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I am the Soul
Hence Srimadji has said that the jiva who understands Niscaya Naya only in words, and does not get the essence of it, gives up the deeds of Dharma like good conduct -
will açade, HTH FEM aru ... And not understanding the means to attain the Siddhi, is left without means and wanders in confusion.
Pardon me, Brothers! But there are several people, who claim to have studied Niscaya Naya , but have not understood the essence that the sages have conveyed. How vulgar their language is! They tell those who perform Samayik that it is a good asrava and fit for giving up. “Let your Samayik go to dust”, those who can utter such words, do we call them dharmi or adharmi? Do we call them sensible or daft? First of all, such words will never be uttered by one who has really understood Dharma, who has understood the Atma. The thought that he is superior and others are inferior will never occur to him. Secondly, he will not show disrespect towards such a great means as Samayik. The disrespect is in fact the proof of the theorem that ‘half-filled pots will spill', it is but the display of the internal feelings of one who has understood nothing but feigns a knowledge of everything. How can Samayik go to dust? Perhaps the one who is performing Samayik may not be doing it with great thoughtfulness and so it may not be effective as samwar, but as long as he is performing Samayik isn't the activity of sin put on hold? If he were not performing Samayik, he would be indulging in some arambhsamarambh activity; so relatively has he not done a good thing in performing Samayik?
Of course, it goes without saying that we should perform the vratas, vows, pratyakhyana etc. with a proper understanding. If we perform them without understanding and be content at that, then we do not get the fruit of Nirjara from it. The atma will not lose any of the weight of Karma. If Samayik is to be performed, then there has to be equanimity in thought. If equanimity is not
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