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DISCOURSE 4
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"Oh Lord, within fifteen days all these bags of grain will be removed from here. My son has sold away the grain. The party who has bought it will take delivery within fifteen days. Enough. Lord, then you kindly come here and I will come to Vaikunta; is it all right?” What an excellent plan was made by the Tomcat! Can you make such plans? Can you make better plans than this ? Can you escape Dharma thus? Until now, you have not had to reach the state of salvation. Otherwise, would you attain Moksha at any time ? You do not want to attain moksha but you merely talk of attaining moksha and purifying your souls.
Has not any noble Guru maharaj preached to you the value of salvation ? Did he tell you to attain moksha ? If no one has told you so I say unto you, come with me all of you. Let us go together on the path of moksha. Let us keep going on that path. Someday or the other, we will reach our destination. We will attain salvation. Is it not our duty to set out on this path ? Tell me, now. Let me see what tricks you adopt.
From the Audience: "Our tricks do not work with you". Maharajashri : "Then I am happy. If those feline tricks donot work here then you can make your plans to attain salvation. It will not take much time for the soul to attain salvation. But I hope you will not think thus, "If we go to the Upashray and listen to discourses, we will be caught. So, we shall not go to the Upashray." I hope you will not do so. But you had to come here now to know the plans of Jivaraj. I will speak to you later of the Seth's craftiness and cunning. Naradji at any rate went away to spend fifteen days in traversing the various worlds. Let him return.
Dharma gives moksha but it gives moksha to that man who cannot have any peace of mind without moksha. Who are enthusiastic and desirous of attaining moksha ? Later, we will think about the inconceivable efficicacy of Dharma.
For today this is enough..
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