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DISCOURSE S
"Ask your questions. Come on, hurry up,” Naradji encouraged the Seth to ask his questions.
"Oh Divine sage ! Please do not mistake me for asking this question. Is there in Vaikunta this kind of a gutter? My second question is this. Can I get there such a family ? Or can I come there with this family ?”
Have you heard the questions of the Seth. His questions are excellent. Are not they? Hearing the questions of the Seth, Naradji became stupefied. He said, "Seth, if you love this gutter and this family where is any need for your coming to Vaikunta. May you be happy in your gutter. Enough. I will go." Naradji never came back to the Seth. Did he come back at anytime? Has anyone of you seen him ? Why has he come now?
From the Audience: “You have come here, Sir. Haven't
you ?”
Maharajashri: "Very good. This means you have under. stood the inner meaning of this story. The story may be imaginary but how suggestive it is! How full of instruction ! See how dangerous it is for people to believe that they aspire for moksha just because they perform some external spiritual activity. Don't you understand it? Dharma can give everything. It can also give you Moksha but if we do not aspire for Moksha, how can dharma give it to us? Dharma will only satisfy those desires of yours with which you approach it. This is certain. Through the medium of noble actions dharma gives wealth, sensual enjoyments and even the heavenly state. Through the medium of the destruction of Karmas, dharma can give you moksha.
SORROW CONTINUES AS LONG AS WE ARE IN SAMSAR
The spiritual endeavour that binds the soul with merit or Punya Karma is different from the spiritual endeavour that destroys Karmas. The two are different from each other. We shall speak of this point later. To-day, we are considering the question : How great is the efficacy of Dharma ? How tremendous is it? How influential is it? We have to think about this
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