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Detached though it may seem ...
The pursuit of three gems, enable the experience of chaitanya. It explains what the - arthakriyakarittva - the meaning, the activity and the performance of chaitanya is. When any substance is in its own natural true form, it is said to be its arthakriyakarittva, that is to say the substance is acting in accordance with its nature.
The mystery behind the doubt raised by the disciple is whether atma is capable of doing anything at all! To what extent is the chetana in the atma operative? Until now the jiva has only known the activity of the inanimate. It is ignorant about the activity of the atma, and hence it is natural that this doubt should arise.
Prior to this, we have considered this aspect in the light of vyavahara naya and niscaya naya. There are the various types of actions and ultimately inaction of the atma. Gurudev too, has clarified the doubts of the disciple. Only if the chetan inspires the karma occurs and if it does not, then no karma occurs. It is all very simple. Attachment and aversion are not the true natural disposition of the jiva, yet it goes into the affected disposition and harbours these feelings and attracts karmas. Jiva should give up harbouring these feelings of attachment etc., then no karmas would be attracted.
In the same context, the disciple had said, 'atma is always detached - 347A HET BRUT - Detached atma is totally devoid of any attachment, then how can it accumulate karma? Gurudev replies
केवळ होत असंग जो, भासत तने न केम?
BRITT Refert, qut FGT ATAU ..... Asangabhava - 3TH Ya - is the feeling of total detachment from all ties. In other words it is the nigrantha - Free - state. The
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