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I am the Soul
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Now, let us see how Maha-mohaniya Karma binds. In the fourth Shraman Sutra of the Pratikramana Sutra it is said - ihre H Haie grot fe - that there are thirty types of Mahamohaniya places. Let us look at a few of them.
In spite of not being learned, if one falsifies as a Sage and in spite of not possessing any power, if one believes he is all powerful and makes others believe so, he is binding himself in Mahamohaniya Karma.
This same thing has been stated in the gatha. A person with such a nature has been called an Asadguru. If they keep up an expectation of humility, they bind themselves in Mahamohaniya karma. It is all right so long as they pose themselves as they are. But they are hardly like a quarter and pose like one and a quarter! What a fraud! Many such fraudulent Gurus entice gullible jivas, duping them with their so called powers and misguide them. A boat made of stone, itself sinks and takes others with it. A person involved in fraudulent worldly affairs may perhaps bind himself in a lesser karma, but the fraud in the religious path is bound by Mahamohaniya Karma only. Also causes the same to others, hence it is necessary to be wary of such frauds. But Brothers! If fraud can be identified, then it cannot be a fraud anymore.
Secondly, if one demeans the religion delineated by the omniscient Prabhu, one is also bound by Mahamohaniya Karma. Brothers! That is why our experienced elders always keep telling us, "You may well not understand the speech of the Tirthankar, you may well not be able to believe in it, you may well not be able to put it into practice, but do not demean this speech. Do not call it untrue. It is not your fault that you do not understand. Your kshayopsham may be less so you do not understand, but do not demean it. Else you will be bound in the Mahamohaniya Karma of 70 krodakrodi Sagaropam and will not be able to go across even after suffering the sorrows of naraka-nigoda. Oh, whither the supreme state of the soul with its infinite power of
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