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D.S. BAYA 'ŚREYAS'
SAMBODHI
whom we consider helpful to our mundane interests. A proper understanding of the underlying principle of karmic association and retribution puts our thoughts on the right track and we develop a feeling of neutrality or madhyastha bhāva so essential for spiritual advancement. This madhyastha bhāva ensures lack of attachment and aversion and consequent destruction of moha, which opens the simsim of enlightenment and emancipation. Conclusion -
I wish to conclude my presentation by saying that a correct appreciation of the basic principles of the Doctrine of Karma puts us on the high-way.to a truly gentle life in which there are no hatreds and no cravings; in which there are no attachments and no aversions; in which there are no expectations and no painful disappointments and disenchantment; in which there are no enemies and no friends. I would like to quote -
"Sädho nikalen sair ko, māngen sab ki khair |
Nā kāhu se dostī, nā kāhu se bair 11" Will not such a life be a more wholesome one ?
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1 Appā kattā vikattā ya suhāna ya duhāna ya 2 "Kadāna kammāna nathi mokkhaṁ |”
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