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

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________________ The four passions of anger, arrogance, artifice and avarice are the seeds of sansaara. Attachment and aversion are included in the passion. “Raago ya dosho ya kammbiya” – Uttaraadhyayana Suutra; Verse 32.7 (Page 280, Author: Lilambai Mahasatiji, Gurupraana Foundation, (Parasdham, Ghatakopar) Mumbai, year 2009) Attachment and aversion are the primary causes of the inflow of karmas to the soul. Hence, the more you work on inner cleansing, the closer you get to liberation. When you ensure that you remain indifferent to the causes of sansaara, you are getting closer to liberation. Thus, the more strongly you draw away from mithyaatva, attachment and aversion and attain an equanimous (unperturbed and unagitated) state of the soul, the closer you are to liberation and your soul will increasingly start craving for liberation. The innermost disposition (bhaava) of the soul and liberation (mukti) are closely related. From the absolute point of view (nishchaya naya), the soul is always free from karmas, but from the practical point of view (vyavahaara naya) soul is covered with karmas due to its behaviour while in sansaara, but when the soul sheds all passions and attachments (become viitaraaga) then only it attains liberation, and than it resides atop the siddha-shilaa (stone plate that separates moksha, the abode of liberated souls, from the rest of the universe}. When one resides in the world, one is either in the shubha upayoga {auspicious disposition of the soul) or the ashubha upayoga inauspicious disposition of the soul). Either way, it attracts more karmas. The karmas attracted will be positive karmas if its dispositions are auspicious and negative karmas if its dispositions are inauspicious. In either case, the person remains stuck in sansaara. But when the soul attains the pristine disposition shuddha upayoga) it becomes detached and equanimous and does not bind any karmas. In fact, it begins to shed previously bound karmas and attains liberation. In reality, attaining liberation is the basic nature of the soul. Ask any living being, it will say that is prefers freedom to bondage. In fact, as long as it is in sansaara it keeps trying to attain freedom (dravya mukti). For instance, if you try to block the path of an ant, it will run around until it finds an opening, and then escapes. It will try its level best to ensure its own safety and liberty. Same way when the living being becomes focused on spiritual freedom, it will make the utmost efforts to attain liberation from the cycle of sansaara. Such is the freedom-loving nature of the soul. Whether focused on the mundane and gross or on the subtle and spiritual, each living being hates bondage. When the living being is focused on the mundane, it craves for physical freedom. When the living being is wise enough to focus on the supreme spiritual self, it seeks liberation from the bondage of sansaara. In both cases, freedom is sought and cherished. When a soul attains true realisation, it tries to share its insights with all living beings. 31

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