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When chetan is aware of the Self...
Devoted pursuit of the three gems gradually stabilises the jiva in the state of natural disposition. This natural disposition gradually grows to such a state that jiva's activity ceases.
Is the atma, the doer of karma or not? This question raised so many doubts in the disciple's mind and Gurudev has, in very simpie and straight-forward words, clarified all those doubts. The disciple's questions were based on vyavahara naya, so Gurudev too offered the replies with vyavahara nuya. Jiva is independent. Its transition is also independent. Keeping this truth in mind, now Gurudev is trying to explain the non-doer status of arma through niscaya naya -
चेतन जो निज भानमा, कर्ता आप स्वभाव;
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O you Disciple, who are curious of knowing the fundamental! I had said that karma occurs because of chetan's inspiration, but that is true only as far as the chetan's extrovert existence goes. If the chetan is existing only in its own disposition, its own awareness; that is if it is engrossed in its own knowledge, faith, prowess and joy etc., then it has no bondage of karma. A jiva in the state of aradhana is free of attachment etc. Where there is attachment etc., there is the bondage of karma, therefore an aradhaka jiva does not attract karma!
What is aradhana? Broadly speaking, traversing the path of Dharma is aradhana. Then what is Dharma. We call the rituals and vows as Dharma - religion. A person who follows all these is called dharmishtha - religious. We ourselves believe ourselves to be dharmishtha and desire that others too believe us so. But who is dharmishtha? Dharma + ishtha - one who likes nothing but Dharma is a dharmishtha. Dharma does not mean external
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