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THE WAY OF LIFE
From the Audience: We are innocent, yet should we tolerate injustice? Is it not right to fight for justice?
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THE ASPIRANTS FOR SALVATION FORGIVE OTHERS
Maharajashri: You must remember this vital point. Without an adequate cause, no effect can come about. One might not have committed any sin in this life but one might have committed a sin in an earlier life. Before you think complacently that you are innocent, you think of this vital point. You should not do any injustice to others but if anyone does injustice to you and offends you, you should not become angry and you should not entertain thoughts of hostility and animosity towards such a man. Remember that you have to proceed on the path of moksha and you have to attain liberation from samsar. There is a great difference between the thoughts and feelings of those who wish to remain in samsar and those of the people who desire to become liberated from samsar.
Those who want to remain in samsar and who are attached to samsar think of punishing the offenders but those who desire to be liberated from samsar forgive offenders.
You should not give way to despair and depression in your sorrow but you must entertain such contemplations as Anithya Bhavana (the thought that this life is transitory); Ekatva Bhavana (the thought that the jivatma is alone); Anyatva Bhavana (the thought that the soul is different from the body) and Samsar Bhavana (the thought that in this samsar relationships are changeful; not lasting). A consistent and constant contemplation on these Bhavanas will greatly enable you to attain Kevaljnan (perfect knowledge).
ANGARSHI'S PERFECT KNOWLEDGE
Angarshi remained calm and serene. He was absorbed in pure contemplations. He remembered the events of his poorvajnana (an earlier life). He acquired the Jathismaran or the memory of his previous life. In his previous life, he had contemplated on the various lofty Bhavanas like Ekatva. Now that contemplation on those lofty Bhavanas increased. He began to
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