Book Title: Samkit Faith Practice Liberation
Author(s): Amit B Bhansali
Publisher: Amit B Bhansali

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________________ He is careful to ensure that his soul remains free from attachment and aversion. And if it does experience attachment and aversion, he tries to undo the damage through acceptance and heartfelt atonement. With the power of samyaktva, the soul can free itself from karmic bondage. The cessation of this bondage is known as liberation and the continuance of this bondage is known as transmigration. The samyakdrishti has realised this truth. Souls cannot free themselves from bhogaavalii karmas {karmas that they are bound to experience under any circumstances), but samyakdrishti souls free themselves from attachment to these bhogaavalii karmas and hence suffer from very less new karmic bondage as a consequence of their bhogaavalii karmas. While bearing the consequences of their karmas they give up the tendency that leads to attachment and aversion. This is the only way to rid oneself of the seed of karmas. It is to weaken and destroy the tendency that leads to attachment and aversion. It has been said in the Manu Smriti that, “Samyakdarshanasampannah karmabhirna nibadhyate Darshanena vihiinastu samsaare pratipadyate" - Manusmruti, Verse 1.6.74 (Page 521, Author: Aachaarya Samantabhadra Publisher: Ganganath Paumal Publication, Delhi, year 1992) One who has attained kshaayika samyaktva {lasting samyaktva does not bind new karmas. But who does not have samyaktva remains in transmigration owing to constant inflow and bondage of new karmas. The subtle reason behind this is the fact that spiritual purity is an ongoing process that begins in the fourth gunasthaana stage of spiritual elevation and reaches perfection in the thirteenth and fourteenth gunsthaanakas. When the key reasons of karmic bondage, attachment and aversion, cease, the soul may do actions and yet remain free from the consequences. This stage is known as ‘Akarma sthiti'. In this situation, only the old karmas remain. The soul shall attain liberation once the old karmas are shed. Attachment and aversion are ubiquitous in this world. The waves of the ocean of transmigration are constantly crashing against the embankments of the mind. If the embankments are weak, the waves shall smash them every time. And if the embankment is strong, the storms of the ocean of transmigration shall not be able to affect it. Bharata Chakravarti was immersed in the ocean of transmigration. He was surrounded by wealth and glory. But despite all the pomp and glory, the wealth and the power, he was not attached to the sensual delectations that came his way. They did not affect him in the least. He was in sansaara because his bhogaavalii karmas remained but he was experiencing them in a completely detached 226

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