Book Title: Rajgeeta English Translation and Comentry on Atmasiddhi Shastra
Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, Manu Doshi
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Mission
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Räjgeetä
and hence does not strive for it. In other words, he does not deserve to tread on that path. It is therefore obvious that a liberation-seeker cannot afford to harbor any type of defilement. If he cannot entirely overcome the defiling instincts, he should at least calm them down. Similarly without having aspiration for liberation no one would strive for it. For that purpose one needs to have disaffection for the worldly wandering. The liberation seeker must also have compassion for all living beings.
In absence of those attributes one cannot develop the receptivity of mind. As such, he cannot derive the benefit from the teaching of a Guru. The Guru also knows that his teaching would not be effective unless the person has receptivity. He would not therefore like to waste his energy over the undeserving ones. Moreover, the true Gurus are not easily available, because they prefer to stay away from the worldly surroundings. One, who is not a truth seeker, is therefore not likely to get access to such a Guru and if he happens to get the access, he would not be able to grasp the Guru's teaching.
It was made clear in the first chapter that no one can get on the path of liberation without proper guidance. One, who does not satisfy that criterion, stays bereft of the right guidance. As such, he stays far from the path of liberation and continues to wander in the cycle of birth and death. Such wandering is the long-lasting disease with which the worldly soul has been afflicted. Other diseases do not last so long. Even if there is an incurable disease, it disappears with the end of the life. The worldly wandering, however, continues from birth to birth and seems to be unending. That disease cannot be cured so long as the aspirant remains unworthy and does not secure guidance from a true Guru.
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