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THE WAY OF LIFE
and he did not really enjoy sexual pleasures. His ideal was celibacy.
Those people who do not possess intellectual vision often forget the truth about sins and commit sins thinking that it is a matter of duty. They consider the sins acceptable. Hence sins never leave them. In this kind of attitude, there is a little egoism also. There is also the play of intelligence in it. They think that they are intelligent in committing sins as a matter of duty. In that case, they would not have committed sins with free minds. Those people say, “In committing sins we should not allow the pressure of fear to act on the mind. Sins should be committed with a fearless mind”. They do not call them sins ! On the contrary, they call them duties. Who can persuade such egoistic men to realize the truth ? Even if they are taught, they do not understand it.
DO YOU REPENT YOUR SINS ?
Those people who commit sins on account of inability or in absolute helplessness, will experience great sorrow in their hearts as a result. They may commit sins in excitement or in a fit of rashness but after committing the sins, they repent them, and cannot live without repenting their sins. Such people are bound by a weak kind of the bondage of Karma. They are not bound by a strong bondage. But those ignorant and egoistic people who commit sins in full awareness and with attachments and hatred, are bound by a strong bondage; and so they have to taste the bitter fruits of their Karma.
From the Audience : Are there any bondages of Karma, the fruits of which, need not be suffered ?
THE APPEARANCE OF THE FRUITS OF KARMA IN THE UNREALIZED FORM; AND IN THE REALIZED FORM
Maharajashri : Yes, there are some Karmas, whose fruits need not be experienced by the jiva. The jiva does not even realize when those Karmas arise and when they are destroyed, just as, when you are asleep in your house, some people may come in and go out without your being aware of it. You will
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