UNDERSTANDING SAMAYIK 535
nurture the Soul . So that is why they leave home and live a life of a monk in the monastery . That is when they nurture ( poshey ) a spiritual life , leaving aside their worldly life .
Samrambha , Samaarambha and Arambha
People use the word arambha but do they understand what it means ? They will use the word samaarambha , but what is samaarambha ? They do not understand even that . Even the great scholars do not understand it . They do not know up to what degree it is considered a state of samaarambha , and then up to what degree it is arambha . They do not know the degrees . They just use the words . These words are in the scriptures .
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Questioner : Samrambha causes karma bondage , does it not ?
Dadashri : Samrambha itself is karma . That is the first karma ; it is considered a mental karma . Samaarambha is a karma of both the mind and the speech . And arambha is a karma of all three – the mind , speech and the body . And after attaining this Gnan , if you curse someone , if you do such an arambha , it will still not touch You . That is how this science is . The only thing You have to do is to tell ‘ Chandubhai ’ to do pratikraman for the atikraman he did in the process . That is all You have to do . It is never our intent to hurt anyone . It is not possible to hurt anyone and attain moksha , no matter what kind of a science we have .
Questioner : Is the binding of karma through samrambha less or is it more when all the three come together ?
Dadashri : Samrambha is considered less . Samrambha means ‘ only through the mind .’ It is a much larger karma when all the three come together . That is why the Lord has called it arambha .
Questioner : If I do karma only through the mind , and then I stop , then will that not cause much bondage ?