped and beyond the conception of feelings, time, scope, Dravya ( material things, ) tell nothing about it as they are unable to do so and those who wish to speak and hear, about it know nothing about that condition However it can never
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