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not taken place that is why he does not make the right effort. Therefore, one who does not make the right effort for liberation, to him, other causes are also not available and Moksha (liberation) is not attained by him. Such should be one's belief.
Question: Many people listen the sermons but only some can make effort for liberation, some others cannot make - why is it so?
Answer: The reason is that those who make right effort by listening the sermons, can adopt the means of liberation and those who do not make right effort, cannot adopt the means of liberation. Sermonisation is merely a process of education; the fruit reaped is always according to the effort made.
Question: Dravyalingi Muni undergoes religious penances, etc. by renouncing the householder's life for the sake of attaining liberation. Here, he has made effort but the objective is not attained; therefore, nothing is accomplished by making effort.
Answer: How could the objective be attained by contrary effort? The fruit of indulging affectionately in penance, etc., form of conventional conduct, is described in the scripture to be the auspicious bondage of karmas, but he (the Dravyalingi Muni) wishes to obtain liberation through such effort; how is this possible? This is mere delusion.
Question: The cause of delusion, too, is the rise of karmas only. How can effort be fruitful?
Answer: The delusion is removed on ascertainment (of truth) on the basis of right preachings, but he (the Dravyalingi Muni) does not make such effort, so the delusion persists. If he makes effort for ascertainment (of truth) then the rise of Moha-karma (deluding karma) which is the cause of delusion also gets subsided and then delusion is removed, because, in the process of ascertainment, the thoughts gets purified which results in the reduction of duration and fruition of Maha-karma.
Question: The reason why one's Upayoga (active knowledge) does not get engaged in the ascertainment (of truth) is also the rise of karma?
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