Mokshamala

Author(s): Manu Doshi
Publisher: Manu Doshi

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respect rests on control over mind. For gaining that control it is necessary to have a broad outlook. The following faults work as handicaps in cultivating that outlook.
1 Laziness 2 Irregular sleep 3 Excessive food intake 4 Infatuation 5 Deception 6 Irregular work
7 Unbecoming indulgence 8 Ego 9 Excessive work 10 Vanity 11 Indulging in trivial enjoyment 12 Deep inclination for tastes
| 13 Excessive indulgence 14 Wishing evil of others 15 Purposeless earning 16 Affection for too many 17 Visiting wrong places 18 Not to observe any regulation
Control over mind and attainment of desirable objective can be accomplished by getting rid of these 18 faults. The mind will stay inclined towards such faults so long as eighteen abodes of sinful activities are not removed. No one can gain beneficence of soul so long as these faults stay in mind. He is very fortunate, who has not merely removed excessive indulgence, but has also vowed to avoid all sorts of indulgences, and does not harbor any fault at heart,
Lesson 101: Words to Remember
1 In a way regulation is the ruling principle of this world.
2 One, who makes out the secret of saintly people's behavior, becomes godly.
3 Fickleness of mind is the root cause of all gruesome miseries.
4 Coming across too many people and too much intimacy with a few are equally harmful.
5 Coming in contact with those of identical temperament is treated as aloneness by the enlightened beings.
6 You will get happiness, bliss and superb state by overcoming the sense-organs instead of feeling happy by getting overcome by them.
7 There is no worldly life without attachment and no attachment without the worldly life.
8 Total renouncement at young age confers the supreme state.
9 Try to contemplate over what is beyond the senses.
10 Develop the inclination for qualities of the virtuous.
Lesson 102: Questions and answers, Part 1
Today I am putting some questions to you with a request to give replies in light of disentangled Lords words (sermons).
Q: What is the necessity of religion?
A: To avoid the bondage of Karma prevailing since the infinity
Q: Which is the first, Soul or Karma?