Questioner: Is it true when they say there is no moksha in this era of the current time cycle?
Dadashri: The Lord’s statement can never be wrong; but what did Lord Mahavir say, “No jiva will attain moksha from this world in the current era of this time cycle.”  People have misunderstood this statement of the Lord. There are some who have even changed this statement and claim, “There is no moksha,” and so they have stopped even trying to walk that path and have pulled others down along with them. But who says that you too have to be pulled down along with these people? The Lord has said, “In this current time cycle, in this galaxy, you cannot get a check for Rs: 100,000 but it is possible to get one for Rs: 99,999-99.” i.e. direct liberation is not possible from this world but the path is still open through another world. At least you get that much in the current era of this time cycle! Actually you even get change of 99 cents on top of that!? Will that change not be helpful when you go to eat breakfast somewhere? Today they even charge you a commission of five cents to change a rupee, do they not?  In the current era ‘we’ are able to write you a check for  Rs. 99,999-99. Those who say that the direct path to moksha is not open should at least investigate and find out up to what point it is open.  Investigate it! If a train does not go all the way to Vadodara but only to  the outskirts, should you not then at least get on that train? But what do people do instead? They close their doors and do not leave their home. Now whom can you blame for such misunderstanding? You are short of only ‘one cent’; this is what the Gnani is conveying to you.
Of the six eras (aras), the fifth era is the true and the best. It is called time of inferno (bhatthikaad). On one side there is the scientist (Akram Vignani) and on the other there is the furnace. No matter how much alloy is mixed with ‘gold’ (Self), the ‘goldsmith’ (Gnani) will be able to extract the ‘pure gold’ (the Self) for you. In the sixth era, there will be no ‘goldsmiths’; there will only be the furnace. A life of hell will be there but no one to help find a way out. In the fifth era there is the longest reign of Lord Mahavir. The reign of other past Tirthankars only remained to the point of their own final liberation (nirvana) but the reign of Lord Mahavir will last twenty one thousand years after his nirvana, which occurred 2500 years ago.
People assert, ‘moksha has stopped.’ Now what will become of these people? By thinking and believing moksha is not possible, they have abandoned the path to moksha and have become involved in other activities. Let me tell you what this is like. If there has been a drought this year, a person will say, “Do not plough or sow anything on this farm, you will waste your seeds.” It is like sitting and doing nothing.