Jeeva Karunya Part-3
Jeeva Karunya Part-3
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FEOFCOMPASSI
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Showi
ngcompassi
ononl
i
vingbei
ngs
Toknowwhatist
her
ightt
ohav
ethemel
ti
ngoft
hesoul
whi
chmeanshav
ingcompassi
onon
l
iv
ingbei
ngs:
Allt
hebei ngshav ethesamequal it
y,beingpartandparcelofGod'sNaturalTruth;
theyare
broughti ntoexist
encebyGod' sOmni graciousEnergyi
ntothebodi esmadeupoft hebasic
element s.Sot heybelongtothesameki ndwi t
hthesamer i
ght.Whenabr otherseesorhear sor
knowst hathisbrothersuffer
sduet oadangerhi ssoulwil
lmelt;asweknowt hatthisi
sduet o
therightoft hebody ,i
nthesamewaywhenabei ngsees,hear
sorl ear
nst hatanotherbei
ngis
sufferi
ngduet osomedangerr ecognisi
ngt hatbei
ngasbelongingt ot
hesamespeci esli
ke
himsel f
, havi
ngsimi l
arsoul,i
tssoulwi l
lmelt.I
tshoul
dbeunder stoodthatthismelti
ngoft he
soul occur s,
asitistherightofthesoul.
Evenwhentheyseebei
ngssuf
fersomearehar
d-hear
tedwi
thoutcompassi
on;
toknowwhy
thesepeopl
edonothavet
hespir
it
ualr
ight
:
Theey ewhichisthespi
ri
tualknowledgehasbecomedi m duetospir
it
ual i
gnor
anceor
nescienceandthespect
aclescall
edmi ndet c.
,whichserveastheauxil
i
aryeyeshavel
osttheir
l
ustreandhav ebecomeopaqueandt hi
ck,theyaretheref
oreunabl
etoseeandknowt het r
uth.
Thereforei
tshouldbeunderstoodt
hatt houghthespiri
tualr
ightpr
evail
s,compassi
ondidn'
t
bl
ossom.
But
,wher
ewi
l
lthepowerofcompassi
onwhi
chi
sthemel
ti
ngoft
hesoul
rev
eal
itsel
f?
I
tshouldbeunderstoodt
hatthepowerofcompassi
onisrev
ealedwher
et hatobst
acl
eamong
hunger
,ki
ll
i
ng,diseaseet
c.,
becauseofwhichcompassi
onrose,i
sremoved.
Wheni
tissai
dthatt
hemi
ndi
shappywhent
hatbei
ngencount
erspl
easur
eandt
hemi
ndi
s
def
ect
edwheni
tencount
erspai
n,doesi
tmeant
hatt
hemi
ndi
sexper
ienci
ngpai
nandpl
easur
e?
Theanswert
othei
rquer
yis:
Justasthehealthyphy si
cal condit
ionandt heunhealt
hyphy sicalcondi
tionoftheowner
dwell
inginacrystalhouse( glasshouse)ar eref
lect
edint hehouseandar evisi
bleout
side(are
seenthroughtheglass) ,
andt hefreshorl i
vedcondit
ionsoft heey esareseenthroughthe
spectacl
es,t
hehappi nessandunhappi nessofthesoul duetot hepleasureandpainit
experi
encesareseen, r
at herrefl
ectedthroughthesubtleinstrumentsandor gansli
kemi nd,
eye
etc.
,andarevisi
bleoutside.
Mor eov
erwhent heli
ghtplacedinsideahousei sver
ybr i
ghtthathouseandt het hi
ngswit
hin
shineverybri
ghtl
y.Whent hatli
ghtbecomesv er
ydimt hehouseandt hethi
ngsi nsi
dealso
becomev erydim.Therefore,
itshouldbeknownt hattheansweristhatpleasuresandpainsare
nottheexperi
encesoft hemindbutt hatoft
hesoulandt hatt
hesubtleinst
rument sandorgans
arebuttheauxil
iar
yinstrumentstot hesoul.
Toknowwhyoutofal
lthebei
ngscr
eat
edbyGodmanyar
esuf
fer
ingf
rom hunger
,ki
l
li
ng,
di
seaseet
c.,
ver
ymuch:
I
nt heirpr
evi
ousbody,t
hosebei ngswerenotwill
i
ngt ol
eadal if
eofcompassiontowardsal
l
beingsandhadbeenhard-heartedandhadledav i
ciousl
ife.Theref
orebytheOmnigraci
ousl
aw
ordainedbyGodtheyaresubjectedtoalotofsuff
eri
ngfrom hunger,ki
l
li
ng,di
seaseetc.
Allsuchpersonsareat tachedtothepr i
ncipl
esofthewor l
dlyreli
gionswhi chsaythatbodyi t
sel
f
i
st hesoulandenjoy i
ngwor ldl
ypleasuresaloneisliberati
on;thereforetheyhavenotunder st
ood
theTruth,t
hatthereissoul whichisknowledgeitselfintheinertbodyandt hatthesoulhas
bondageandl i
berationandt hatti
lli
tisli
berat
editwi l
ltakebodyaf terbodyaccordingtoit
s
dif
ferentbondages.Theydonotr eal
isethisTrut
hbysuchev i
dences, asdirectpercept
ionand
onexper i
enceandf ortheirpri
nci
plesthereisnopr oof,inf
erenceorexper ience.Theseshould
beunder st
ood.
Toknowhowi
tisnotl
i
ket
hat
:
I
fitistruet hatbei ngshav et hefreedom t ohav ebodi esandenj oypl easuresaccor dingtotheir
wish,theyshoul dobt ainbodi esandpl easur esast heydesi re;butt hisisnotso.Someget
bodieswi thoutdef ect sandenj oymat eri
al pleasur esandsomeot her sgetdef ect i
vel i
mbswhi ch
areunf i
ttosat isfytheirmat eri
al desires.Ther eforeitshoul dbeunder stoodt akingt heseas
proofthatbei ngsdonotgetbodi esandpl easur esast heydesi re;i
fi tissaidthateachoneget s
them becauseofnat ur e,Nat ur
eshoul dbewi thoutanychangeatal lti
meswi tht hesamequal i
ty;
asitisnotoft hesamet ypeandt herearesomanyv ariet
iesitisnotduet onat ure,thatbodies
areobt ai
ned.I fitisduet oGod' swi ll
,Godi sf ullofcompassi onandal waysjust ,hewoul dhav e
madeal l
t hebei ngsexper i
encepl easantt hingsuni f
or mly;butasHehasnotdonesoi tisnot
God'sWi ll.I
nt hef i
rstcr eati
oncr eat edbyGod' sGr ace, asthebei ngshadnotobser v edthelaws
ordainedbyHi m, toat tainHi sNat uralBlissbecauset heyhadf ail
edi nt heireffortduet oageol d
i
mpr essionsr ecor dedduet ot heiract i
ons, becauseoft hedi f
ferencesi ntheef fortsputf or
thby
thebeingsduet othebegi nninglessi mpr ession, manysor tsofbodi esandenj oy ment scame
i
ntoexi stencedur i
ngt hesecondcr eat i
on.Thi sshoul dbeunder stoodwi ththesepr oofs.
I
fnoot herbodyi
stakenaft
erthepr
esentbodyislost-onecannotkeepcountofthebodies
thathadbeendestr
oyedfr
om thefi
rstcr
eati
ontothisdate;si
milar
lythesoulst
ooarecountl
ess.
Therefor
ethesoul
stooshouldnottakemymorebodi es;buti
tisnotso;theyar
egoingon
taki
ngbodiesagai
nandagain.Buti
tissaidt
hatthesoulsarecreatedanewagainandagainand
bodi
esar eprovi
dedanewf ort hem -onlybodiescanbecr eatedanewagai nandagai n,thesoul
dwell
ingi nthebody ,cannotbecr eatedanewagai nandagai n;thesoul exi
stsandmani fests
al
way s;itdoesn'thavebirt
handdeat h; i
tisneit
hercr eat ednordest r
oyed.Ifsoul
sar emadel i
ke
pot,
theywi llnotknowt oexper iencepleasureandpai n; t
heywillnotbegetv i
rt
ueandv i
cet hey
wil
lbedest royedlikeapot .Iftheyaredest r
oyed, t
herewi l
lbeneitherbondagenorl iberation;
eveny oungchi l
drenknowt hatwhent hepoti sbrokent heairandt heEther(Space)wi thi
ni tare
notbroken.Ther efor
e, i
tshoul dbeknownbyi nference, thatwhent hebodyget sdest royedt he
manifestati
onoft hesoul andt hatoftheGodwi thinthatbodywi l
lnotbedest royedandt hatitis
tr
uethathesoul sobtainbodi esandpl easureswhi chv aryaccordingtot heeff
ortstheyputf ort
h.
Atapar ti
cul artimet winsar ebor ntoamot herandf at
her .Amongt hem onei sf airandt heot her
onei sdar k.Onei shandi cappedandt heot heriswi thoutanydef ect;onedr inksmi l
kandv omi ts
mi l
kwhi ledr inkingi t;onehasdi seaseandt heotherhasnodi sease; onechildspeakswheni tis
twoy ear sol d;andt heot herdoesn' tknowhowt ospeak.Wheni ti senqui r
edi ntodeepl y,how
thedi fferencesbet weent heset winscamet oexistatt hisplacewi thoutanyobv iousr easons, it
willbef oundt hatt hisisduet ot hedi f
f erencei nt heef fortsont hedeedsoft hebodyt akeni n
thepr eviousbi r
thWhent het wi nsar et hreey earsol dwhi letheyar eaboutt oeatt heeat ables
givent oeachoneoft hem byt heirpar ent s, i
ncaseat hirdchildcomesapar tfrom t heset wo, on
seeingi t,oneoft het wogi vest oitt heeat ableinit shand, whilet heot herpreventsi tfrom gi ving,
askingi tnott ogi ve; oneoft hem t akesupabookandr eadsi tl i
keay oungbody ,theot herone
snat chesi tandt hr owsi tawaysay ingt hatt hefir
stchi l
dshoul dnotr eadi tandbeat st hechi ld.
Onei saf raid,andt heot heri sfear l
ess.Whenwebegi ntoenqui re,howamongt heset wo
childrenonehasandt heot herdoesnothav emer cy ,l
ove, knowl edge, acti
vityetc.,atsuchan
earlyageev enwi thoutbei ngt aughtbyt hei rmot herorf ather,itwi l
lbel earnedbyi nference
comi ngoutofexper i
ence, thatt heimpr essi onsoft hehabi tsfor medi nthebodyi nt hepr ev i
ous
birt
hs, hav ecomeov ertot hepr esentbodywi t
houtbei ngt aught .Ifthisisunder stood, itwi l
lbe
clearlyseent hatbei ngshadbodi esbef ore, andwi llhav ebodi esaf tert hepresentbody .
Mor eover,evenbeforethepresentbodygetsdestroyed,t
hesoul t
akesvar
iousbodiesand
enjoysdiffer
entstrangeexperi
encesi nthedr
eam.Ther eforeitneednotbesaidthatwhent he
presentbodygoesawayt hesoul wil
ltakeanotherbodyandenj oytheexperi
encesaccordingto
theimpr essi
onsoft hepastdeeds.Ifamancanent eranotherbodyleavi
nghispresentbody ,
by
thesuper natur
alpowergotbyper fecti
nghimself,
itneednotbesai dthatwhenthispresent
bodyget sdestroyed,thesouldwelli
nginthebodywi l
lenteranotherbodyaccordi
ngtot he
effectsofitspastdeeds.
Moreov
er,
ifabi
rdcancomei nt
othebodyofachickf
rom t
hebodyofanegg,duetot
hechange
oft
imeandqual
it
ies,
itneednotbesai
dthatsoul
sonleav
ingt
hepresentbodywi
ll
comein
anotherbody,accordi
ngt otheef
fect
sofitspastdeeds.Moreover,
ifagerm cancomeint
othe
bodyofawaspf rom thatofagerm,becauseofawasp, i
tneednotbesaidthatasoull
eavi
ng
thepresentbodywillcomei nt
oanotherbodyaccordi
ngtoitspastdeeds.
Mor eover,i
fasoul eveninasinglebir
thcancomei ntothebodyofachi l
dfrom thatofaninfant
,
i
ntot hebodyofay outhfr
om thatofachi l
dandi ntothebodyofanol dmanf rom thatofayouth,
i
tneednotbesai dt hatasoulcancomei ntoonephy sicalbodyfr
om anot herphysicalbody
accordingt oi
tspastdeeds.Mor eover
,ifinasinglebirt
hsoulscant ransmigrateint
ot hebodyof
amal ef r
om thatofaf emaleandintothebodyofaf emalefrom thatofamal e,byt heeff
ectsof
mant rasandtantras-chanti
ngdi vi
nenamesorwor shippi
ngt hedivi
ne,itneednotbesai dthat
theywi l
ltakeanotherbodyduet otheeffectsofitspastdeeds.
Anotheri
nstance;t
hesouldwelli
nginaplantbody,comesintothebodyofawor m cal
l
edthe
emerald-
germ( maragat
hakir
umi),evenwhil
eiti
sinthesamebody .Moreover,anantcomes
i
ntothebodyoft heant-
bir
d(Pipeeli
kapakshi
),whi
leiti
sinthesamebody ,andasnake
remaini
nginthesamebody ,comesi nt
oanotherbodycall
edthesnake-
bird(sarpa-
pakshi
).
Simil
arl
y,asthesoul
sdwell
ingi
nthehumanbeings,animals,
bir
ds,r
epti
l
es,aquat
icbei
ngs,
pl
antsetc.,
whilei
nthesamebodiest
akeotherbodies,
itneednotbesai
dthatwhenthebodi
es
getdestr
oyedotherbodi
esaret
akenbythesouls.
Toknowhowthevi
rtuousdeedsandt
hev
ici
ousdeedsdonei
nthepr
evi
ousbi
rt
hwi
l
lfol
l
owt
he
bei
ngint
othi
sbodyalso:
I
faf
ami
l
ymanhadi
nvi
tedbadpeopl
etot
hehousewher
ehewasr
unni
ngt
hef
ami
l
yandhad
mov edwiththem f
reel
y,theywoul
df oll
owhi m ev
enwhenhel eavesthathouseandoccupy
anotherhouseandwoul dmov ecl
oselywithhim.Inthesameway ,ifabeinghaddonesinful
deedsoutofhi sownwi l
lint
hepreviousbodywher ehehaddwel l
ed,thosesi
nfuldeedswould
fol
lowhim whenheoccupi esanotherbody,andbewi t
hhim eveninthatbody;t
hisinappl
i
cable
i
sthev ir
tuousdeedsalso.