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I am the Soul
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From this point, the jiva begins the rasaghata and stithighata of karmas. That is, it goes on reducing the intensity of the karmas bonded earlier, it reduces the peak state of the karmas. The jiva makes the maximum effort in this gunasthana. Just as an aeroplane needs extra strength while taking off, and not so much after it rises and flies on, the jiva too reaches the Veetaraag state in a short while after once reaching the kshapaka grade. This state is permanent.
The effective consequent state of this gunasthana is unparalleled and its purity is wonderful. That's it! Then there is only a short way to go. The jiva comes to the ninth-tenth gunasthana. In the ninth gunasthana, it diminishes the characteristics of charitra mohaniya in the form of nokashayas and the sanjwalan kashayas - anger, pride and maya. The state of the tenth gunasthana is very short, where just one sanjwalan lobha - avarice is diminished and then the jiva straightaway reaches the twelfth gunasthana. That is a stay in the Veetaraag state.
To attain such Veetaraag state, there has to be a war, with mohaniya alone. Mohaniya is strong, and so is the strength that resides within the jiva. But unless the strengths of the atma are awakened, mohaniya cannot be diminished. If our strength is more than the opponent, only then we can fight, otherwise we have to suffer silently. But the jiva has infinite strength, which when awakened can liquidate mohaniya however strong it may be and it quietly goes away.
A youth was passing by a house when suddenly a brick fell from the top and he was hurt a little in the leg. Young as he was, full of beans, he got very angry. 'Who threw this brick? I shall go and bang it on his head,' so saying he picked up the brick and ran up the stairs. He was about to throw the brick when he noticed that it was a wrestler doing his sit-ups on the terrace. The wrestler's push had dislodged a brick which had fallen down.
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