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at that shop, will you? So is there a problem in doing that?
No one else will teach you to test in this manner. What do
people generally feel? They will think, ‘What if someone was to
do that to me?’ Whereas I am happy if someone were to test
me. If by doing so they become wise, then it is good. But
without testing, how long will you keep the fake rupee in your
home? If you were to spend that fake rupee, you will not get
even a piece of jalebi!
This is All There is to the Path of Moksha
The way to liberation is through alochana (recall and
confession of wrong action), pratikraman (asking for forgiveness)
and pratyakhyan (taking a vow never to repeat the mistake and
asking for energies for this). What do our mahatmas (Self-
realized in Akram Vignan) do? They do alochana, pratikraman
and pratyakhyan throughout the day. If you were to ask them
to do rituals and practice austerities, such as fasting and external
penance, they will tell you that they have no need for such
austerities because they have peace within; they have no worries
and they are content. They remain constantly at peace with
themselves and free from all woes and anxieties, undeterred by
the external world. So why would they want to complicate their
lives by introducing chaos in the form of fasting, etc.? People
who are confused do all those complicated penances and other
rituals. People who do rituals enjoy doing them and need to do
them. That is why I say that penance is for those who derive
pleasure from it. Those who have a passion for the worldly life
should do penance.
Questioner: People believe that in doing penance, karmas
are being discharged (nirjara).
Dadashri: That will never occur. What kind of penance
brings about discharge of karma? Internal penance. It is not the
penance that is visible to the eye and heard by the ears. That is