________________
UNDERSTANDING SAMAYIK
535
536
Pratikraman
nurture the Soul. So that is why they leave home and live a life of a monk in the monastery. That is when they nurture (poshey) a spiritual life, leaving aside their worldly life. Samrambha, Samaarambha and Arambha
People use the word arambha but do they understand what it means? They will use the word samaarambha, but what is samaarambha? They do not understand even that. Even the great scholars do not understand it. They do not know up to what degree it is considered a state of samaarambha, and then up to what degree it is arambha. They do not know the degrees. They just use the words. These words are in the scriptures.
(506) Questioner: Samrambha causes karma bondage, does it not?
Dadashri: Samrambha itself is karma. That is the first karma; it is considered a mental karma. Samaarambha is a karma of both the mind and the speech. And arambha is a karma of all three-the mind, speech and the body. And after attaining this Gnan, if you curse someone, if you do such an arambha, it will still not touch You. That is how this science is. The only thing You have to do is to tell 'Chandubhai' to do pratikraman for the arikraman he did in the process. That is all You have to do. It is never our intent to hurt anyone. It is not possible to hurt anyone and attain moksha, no matter what kind of a science we have.
Questioner: Is the binding of karma through samrambha less or is it more when all the three come together?
Dadashri: Samrambha is considered less. Samrambha means 'only through the mind.' It is a much larger karma when all the three come together. That is why the Lord has called it arambha.
Questioner: If I do karma only through the mind, and then I stop, then will that not cause much bondage?
Dadashri: It will not remain for long. You will just think about it and then you will become free; you will become free by simply thinking about it.
Questioner: In the scriptures, one is told to put a limit to arambha-parigraha (to move out of the confines of that which is good and beneficial). So what is the difference between one placing a limit or not placing it? Does it make a difference if one does or does not place a limit?
Dadashri: If he puts a limit, then the consequences of karma will be less. If he does that in this life, then the karma effect will be less in the next life. In doing this, one will gradually climb higher spiritually.
Questioner: Is it like that samayik?
Dadashri: Samayik means without any arambha, without any involvement of mind, speech or body. To become free from arambha-parigraha (being 'Chandulal'), i.e., to be the Self for an hour, is samayik.
Who Does Such A Samayik? Seeker: When a person is doing a samayik, then even if there is an earthquake, he should not leave his samayik, should he?
Dadashri: Who does such a samayik? No one would do such a samayik, would he?
So samayik in this sense is a process to make the body still. If one remains still, then there will be a worldly benefit; he will get more material wealth. How can wealth come to the one who cannot sit still for even a minute? So that samayik is not true samayik. Samayik That is Not Given By an
Enlightened One That which people have believed to be the soul (atma) is
