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thought that he has to get liberated also does not occur to him anymore. What an extreme state of equanimity! It is proved here that Moksa will be attained only after the abandonment of the desire to attain Moksa. So this high level of equanimity is the second quality of a Sadguru.
Now the third quality “facit 324421T - stoical ability to avoid the addition of Karma. This quality is worthy of understanding. Let us give it a deeper thought.
Every worldly jiva undergoes an affliction of Karma from time-to-time. There is not a single moment when Karma is not occurring. The moment the karma arises, the jiva gets involved in the hue of that Karma, and tends to act in that manner. That is when Moha - attachment - and such karmas arise, the jiva gets immersed in the hues of attachment and as a result becomes instrumental in earning new karmas; these karmas arise next. Thus a binding of karmas, their rise, jiva's involvement in the acts, and thereby new binding of karmas - this vicious cycle goes on and on. So long as this wheel of karmas continues to ply it is impossible to avoid further addition of Karmas.
Here, the Sadguru has been shown to possess such a rare quality that although he too goes through the cyclic process of the rise of Karma, he is able to merely look upon them dispassionately and remain unaffected by them. That is to say, that moha and other such karmas arise in his case too, but he guards against the affliction of the passions with the consciousness of the Self - passions are not my natural disposition, svurupa; I am a soul totally devoid of any attachment, free from all passions - and as such the Karmas cannot bind on to him.
Not just that, his every activity is devoid of any desire. He does not even rise or sit, move or walk of his own accord. Whatever happens, happens naturally, at the instance of the Karma that arises at that moment. No activity takes place with
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