How could Gajaanan Maharaj give liberation to a devotee who never learned spiritual knowledge or sacrificed anything practically?

[Following are the questions asked by devotees to Swami in the satsaṅga held on October 17, 2020]

How could Gajānan Mahārāj give liberation to a devotee who never learned spiritual knowledge or sacrificed anything practically? (9 of 10)

[Śrī Nithin asked: Swami, after watching a movie on Gajānan Maharāj, I have got a doubt. In that movie, a devotee comes to Maharāj, almost at the end of his life and sings a bhajan. He gets mokṣa. How is that without learning knowledge and without doing karma phala tyāga, he was given mokṣa by Maharāj?]

Swami replied: Do you know the entire background of the soul, who was granted salvation by Gajānan Maharāj? Maharāj knew the entire background of the soul; regarding his previous births and also the earlier part of the person’s current birth. In the movie, it is not possible to show the entire background of the soul. We should not judge the value of the soul based on the present moments alone. Knowing the entire present life and all the past births of the soul are necessary to judge the value of a soul. Without spiritual knowledge, devotion and practical sacrifice, salvation is impossible.

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