224 Quotes About Cause-and-effect

Opinions about sexuality, is the main evidence of the presence of wrong knowledge about sexuality.

Firm decision is that which once made, will remain forever. Then you will find its link ahead. You will even find the right timing. If you change the decision, then you will not find the link ahead. If you make one decision, then you make another, then you will attain it but not on time. What is more, you will get it in pieces, it will not be smooth and continuous.

Whatever firm decisions (nischaya) you have made; only those will bear fruit. You do not have to do anything else.

There are two types of purushartha (self effort): those with wrong beliefs have self effort (purusharth) with illusory vision and the enlightened one’s have self effort (purusharth) with right knowledge.

You’ have to ‘see’ what ‘Chandubhai’ is doing; that is prurshartha (real independent Self effort). What is illusory effort? ‘What inner intent (bhaav) was there and what inner intent was not there’ in whatever is happening is illusory effort. In illusory effort, intent comes in the middle and in the exact, real effort, there is ‘knowing-seeing’.

Giving a donation is an effect (prarabdha – effect of past lives deeds), and the (illusory) self effort (cause for next life) is the inner intent that prevailed while making the donation.

You are free to enjoy what is yours, but happily enjoying what is not yours will bind a strong karmic knot, and ruin many more future births. But that knot will loosen up through pratikraman (apology) and one will have the opportunity to become free.

Be cautious in this Kaliyug (current time era). Endure the penance that naturally presents itself to you; do not create penance that you are not faced with.

Whatever consolation you accept, that much penance will be deficient.