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I am the Soul
Even a samyaktvi jiva becomes venerable for the ordinary jivas. For, they are the young children of the Jineshwar. Just as the name of the tree sells a fruit, the jivas who know the glory of the Jineshwar also understand the glory of the samyaktvis. If people take pride in being known as the sons of rich and famous people, then how esteemed they would be to be known as the sons of Jineshwar!
Brothers! How rare is the occasion when we can attain such an esteem! Let us make a resolve within, let us awaken a strong interest that we may well not be in a position to undertake the tremendous effort required to attain the total Veetaraag state, but we could certainly attain the samyaktva state that can identify us the young children of the Jineshwar. “Let me make such a tremendous effort in this birth itself that this life shall not be complete without attaining samyaktva.'
The benevolent Gurudev, while telling how the Samyaktva state manifests, says –
मत दर्शन आग्रह तजि, वर्ते सद्गुरु लक्ष;
TE Vet Hufcha à, lui G 7 .....980 One who does not have the insistence that moksa is possible only through a certain religion or sect, one who subscribes to the truth, can become the aradhaka of the Sadguru's orders. A jiva who holds the insistence of a religion or sect is a kadagrahi, who has been described more than once earlier. There is no dharma in a mata - religion or a pantha - sect. dharma is the true original disposition of the atma and that has to be manifest through the atma itself. Hence, a jiva seeking the truth should not hold on to the beliefs of a religion or a sect, should not insist upon them. The jiva should treat religion and sect as insignificant and be enthusiastic about devotedly pursuing the order of the Sadguru. The jiva should say -
अभुठ्ठिओमि आराहणाए
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