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I am the Soul difficult times. This is the Hunda Avasarpini period; what for should we discuss moksa at all?'
Behind all these excuses is the absence of a strong desire. Otherwise, the path cannot remain hidden. This period may well not have a scope for moksa. Nevertheless, who stops you from making all possible - aradhana - devoted pursuit? The result of aradhana is such that the more you do the more profit you are in to. Whatever aradhana you accomplish in this life, whatever purification of atma you attain out of it, to that extent you will be saved an effort in the later births. Therefore, aradhana never goes waste.
Many jivas are stubborn in their opinion. They are under the impression, 'when our opportune time arrives, we will automatically do the effort and go on to moksa. Whatever number of births we are destined to go through, we will have to, won't we? When our time for remaining in bhavas that is remaining in this material world is up, when the time is ripe, we will get on to the right path.
Those who carry this belief are in a great illusion. Nothing ever happens only because the time is ripe. Purushartha is essential; it is imperative. Even for the time to ripen, purushartha is inevitable. Many people leave everything to krama baddha paryaya - sequentially bound transition, and sit down with folded hands. “There is no need to do anything now. When our state of omniscience is due, it will certainly happen. When our accomplishment is due, it will certainly happen. Everything will happen as has been decided in the knowledge of the sages. There cannot be a change in it'.
Brothers! Agreed that what has been seen in the knowledge of the sages is proper. That is how it will happen. Nevertheless, the question is, did anybody go to the sages and ask, “Prabhu! My number of births is predetermined. There is moksa at the
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