JIVA-MAN

[M & E Shearn]

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>From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar at braincells.com>
>To: "M & E Shearn" <peacewrk at snet.net>
>Subject: Re: JIVA-MAN
>Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:38:51 -0500
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>> From: M & E Shearn <peacewrk at snet.net>
>> To: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
>> Subject: JIVA-MAN
>> Date: Wednesday, November 13, 1996 8:22 PM
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>> Namaste
>> Isn't karma applicable only to the jiva or the illusion of ego/mind/body?
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>> If the Self (which can not be other than Moksha) is Realized, for whom is
>> the effects?
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>You mean if this supposedly realized person was a soldier and after his
>"realization" he went back to shooting people there would be no effect?
>That's ridiculous.  Your view is only tenable if this whole
>jiva/brahman/karma interaction was occuring in isololation.  It isn't.  If
>a person is truly realized they understand the futility of karma and avoid
>it.  The original question was whether it was possible to attain jnana and
>continue in ones worldly life.  The answer is simple.  No.
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