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I am the Soul
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Therefore, let us give up our passions for the material world and make an effort for the attainment of the atma. So far, we have enjoyed many worldly pleasures but now it is time to experience the joy of the atma. The pleasures of the world may taste sweet but in effect they are bitter poison. It has been said in our treatises
जहा किम्पाग फलाणं, परिणामो न सुन्दरो । एवं भुत्ताणं भोगाणं परिणामो न सुन्दरो ।।
Similarly
खमित्त सुक्खा बहुकालदुक्खा .
The beautiful looking fruits of the Kimpak tree have a poisonous effect when eaten. In the same way, the pleasures of the body and senses taste sweet while enjoying. A momentary illusion of joy is experienced but the result is a sorrow for a long time.
So Brothers! The jiva enjoys the passions generated by the senses and sensual subjects in a state of ignorance. But the same jiva, when able to awaken the state of knowledge beyond ignorance, begins to experience the natural disposition that rests within. All the material things, all the senses, a strong body will not have any relevance once the detachment arises within. That is how Emperor Bharat, the master of all powers, managed to attain moksa in the same birth. The material things that lead to enjoyment are inanimate and cannot attract the jiva; it is the jiva which likes to enjoy attachment and aversion. It gets involved with the feelings of attachment etc., and therefore gets attracted to the pleasures and enjoys them. This has been the practice of the jiva from time immemorial.
The inquisitive disciple, whose mind is trying to detach itself from the worldly enjoyment, is keen to know what, in view of the principle, is the role of the jiva in enjoyment. He has accepted that jiva is the doer of karma but at the same time he has also
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