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THE WAY OF LIFE
become pacified by means of meditation, contemplation and the assimilation of true knowledge. But animals, birds and the inhabitants of hell are incapable of such elevated and enlightened pursuits as meditation, contemplation and assimilation of true knowledge. Only human beings are capable of these spiritual endeavours.
Anyone of the three Veds (sex impulses) can appear in human beings. Some experience the effect of Purushved. Some experience the effect of Strived and some experience the effect of Napumsakved. When the impulse called Purushved appears in a human being, he yearns for sexual contact with women. When strived appears in women, they yearn for sexual contact with men. When the Napumsakved appears in a jiva it yearns for intimacy with both man and woman. Both these desires appear.
YOU MUST AIM AT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MOHANIYA KARMA
In the very beginning, I told you that these three Veds or sex impulses are the forms of the Mohaniya Karma. Man can annihilate the Mohaniya Karma, if he wants to do so. One vital point should be borne in mind. Unless the Mohaniya Karma has been supressed and annihilated, there can be no mental peace, spiritual purity or mental firmness. If you desire to attain mental firmness and the purity of your soul, you must pacify and annihilate the Mohaniya Karma. The aim of your spiritual austerities at this phase must be to annihilate the Mohaniya Karma.
THE MAGICAL SNARES OF THE MOHANIYA KARMA
Of the eight Karmas, Mohaniya is the most powerful. It has permeated the jivatma completely. Man develops attachments and hatred; he gets angry; he experiences pride; he is deceptive and hypocritical. He cheats others. He laughs. He laments; he feels delighted; he feels depressed; he experiences fear. What is the cause for all these propensities and activities of man? It is the Mohaniya Karma. It is the Mohaniya Karma that brings about all these aberrations ? Do you take delight in attachments
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