[ 4 ] How Amazing is the Awareness of the Gnani Purush ! 93
all external penance . Only internal penance ( adeetha tapa – invisible penance ), can lead to discharge of karma . That is the kind of penance these mahatmas ‘ do .’ Any penance which is visible to others , known to others , will result in merit karma ( punya ). Penance that is not visible externally will lead to liberation .
So people will think that we ( in the path of Akram ) do not follow any rules ( niyam ) or take any vows ( vrat ). Vows and rules are not for the path to moksha in Akram Vignan . They are necessary for those who want to wander around in the worldly life . Those who want to go to moksha should quickly get on the train of alochana , pratikraman and pratyakhyan . You have to do that twenty-four hours a day and nothing else .
Ask for Forgiveness for All the Kashays
What should these sadhvijis ( Jain nuns ) do ? They know that kashays ( anger , pride , deceit and greed ) occur throughout the day , so what should they do ? Every evening , they should recall the day ’ s events during which they experienced even the slightest kashay with anyone . For each and every incident where such a kashay arose , they should do pratikraman and pratyakhyan for forty-eight minutes . If they do this , then they are on the path of liberation .
But these poor people do no such thing , so what can be done ? If they were to understand the path to moksha , they would be on it , but first they need to understand it thus . ( 86 )
Questioner : Until they can confess and repent on a oneon-one basis , they will still harbor a grudge from within . So they need to ask for forgiveness in person , don ’ t they ?
Dadashri : There is no need to ask for anyone ’ s forgiveness directly . The Lord has forbidden this . You can only ask someone for forgiveness , directly , if that person is well meaning and noble . However , if you do that with a weak ( kashay-laden )