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THE WAY OF LIFE
that you acquire by means of pretention is like a mansion of clay, brittle and breakable. Instead of wasting time thus by such shallow pretensions endeavour to understand the real nature of salvation. Understand the pure form of the soul. If you begin to like that pure form of the soul, you will also begin to like salvation. Then, you may ask for salvation.
One from the Audience : You kindly explain to us the meaning and nature of salvation.
Maharajashri : . Do you have faith in the existence of the ideal state called Moksha ? You believe that there is Moksha; do you not? If Samsar is existent, Moksha also has to exist. If there are impure souls, pure souls also have to be in existence. There can be purity, if there is impurity. The souls present in samsar are impure; and the souls in Moksha are pure. Impurity is caused by Karmas. As long as, there is in the soul the impurity of the eight Karmas, it will remain in Samsar. The salvation for the soul means the destruction of the eight Karmas. Dharma is the power by which the Karmas are destroyed. Therefore, the writers of scriptures said, “Dharma gives Moksha".
The soul becomes absolutely pure by the destruction of all the Karmas. The pure soul embodies countless virtues. There are eight main Karmas; and by their destruction, eight main virtues mainfest themselves in the soul.
VIRTUE ENVELOPED BY KARMAS
By the destruction of the Jnanavaran Karma, boundless knowledge appears in the soul. By the destruction of the Darshanavaran Karma endless radiance of enlightenment appears in the soul. By the destruction of the Mohaniya Karma, victory over attachments appears. By the destruction of the Antaray Karma, a mighty and magnificent vigour appears in the soul. Formlessness appears by the destruction of Namkarma. By the destruction of Gotra Karma, the state of agurulaghuta (or statelessness) appears in the soul. By the destruction of Ayushya Karma, the quality of imperishability appears in the soul. By the destruction of Vedaniya Karma the state of supreme
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