Gnani Purush Dadashri
Dear Mahatmas Who Seek Full Enlightenment
Dear Seeker of the Eternal:
The One whose darshan is possible with punyai of infinite life times, whose Gnan grants one final liberation in one more life time, such a Gnani Purush’s unprecedented Centennial Celebration Occasion has arrived. This is a heartfelt invitation to all of you to come and participate in devotional worship, darshan, Gnan and the experience of extraordinary divinity.
With the sense of Oneness with all,
Namaskaar…
Jai Sat Chit Anand
Deepak
AtmaGnani Shri Deepakbhai Desai has been spearheading the Mission of The Gnani Purush since March 19, 2006
AtmaGnani Dr. Niruben Amin made the world aware of the Akram Vignani and headed the Mision between Jan 2, 1988 till March 19, 2006
EDITORIAL
In
this Kalikal—current era of the time cycle of strife and tension, all living
beings are stuck in temporary pleasure-pain states, and their condition is like
a sweet potato being roasted in a hot charcoal pit. For the salvation of such
human beings, the Self expressed spontaneously in full glory within the bodily
temple of Shri Ambalal Muljibhai Patel of Bhadran, Gujarat, India in June 1958.
The fully enlightened Self within is referred to as ‘Dada Bhagwan’. After
that evening, Ambalal became Gnani Purush Dadashri and his satsang opened up the
new path of liberation called Akram Vignan. It took only an hour for this
science to manifest within him, and it brought final answers and closure to all
matters related to spirituality. Thus nature presented the phenomenal gift of
Akram Vignan at the feet of the world. In this Kalikaal the extraordinary wonder
of total reverence and worship for an ordinary householder—not an ascetic-renunciate—arose.
A Gnani manifested in the attire of a family man, who commenced giving the
phenomenal knowledge of the Self—Atmagnan to the world, thus becoming the
absolute nimit—evidence in turning
people to the path of liberation. Thus he made extraordinary contribution in the
service of jagat kalyan salvation of
the world.
Lord
Krishna has said, “Gnani Purush is verily my Soul.” Shrimad Rajchandra has
also said, “Gnani Purush is verily the absolute Self--paramatma in
human form.” Dadashri always used to say, “I am a Gnani Purush and the One
manifest within is the Lord of the fourteen worlds, He is the fully enlightened
Lord at three hundred and sixty degrees. Because of the current era of the time
cycle, absolute enlightenment for me stopped short by four degrees at three
hundred and fifty-six degrees.”
In
spite of holding such a lofty status, he never exercised his superiority.
He never became a guru of anybody, he remained as a disciple of the whole
world. With total laghuttam bhaav—I am inferior to all, he remained in swaparinati—as
the Self, and in the state of niralumb—absolutely independent within, and by fulfilling an
ideal worldly interaction vyavahar,
completed an unparalleled example for the world.
Dadashri
had only one burning desire that, ‘May the whole world attain this bliss that
I have attained.’ With infinite
compassion he used to say, “ It is hard to see all this suffering humanity. My
deep inner intent is that may all living beings of the universe attain peace and
happiness. May many people attain moksha—final liberation from the
cycles of birth and death. I will go to moksha after sending all these people to
moksha. However, in fact moksha is my constant experience right here.” We have
just one wish—let the world attain salvation. He used to say, “Half the
world will attain salvation through me and the other half will attain salivation
through my followers.” We have attained salvation, now it is worth nurturing
the intention for salvation of
humanity at large. Let us all have this prayerful intent—bhaavna , the
rest will be done by nature.
This
Gnani Purush, the purna absolute gnanavatar human being laden with
Gnan—Self-knowledge, ocean of compassion and embodiment of love has brought
the end of wandering in infinite cycles of birth and death in just one hour.
Even as we go about in our worldly ways, we have been established in the
experience of liberation. How can we express our gratitude towards such a
supreme Soul? This Gnani Purush who does not have any spruha—
inclination for anything worldly has given us such a precious and invaluable
thing, that there is nothing in this world that we can pay back. So now what
should be our sincere duty? We can surrender our mind, body and wealth with
absolute humility and become nimit—instrumental
evidence in jagat kalyan—salvation
of the world. Let us take this privilege and be blessed by paying our debt as
per our capacity in the united charity towards this mission of salvation of the
world of Lord Simandhar Swami by helping spread Dadashri’s Akram Vignan all
over the world.
One
hundred years have passed since the birth of the Gnani Purush. Kartak sud
Chaudash, Friday, November 23rd 2007 is the 100th
anniversary of absolutely graceful supreme Self Dada Bhagwan who resides within
all of us. A century has passed and such a wonderful bheda vignani—the
one who knows and is able to separate the Self from non-Self, completed his task
of salvation of the world and made an external farewell. But has he really gone?
Let us remember the security that he has given to us, “This bubble
of bodily form may burst tomorrow, but this Dada in the form of the Agnas
will remain continuously with you. ‘We—the Gnani and the fully
enlightened Lord within’ are not going to go anywhere. ‘We’ will take a
seat in your heart.”
Kavi has sung, “Dada kaiye gyaa ja nathi pan
rudiyama beeraje chhe. Maari andar behi gelaa Dada Bhagwan bole chhe. Dada
Bhagwan Na Aseem Jai Jaikar Ho….”
“Dada has not gone anywhere, He resides in the
heart. Dada Bhagwan within is speaking. Infinite glory to the Lord within
all.”
This whole year we will be celebrating birth
centennial and golden jubilee of Self-enlightenment of Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan.
So on this occasion let us all get together and fulfill the goal of salvation of
the Soul more and more throughout the world. Let us celebrate and sing all
together……..
“Ujavie
Dada Bhagwan ni somee janmajayanti,
Vadhavie
avasarne umangthi, madde zankhee purna poonamni,
Na
bhooto, na bhavishyati aa anupam premal murti..
Let’s celebrate 100th birth anniversary
of Dada Bhagwan,
Let’s
joyously celebrate this occasion with showering flowers and devotion, we get
glimpses of a full moon, Never in past, never in future this unparalleled
embodiment of love………”
~ Deepak Desai
AtmaGnani Deepakbhai Desai has been spearheading The Mission of Gnani Purush Dadashri since March 19, 2006.
AtmaGnani Pujya Dr. Niruben Amin introduced Dadashri to the World and fulfilled His Mission spearheading it in new dimensions
from January 2 1988 till March 19, 2006.
1: If a single word of The Gnani Purush enters into samaj—real understanding then salvation is accomplished.
2:
The right belief—I am the Self, is attained only from an Atmagnani Purush.
With this right belief—samkit worries and externally induced
suffering—upadhi does not arise.
3:The one who does not have the
slightest ego is a Gnani Purush.
4: This Akram Vignan exists just like Kramic Vignan. Akram Vignan does not exist in books. It lies in the heart of the Gnani.
5: What defines the Gnani Purush? It is he who
remains constantly in the effortless state.
6: The one who becomes free from all kinds of beggary
is bestowed the state of the Gnani.
7: The compassion of the Gnani is universal and it is there for every living being.
8:
Gnani is the vehicle—sadhan for
liberation. The destination—sadhya through
this vehicle is the absolute Self.
9:
The illusion of doer ship cannot be surmounted through one’s own efforts. Only
a Gnani Purush can dispel this illusion.
10: The world does not hinder you. Ignorance is hindering you. This ignorance leaves with the Gnan—Self-knowledge, which is obtained from the Gnani Purush.
11:
The one who is devoid of kashaya—anger-pride-deceit-greed
is worthy of darshan—being seen with reverence. Such a one is verily a
Gnani.
12:
Scriptures contain shabdaAtma—word associated Self, the real Self
exists in the Gnani.
13:
Who is the mother of Gnan? Samaj—real understanding. Where can one
attain this samaj? Understand it from a Gnani.
14:
Obstinacy—adai against the obstinate is the nature of the worldly self.
Yielding against obstinacy—sidha thavu is the nature of Gnanis.
15:
Mukta hasya—the liberating laughter exists in the Gnani Purush only.
Where there is vitaragata—state beyond attachment and abhorrence, there
exists mukta hasya.
16:
The Gnani Purush has known such a Self—Atma that it cannot hurt anyone
at all, even to the slightest extent. This is the definition of avyabadha
swaroop!
17: The Gnani Purush remains continuously as the
natural blissful Self and that verily is what brings us to the natural blissful
Self.
18:
The Self—Atma is worth knowing, but this knowing is not easy. It can be
only known by the grace of the Gnani Purush.
Gnani Purush can accomplish anything, because he has no sense of doership—kartabhav.
He exists as nimitbhav—evidentiary doer.
19.
After receiving Gnan, if one knows how to digest an insult, then he will
become a Gnani.
21: Gnani Purush is considered the Lord of the
universe, and yet there is not even a trace of egoism in him.
22:
The greatest wonder in the entire world is the Self—Atma! The one, who
attains that, attains everything.
23:
What is moksha—liberation? It calls for a fundamental change in
vision—drashtibhed. The Gnani Purush does this for you.
24:
Scriptures contain religion, but they do not have marma—real meaning
and message. This marma exists in the heart of the Gnani.
25:
The one who remains continuously as the gnata-drashta—knower-seer is
the Gnani.
On the Ocassion of the 100th Birthday Of The Akram Vignani The Matchless Gnani Purush Dadashri The Following
Satsang Commences
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After the enlightenment in 1958 the Gnani Purush was discovered in 1962.
Thereafter, continuous Satsang happened in the presence of Gnani Purush Dadashri. Here is an example :
Never Will The World Forget This
Matchless Gnani Purush
‘We’ Got Chosen For This Greatest
Feat of Akram
Questioner: You move around in a liberated state but how did you acquire that siddhi—spiritual energy that accomplishes the goal?
Dadashri:
‘We—the Gnani Purush and the fully
enlightened Lord within’ did not acquire this, this is greatest attainment
that happened. ‘This is but natural.’ (Exact words of Dadashri) This Gnan
manifested when I was sitting on the bench amidst the very busy crowded station
of Surat in 1958. People ask me how I
attained this Gnan. I tell them that this is not something that can be imitated,
if that indeed was what they were trying to do. This phenomenon occurred
naturally. It was but natural. If this were something that could be imitated
then I would tell you exactly how I achieved it. But the route I had taken would
not yield such a magnificent spiritual reward. My expectations were only for
about five percent; actually not even five percent spiritual reward. I was
hoping that I would receive at least one percent reward from all my efforts.
Questioner:
You say that Gnan manifested ‘but natural,’ please explain that? Please
explain how it happened.
Dadashri:
I have to say ‘but natural’ for
people to understand but it happened as a result of many scientific
circumstantial evidences coming together. ‘But natural’ happens very
rarely to someone. If someone claims, “I did it myself,” then that Gnan
remains incomplete. This Gnan has happened naturally and spontaneously.
Had I done it, if the vikalp—‘I am Chandulal—ego’
decreased by 80%, then 20% would have remained. But this is 100% nirvikalp—the
ego less state; this is vitarag—devoid of attachment and
abhorrence vignan—science. There were all kinds of evidences; the time must have been right
for the salvation of the world. Once that happened, an instrument was then necessary to present it to the world.
Experienced
Wonderful Bliss!
Questioner: Did
you feel, ‘I have attained this Gnan’, when it happened?
Dadashri: What? Did I realize it? At that time, I experienced boundless
bliss as if I was sitting in Siddha gati (the ultimate location at the
crest of the universe where the fully enlightened Self without a body resides),
so why would I not realize it? Even sitting on the bench I experienced the bliss
of Siddha gati! The gentleman who was in my service sitting next to me at
the time also attained moksha—liberation without any effort. This Akram
which has manifested is something exquisitely amazing!
Questioner: Akram Gnan is the result of how many previous lives’ spiritual
endeavor?
Dadashri:
It is
the balance and extract of many previous lives. As a result of them all, this
Akram Gnan has manifested naturally. I did not know that such Gnan would
manifest. I did not think that such thing would happen to me. I would not have
such a thing even in my imagination. I
thought I would have some light of the Self, so I will have some peace. But
instead such a phenomenal spiritual universe unfolded!
Salvation
is going to happen to many human beings. The reason is that if any time has ever
happened for a simple and easily attainable path of liberation, then, that time
has happened now. Hindus, Parsis, Muslims, everybody got benefit. It is not such
that someone will find it unsuitable. It suits everyone!
The
State At The Time Of Gnan
Questioner: Please tell us more about your state at the time of enlightenment?
Dadashri:
The
external state was the same. There is no method of this way or that in this. And
oh…the inner veils get shattered. The avaran—the
veil of illusion, was removed completely. When you get entangled, do you get sooj—insight
that clarifies, within or not? Likewise, when the veil shattered, the total
awareness—khyal opened up.
Reached
The Shore Of Gnan
Questioner:
What was your experience at the time Gnan happened to you?
Dadashri:
The
entire ego dissolved. I felt that I had crossed from this shoreline to that
shoreline. I felt like I had crossed over from the shore of agnan
Self-ignorance to the shore of Gnan. And ah! The air over there! The ego left
permanently! Even if you try to look for it, you cannot find it! All the
questions of the world unfolded. No
puzzle of any kind remained. Who is God? How does this world run? How is karma
bound? What is Devgati—celestial realm? I ‘saw’ this within one
hour. Everything changed so would not I understand that such a big change had
occurred! And the bliss that I experienced would never leave again!
Questioner:
How long did that state (the enlightening process) last?
Dadashri: It lasted only for an hour. In that hour, the entire
vision became exact. Then I could see all the changes that had occurred. The ego
within was gone from its very roots. All remnants of anger, pride, deceit and
greed departed. I had never expected anything like this.
Since
That Day ‘I’ In A Separate State Altogether
Questioner:
Please explain the event of your enlightenment at Surat station? How did you
feel at that time?
Dadashri:
How much experience I can tell you? I
experienced bliss; the world became oblivious at that time. There was no change
in the feelings within. I had gone to Songadh and Vyara by the Tapti Railway
line on business. While returning I had stopped at Surat station. Along with me
was another gentleman, who always accompanied me. In those days I used to have
my dinner before sunset, so I finished my dinner in the train and at six
o’clock we disembarked the train at Surat station. That gentleman took the
dirty dishes to clean while I sat alone on a bench alone. It was then that the
enlightenment and Gnan manifested. This Gnan, ‘what is this universe? How
does it function? Who runs it?’- its entire account was ‘seen’ by me.
It was on that day when all traces of my egoism disappeared. From that
day onwards I began to live in a different state altogether, without egoism and
without mamata—myness. A.
M. Patel- the non-Self remained the same, but ‘I’ the Self became
established as the Self, entirely different and separate. From that day onwards,
I have not experienced anything but constant samadhi, bliss of the Self.
Inexpressible Experience Of The Original
Element
At
that time I was filled with spontaneous and sudden vast inner
manifestation-expressions--sphurana and the awareness—khyal ‘I
am Ambalal’ vanished totally, and awakened awareness—jagruti increased
to such an extent that the entire universe became lit within. And I saw the
entire universe, ‘who is the doer of this, how the world runs, how did it
arise, who is God, who is nimit evidentiary doer, What are the births,
what are avatars—life after life re-entry, who are these relatives, who
are you, who am I, what is the basis on which one meets all these in life,’
all these questions were resolved completely. I ‘saw’ the entire analysis in
one hour and infinite bliss… unending bliss was experienced and this bliss was
absolute! Thereafter, all puzzles were solved! The scriptures do not describe
everything in its entirety. Only
that which words permit is described in the scriptures. There is a lot more to
the universe, it is beyond any words; it is way beyond words.
Now
what unfolded and what I have understood—samajaya (real darshan)
is not expressible in speech. You will understand that when you experience that
yourself. However I am trying to explain all this in words to you. You will not
be able to comprehend the original vastu—element-the Self at all. The
reason is that there are no words there. It cannot be describe specifically
through speech. I am just trying to express in words as much as I can
externally. It is not the original vastu. That you can know only when you
reach there!
God
Manifested In The Solitude Amidst Multitude
Questioner:
The direct inner light that you experienced at Surat station, did it occur
suddenly on its own?
Dadashri:
Yes, it happened suddenly. After that I saw everything completely,
and everything changed.
Questioner:
Yes but at that time the people around were the same people, were they not?
Dadashri:
Yes, but after that I could see the external packing (bodies) of people as well
as the internal content, the pure Soul within. There are
varieties of packaging but the content is the same! Therefore, the entire
world appeared completely different to me.
Questioner:
In one of the spiritual hymns it is written: ‘bhidnu ekant aney kolahalma
shukladhyan--solitude amidst multitude, and the mediation as the Self amidst
a noisy environment filled with hustle and bustle. Please elaborate on that.
Dadashri:
‘Solitude amidst multitude’, means that man cannot experience solitude in a
solitary environment, because of the mind. Hence, solitude amidst multitude!
Then, bliss of the Self arose in a noisy bustling environment. On this
other side oh ho ho! There was such hectic activity and noise on the railway
station, and I was in the bliss of the Self.
I saw the whole universe in the Gnan, as it is!
Questioner: The
darshan—inner vision that opened for you at Surat station in 1958,
what and how was it?
Dadashri:
I felt as if I became free from this body.
Questioner:
How did that separation feel?
Dadashri:
Absolute separation, it was a completely different state. It cannot be
described.
Questioner:
Did you feel that something was going to happen prior to that moment?
Dadashri:
I was experiencing much peace—shanti. But, that peace was associated
with the ego and it is of no use. Even non-Self-realized—agnani people have that peace.
Questioner:
At that time on the station, was the bliss—anand you
felt unprecedented?
Dadashri:
As gnata—knower drashta—seer with absolute bliss—param
anand, I became separate along with all the attributes (of the Self). Not in
the mind, not in the body, not in the speech, that is how separate I became.
That is called attaining-receiving—ladhyu Gnan.
Gnan verily is the Self.
Questioner:
After the Gnan manifested in you, does that light of Gnan remain the same or
does it continue to increase?
Dadashri: ‘Our—the Gnani and the fully enlightened State
within’—Gnan is ‘the
experienced Gnan—anubhavgnan’ in which there cannot be two
kinds of light; there is constantly one kind of light only. ‘We’ have
clear—spashta experience of the Self. Gnan continues to increase until one
attains the clear experience. With the clear experience the Gnan becomes
complete.
Questioner:
Did pudgal--the non-Self complex seen as ‘living’ body that forms and
disintegrates—experience the Self? Who experienced that?
Dadashri:
That
experience, ‘Potey’
the one who is the ‘I am’, knew the Self, nothing else. The one who used to
believe the non-Self to be the ‘I’, now came to know that, ‘I am this, not
that.’ The separation happened.
No
Desire Left Even To Remember The Date
Questioner:
Dada on what date did this Gnan manifest?
Dadashri:
The year was 1958 but I didn’t know at the time that it would be important to
remember the date or that someone would ask me about the date. All I knew was
that all puzzles were solved.
Questioner:
But now, will you not have to place upayoga—focused awareness and find
that out?
Dadashri:
No, it will happen on its own accord if it was meant to be discovered. Why
should I bother with it? It was between the rainy season and the summer. It was
June. I did not pay much attention to that. The enlightenment was all I cared
about at the time.
Understanding of Kram and Akram
Questioner:
Did the Gnan manifest within you because of your past spiritual endeavors in the
Kramic path?
Dadashri:
Yes, everything I did was only on the Kramic path, but the fruit it gave was that of Akram-step-less
path of Self-Realization, requiring no rituals or austerities. However, I failed
at the level of Keval Gnan -Absolute enlightenment. That is why this
science of Akram unfolded
for the world.
Questioner:
Please explain further details of this Akram Vignan that has come into current
existence through you.
Dadashri:
The ‘full stop’ ‘.’ of the ego, is Akram
Vignan. The ‘comma’ ‘,’ of the ego is the Kramic
Gnan path. Akram Vignan
is the internal science, which takes one to one’s eternal bliss and
therefore, is also known as the ‘science of the Self—Atmavignan.’
The other is the ‘science of the external—bahyavignan’, the
non-Self. It gives temporary happiness. Ultimately, the external science
perishes and brings about destruction, whereas the internal science is
eternal—sanatan and therefore it promotes the eternal.
Questioner:
How is this Akram path different from the Kramic path?
Dadashri:
Kramic
means one has to climb one step at a time. As one’s parigraha--acquisitiveness
diminishes, one progresses farther towards moksha--liberation. This takes
innumerable lifetimes. But this is Akram Vignan. There is no need to climb
steps. One simply has to get on the elevator and go to the twelfth floor. Such
an elevator-lift path has come about. Those who have entered this elevator-lift
have attained their salvation. I am
simply nimit—instrumental evidence. Anyone that boards the elevator
will have all the answers.
It
is because of Akram Vignan that samkit—the
sate with the right belief, ‘I am pure Soul,’ is attained in such a short
time. In these times, it is impossible to attain this state of samkit through
the traditional Kramic path.
Akram Vignan is the
science, which draws an exact line of demarcation between the Self—Atma and
the non-Self—anatma. I do this for you within one hour.
After this, You will feel that you have attained Your safe-side. If you struggle
to do this yourself, you will not accomplish that in a million lives.
Get
Your Work Done
‘We’
are not the Lord—Swami of salvation of the world; ‘we’ are merely
instrumental in the process, and those who have the punyai—merit
karma effects, will reap the benefit without doing anything. This Akram
path is the result of one’s own good deeds, otherwise where can one even dream
of an Akram path? Only later, when people read about Akram Vignan in the history
books, will they wonder whether they were around during the time this Akram path
was active. Then upon further investigation, he would discover that he was too
busy building high-rise apartments. All other circumstances may come together,
but it is not possible for one to become established on this Akram path. The
circumstances that come together here are that of the eternal—sat.
This, one will realize only the day after one receives the Self in the Gnan
Vidhi.
Questioner:
We now understand that this path of yours is an extraordinary path.
Dadashri:
Alaukik—beyond
this world! Very alaukik! Such a personification of Gnan- a phenomenal
human being—gnanvatar arises
once in a million years. Here one can attain moksha—liberation
within an hour. Here, therefore, we have to get our work done. So get your work
done. This is the place, which is worth of getting your work done. This is not a
religion. There is not mandan—the beginning of an establishment that
will bring its inevitable conclusion—destruction. If we do mandan here then we have to destroy—khandan someone else’s
path. Here there is no mandan—begin anew or khandan—destruction.
Here pure Bhagwan—fully enlightened
Lord has manifested within. Here let as many people who may attain salvation,
attain that.
Did
Not Meet Or Make Any Guru in This Life
Questioner:
Will you tell us about your guru, please?
Dadashri:
A guru—spiritual master is only a guru
if you meet him directly face-to-face in this life. I did not meet any such
person in this life. I met all kinds of saints, but none worthy of taking up as
a guru. I had a lot of spiritual
discussions with them and had served them but none were worthy of becoming my guru.
I did read about all the human beings who became Gnanis,
but I never met any of them.
Shrimad
Rajchandra cannot be considered a guru
for me because I did not meet him personally. I had taken support of his
writings along with some other writings, but his writings were the greatest
support for me.
I
used to read books by Shrimad Rajchandra, scriptures about Lord Mahavir and about Lord Krishna’s message in the Gita,
in addition to volumes of Vedantas and
the works of Lord Swaminarayan and of the Moslem religion. I discovered what
they were all are experiencing within and what they were trying to convey. From
their own perspectives, they are all correct. Within their own degrees of
spiritual vision, they are all correct. The total perspective is three hundred
and sixty degrees. Some have a vision of fifty, some at hundred, some at a
hundred and fifty. They are all correct. However, no one has three hundred and
sixty degree vision. Lord Mahavira had three hundred and sixty degree vision. At
360 degrees one is fully enlightened and this Patel is at 356 degrees. He lacks
four degrees. That is why he is different. Otherwise, he too would have been
called Mahavira.
The
World Is The Puzzle Itself
That
which accepts 360 degrees is called Gnan. ‘We’ accept all 360 degrees. That
is why ‘we’ are Gnani. ‘We’
are am sitting in the center and that is why ‘we’ are able to show you the
facts. By fact God is not at all the creator of this world. This world has not
been created by anyone. So how did it come into existence? ‘The world is the
puzzle itself.’ (Exact sentence of Dadashri) We call it a puzzle because it
has become puzzle-some. The world has formed itself. ‘We’ have seen this in
our Gnan (absolute knowledge, absolute vision and absolute experience). There is
not a single parmanu—subatomic particle- in this world that ‘I’
have not traversed through. ‘I’ am telling you this by living in this world
as well as living outside it.
The
ones who can solve this puzzle are granted the degree of the supreme Soul parmatma, and those who cannot have become dissolved within this
puzzle. I have solved this puzzle and attained the status of the supreme Soul. I
see the chetan—Self and the achetan—non-Self as separate.
Gnani
Gives Introduction Of ‘Dada Bhagwan’
Questioner:
Why do they address aapshri—your reverence, as ‘Dada Bhagwan’?
Dadashri: Whom
do you recognize when you say aapshri--‘you’? Are you talking about
the one you see? You recognize only
him, do you not? The person you see is a Patel from the town of Bhadran and he
runs a construction business. ‘Dada Bhagwan’ is the Self—Atma that has manifested within. People of the world refer to this
as pragat Purush—manifested Self.
What is visible is Ambalal Muljibhai Patel and the one residing within is
‘Dada Bhagwan.’ He is the Lord of the fourteen worlds. So such a Lord is
manifested here that you have never heard of before.
So ‘Dada Bhagwan’ is separate. I am separate. I
bow to ‘Dada Bhagwan’, because I have to complete three hundred and sixty
degrees.
From the time this Gnan manifested, I have never
become one with Ambalal Muljibhai even for a moment. Since the onset of Gnan,
“This is my first neighbor.”
Most
people would not understand this subtle distinction, which is why I have to say
that, ‘Dada Bhagwan’ is manifest. Very rarely does the Lord of the fourteen
worlds manifest. I say as I ‘see—joyeeney.’ That is why I am
telling you to get your work done!
Exact
Definition of ‘Dada Bhagwan’
What is the swaroop—innate
form of ‘Dada Bhagwan’? It is in the form of Gnan – Self-knowledge, darshan
Self-vision, charitra Self-conduct and tapa
invisible penance. That which is experienced on the basis of all these, is
‘Dada Bhagwan.’
The rest is this Patel. This bubble-physical body of
A. M. Patel- may burst tomorrow and people will burn it but no one can burn
‘Dada Bhagwan’ because fire is gross and the Atma—the Self is
subtle. How can the gross burn that which is subtle? Similarly Dada Bhagwan in
the form of Gnan, darshan, charitra
and tapa, resides within you too. That is what You verily are!
Those Two Are One And The Same
Questioner:
All these people are chanting, ‘Dada BhagwanNa Aseem Jai Jaikar Ho—Glory
to the Eternal Lord within’, in this how do you give introduction of
Dada Bhagwan?
Dadashri:
The
real Dada Bhagwan, who the owner of the entire world, the Lord of the world, is
the one we are referring to. Not this Dada Bhagwan (worldly A.M.Patel), Dada
Bhagwan is the one that has manifested within, the Lord of the fourteen Worlds,
I too bow to the Lord and this is the cash bank! One reaps fruit instantly as he
chants-sings.
Questioner:
When we were all chanting, ‘Dada
Bhagwan Na Aseem Jai Jaikar Ho’, you too were chanting something. Whose
name were you chanting?
Dadashri:
I too was chanting the same. I too bow
down to Dada Bhagwan. Dada Bhagwan is at 360 degrees and I am at 356 degrees. I
lack four degrees and that is why I too sing that. I commenced it, so that
others will do the same. They too are lacking. Are you not lacking in degrees?
Ultimate Liberation Through The Darshan
Of Simandhar Swami
Questioner:
What is the relationship between
‘Dada Bhagwan’ whose name you make us chant and this Simandhar Swami?
Dadashri:
Ah ha! They are the same but the
reason I am telling everyone about Simandhar Swami is because I still have a
physical body and I too have to go there. Without the darshan live meeting with Simandhar Swami one cannot attain
liberation. There is one more life to live. Liberation can only be attained by
the darshan of the one who is
liberated. Actually, even I am liberated, but he is absolutely-completely
liberated.
‘Our’
Gnan is at the level of three hundred and fifty six degrees; we have to go there
to add other four degrees. ‘We’ can give as much ‘we’ have. There is no
other Gnan left for you to take. We have given complete Gnan. We can become just
like Lord Simandhar Swami by doing His darshan
only, by looking at his worldly form, that’s all. Only His darshan
is remains.
Whom
Can You Consider A Gnani?
Questioner:
How do you define a Gnani?
Dadashri:
A Gnani can be found
where there is constant light. He is the personification of knowledge. A Gnani
knows everything. He is
the one who has nothing more left to know. ‘Gnani’
means complete light; complete light means there is no trace of any
darkness.
A
Gnani is to be found once
in a while. To become a Gnani is
a natural adjustment. It just happens. No one can become a Gnani
on his or her own. A
Gnani Purush is ‘separate-free from thoughts-speech and acts, liberated--mukta
and one of a kind--ajod. No one can compete with a Gnani. This is because
he does not enter into competition with anyone. Such a Gnani Purush who remains
in constant experience of the eternal sat,
is present only once in awhile as a gnanavatar—eternal Gnan expressing
in human form. He does not remain forever, and that is why such a one is very
rare, very rare, very rare.
Introduction of The Gnani
Questioner:
How can we recognize a Gnani Purush?
Dadashri:
His
every word is a scripture, if one understands.
The conduct of the Gnani, his speech and his humility are such that they
win your mind. He has many unique qualities.
Gnani
Purush does not have even a drop of intellect. The Gnani Purush is abuddha without intellect. Now how many such people are around? Once
in a while when such a person is around, he will liberate hundreds and thousands
of people. The Gnani Purush does not have even the slightest ego. There is not a
single person in this world that is ego-less. Only Gnani Purush would be without
ego. Not a cent of ego. He would not be the owner of body, owner of speech and
owner of mind. One has never heard such speech before at all. However all this
is not written in the scriptures. ‘We’ do not have intellect that is why it
is worth listening to each and every word of ‘our’s’ and that is the
reason why it is complete by one hundred percent. No one will be able to find
any error in this talk of ‘ours’ for thousands of years. The science of the
entire world is here. This is a science of all the scriptures. You can get the
solutions of all the scriptures of whole world here. Not only Vedanta, not only
Bhagwat Gita, but when all the questions of Muslims, Jains, every scriptural
problem are resolved, then the true matter is known.
Rarely,
every few thousand years or so, a Gnani
Purush is born. There is an abundance of saints and experts of
scriptures. The ones who have known the Self—Atmagnanis, move about in
absolute bliss and do not have an iota of dukha—suffering mental or
physical. In the presence of such a person, you too, can attain your
liberation. He who is realized can help others attain the Self.
The
Gnani Purush is a nimt-instrumental evidentiary doer,
that is why he is not a doer. That is why he can do everything. He is not
the doer so he can do whatever he wishes, because he proceeds as a nimit.
God
Works Through A Gnani
The
Gnani Purush is considered a wonder of the world. He is called a superior of
God.
Questioner:
But how can he be called a superior of God? In what sense?
Dadashri:
God
has become subservient to him, and therefore he is superior to God. God follows
the dictates of the Gnani.
Dada
Bhagwan who resides within, is my God too.
But He is denying taking the power of a superior, He says, “You are my
boss.” I said, “ How come?” Then He says, ‘You have worshipped me for
long time considering me as your superior. That is why now I have to appoint you
as my superior and now you do jagat kalyan
world’s salvation.” I said, “You go ahead and do the
jagat kalyan!” Then He says,
“How can I do salvation? I do not have speech or anything else.” So God gave
‘us’ the state of the superior himself. He said, “I was looking for a
qualified person, and that I could see in You. Now we are sitting in moksha
after becoming absolute vitarag absolutely
detached. Now we cannot do anything for anybody. Now in manifested form you are
filled with total energy. You are an absolute vitarag in spite of being in the flesh. That is why we are giving
you even our authority of the superior! And You do jagat kalyan!” So ‘we’ have become even a superior of God!
‘We’ are the boss of the Lord of the fourteen worlds. This personification
of knowledge gnanavtaar has manifested
with all the spiritual energies. Mooah!
(the classic Dada awakening term for the one who is destined to die) walk
off after kindling your lamp, do not waste your time teasing with the intellect.
God
Becomes Subservient to the One Without My-ness
I
do not have any superior. Even God, the fully enlightened One, is deferential
and pleased with me. Then what else remains for me?
People
tell me, “You allow others to call you ‘Dada Bhagwan’?” I tell them,
“No. Why would I do that? When God, the fully enlightened One within, is
deferential to me, then why would I have a need to be called Bhagwan
God? The ‘ruler’ of the fourteen worlds has become deferential and pleased
with me and your ‘ruler’ within too, will be pleased with you if you do what
I tell you. It is better to have the deference of the Lord within. What will
anyone gain from becoming a God? Let
him be the God, whoever he is. The ruler of the fourteen worlds has become
deferential with me and I am showing you the way in which you can attain the
same. There is great danger in becoming a God and I would invite tremendous
liability on my head. What do you have to lose? Why would I get into that? Why
would I want to do that? God has become deferential to me, what is wrong in
that?
Anyone
can become such that God becomes deferential to him. If a person has a little
ego there is no problem however the one in whom all mamata
‘my-ness’ is gone, God will inevitably become deferential to him. God cannot
be anything but deferential to the one whose mamata
is completely gone.
Difference
Between The Gnani and Dada Bhagwan
Questioner:
I am not able to understand who is the Gnani and who is Dada Bhagwan within you?
Dadashri:
The one who speaks the sentences of Gnan, is
known as a Gnani in worldly interactions. These gnanvakyas—sentences of
Gnan will not come forth were it not for the One who has manifest within.
He that has manifested within is ‘Dada Bhagwan.’ I too want to
achieve that State and so I too bow down to ‘Dada Bhagwan.’
The
difference between a Gnani and Bhagwan-The Lord is that, a Gnani can
‘understand—samaj—inner vision—darshan’, can ‘see’
everything, but cannot ‘know—jaanavoo—experience’ everything
(like the fully enlightened Lord).
Questioner:
You are the Self —Atma, so then which part is Gnani within you?
Dadashri:
This Gnani is to the extent
he has become a Gnani. If the Self has become of 356 degrees, the Gnani is at
356 degrees. The Self has expressed to
the level of three hundred and fifty six degrees so I am a Gnani of three
hundred and fifty six degrees. Atma—the Self is verily Gnani but the
veil has to be lifted. As the veil is lifted, if it is removed completely, then
this is three hundred and sixty degrees of expression, and the Self is fully
enlightened. If it removed upto three hundred and fifty six degrees then there
is veil of four degrees. You have a veil that is much larger. That veil over you
will be lifted slowly and steadily. The one whose veil is shattered is a Gnani.
It is because of the avaran—veil that he appears as an agnani—not
Self realized.
Three hundred and fifty six degrees is of antaratma
interim Self realized state, and three hundred and sixty degrees is of parmatma
absolute Self. After attaining this Gnan you are also antaratma and ‘we’ (referring
to the Gnani Purush and the fully enlightened Lord within)
are also antaratma. ‘Our’
level is at three hundred and fifty six degrees.
Questioner:
It is at the level of three hundred and sixty degrees in darshan
absolute understanding, keval darshan,
but it does not manifest in Gnan—knowledge of experience.
Is that the reason it is like this?
Dadashri:
But
that state does not count, does it? Even then Shrimad Rajchandra—Gnani Purush
of the Kramik Path—said with open heart that Gnani Purush is verily the Self
with a body. Why did he say that? He did not say this to gain accolade. If you
pursue him, then you will accomplish your work otherwise you will not accomplish
at all. Except the manifestation of dehdhari Parmatma absolute Soul in human body, one can never
accomplish his task. He—The Gnani Purush is verily the absolute Soul in human
form.
The
Lord Krishna has said, “The Gnani verily is the direct present living Self. He
destroys not only his own paap--demerit karma but he will destroy the paap
karma of others too.” That kind of Gnani Purush is here live in front of you.
Absolute
Understanding Leads to Absolute Knowledge
We
have not kept much difference between you, me and a kevli Bhagwan- fully
enlightened Lord. Full enlightenment—keval Gnan is halted due to
Kaliyug-the current era of the time cycle characterized by lack of unity in
thoughts-speech and acts. I fell short by four degrees in attaining keval
Gnan. It is halted at three hundred and fifty six degrees. But ‘we’ give
you absolute Gnan in the Gnan Vidhi.
Questioner:
What are the four degrees that you lack?
Dadashri:
Whatever you see in my conduct, the discharging illusionary attachment—charitramoha.
It is irrelevant that internally no illusion deludes me, but because
others see it as imperfection, these degrees are automatically deducted. I have
seen and understood the universe as it is, but I have not known and experienced
it as is needed for absolute enlightenment.
Questioner:
I do not understand what you mean when you say that you came to understand it
but you do not know and experience it.
Dadashri:
What is this world? How did it come
about? How did the mind arise? Who is the ‘father’ and who is the
‘mother’ of the mind? What is intellect? What is ego? What is chit?
Why are people born? Who runs this world? Does God or someone else run this
world? Who are you? Who am I? All of this knowledge has come into my exact
understanding. Furthermore with my divine, inner vision, I see the Soul
everywhere, in every creature. All this has come to my understanding and that is
why it is called ‘keval darshan’, absolute understanding.
Questioner:
Is it possible to have keval
darshan without keval gnan’?
Dadashri:
Absolute
understanding keval darshan is not possible without absolute knowledge keval
gnan in Kramic path. In Akram path keval darshan happens and
thereafter it takes one to two lifetimes to attain absolute enlightenment keval
gnan. These are not the subjects of intellect. This is the subject of Gnan—experiential
knowledge beyond intellect, the state of the Self.
Compassion Of The Gnani
One
will meet everyone else in the world, but one will not meet this: ‘I’, Gnani,
Ambalal. (‘Dada Bhagwan’, Gnani Purush,
A.M.Patel—the three distinctions unfolded in detail by Dadashri in
1988). Who is the ‘I’? ‘I’ is ‘Dada Bhagwan’, I am Gnani Purush and
Ambalal is the Patel in front of you. This event is very rare, one will get all
other circumstances, not this one A living God who comes in front of you is
extremely rare. The one who has manifested, is the Lord of entire universe, I am
guaranteeing that. Whoever ever takes the opportunity of this connection will be
graced beyond imagination.
In
fact the separation into three—I, Gnani and Ambalal—is being done by me for
a reason. There is compassion behind it. Actually
there are only two: Dada Bhagwan and Ambalal. The reason to separate into three
is because human beings of this era are prone to suspicious intellect. Such
suspicion will only harass them and ruin their opportunity for salvation. To
prevent such suspicion the separation has been done. This division makes him
rest in peace. Now his madness will not arise. Krupadudev has said that the
Gnani Purush is verily the embodiment of absolute Self—dehadhari paramatma.
This
is relative and in the real there lies pure science. ‘We’ occupy two sides.
One is vignan swaroop—scientific Self and the other form is bavaswaroop—that
associated with Gnan—with discharge ego. Gnan is relative and viGnan is
real. Once this relative of ‘ours’—worldly interaction as the Gnani—ceases,
that other—the Vignan becomes complete. Relative completes in one or two life
times. This results in simultaneous expression of the fully enlightened
scientific Self. So ‘we’ are verily science, but at this time we are in the
form of Gnan.
Vignanghan
Self: The Gnani Purush
Gnan
means Atma—the Self. Vignan—absolute Gnan related science—means paramatma—absolute
Self, supreme Self. This is a science. The science of the Self and the supreme
Self is an incontrovertible principle--siddhant.
In that, not even a miniscule fraction of a change can occur, and it can
take one across to the other shore—salvation. Having attained the gnanghan—filled
with absolute knowledge only—Self, having attained the state of the eternal,
one should know the vignanghan. Vignanghan means, ‘I am in all.’ When
You ‘see’ that, then the Self is vignanghan—scientific process on
autopilot. Such a state is where despite being bound—thought-speech-action
mediated—one remains mukta—free! Gnani Purush is vignanghan Self.
He is not only in the ‘Theory of Absolutism, but He also is in the ‘Theorem
of Absolutism’. It is due to the awakening of the merit karma of the entire
world that this Akram Vignan has arisen, and vignanghan Self has
manifested!
Only
Through The Grace of The Gnani Purush
Questioner:
The Akram Gnan that you have laid forth, is fine for a Gnani like you, it is
easy for you. However, it is difficult for us ordinary people living a worldly
life and working. So what is the solution for it?
Dadashri:
The Lord of fourteen worlds has manifested within Gnani Purush. What can you not
achieve when you meet such a Gnani Purush? You do not have to do anything with
your energy—shakti. It will all happen through his grace. Grace
accomplishes everything. Therefore, whatever you ask here, will be accomplished.
If
Gnan remains only with the Gnani then it will be buried-lost. Gnan has to be
revealed for sure. Rarely is the lamp that enlightens kindled. Until then
everything is pitch dark. This just happened that all the scientific
circumstantial evidences came together and Gnan manifested naturally at Surat
Railway Station. ‘This is but natural.’ So from that original lamp it is
possible to kindle as many lamps—souls as needed. Most have filled their divo—lamp
with a wick, with ghee—clarified butter. Only the kindling light’s
touch is needed.
Akram
Vignan Is For the People Having Tremendous Merit Karma
Questioner:
Dada, it is hard to swallow that one can attain this Gnan without doing
anything.
Dadashri:
Akram
Vignan is always attained through the grace of a Gnani.
And even in Kramic path grace is a must. But in that path you have to
keep following the guru’s dictates. There is no doer-ship in Akram. In this
path it is verily Gnan, direct Gnan. That is why it becomes very easy. That is
why this path is called a lift path. A lift path, means one does not have to
make any effort. Just have to remain in Agna, so new karma will not charge.
After then everything will continue to discharge. It will continue to discharge
with the same intent--bhav as it was charged.