Introduction Of The Gnani
Jnani or Gyani are other terms used in India.
Introduction
of The Gnani
One June
evening in 1958 at around six o'clock, Ambalal Muljibhai Patel, a family man and
a contractor by profession, was sitting on a bench of a busy platform number
three at Surat train station. Surat is a city in south Gujarat, a western state
in India. What happened within the next forty-eight minutes was phenomenal.
Spontaneous Self-Realization occurred within Ambalal M. Patel. During this his
ego melted totally and completely. From that time onwards he became completely
detached from all thoughts, speech and acts of Ambalal and he became a living
instrument of The Lord for salvation of the world through the path of knowledge.
He called this Lord, Dada Bhagwan. “ This Lord is fully manifest within me,’ he
told the people who met him. Furthermore he added, “ The same Lord, Dada Bhagwan
exists in all living beings. The difference between you and me is that in me,
The Lord has expressed fully within me and in you he is yet to manifest.” Who
are we? What is God? Who runs this world? What is karma? What is liberation?
Etc. All the world's spiritual questions were answered. Thus nature offered
absolute vision to the world through the medium of Shree Ambalal Muljibhai
Patel.
Ambalal was born in Tarasali a suburb of
the city of Baroda and was raised in Bhadran, Central Gujarat. Although a
contractor by profession, and married to Hiraba, his life at home and with the
world was exemplary even prior to his Self Realisation. After becoming
Self-Realized and attaining the state of a Gnani, (The Awakened One, Jnani in
Hindi) his body became a public charitable trust.
Throughout
his whole life he lived by the principle that there should not be any commerce
in religion, and in all commerce there must be religion. Also he never took any
money from anyone for his own use. He used the profits from his business to take
his devotees for pilgrimage in various parts of India.
His words
became the foundation for the new direct step less path to Self-Realization
called Akram Vignan. Through his divine original scientific experiment (The
GnanVidhi) he imparted this knowledge to others within two hours. Thousands have
received his grace through this process and thousands continue to do so even
now. He called it Akram Vignan (Step less Science, elevator path). Akram means
without steps and kram means to rise step by step. Akram is the lift, direct or
elevator path. Kramic, generally known traditional path is an orderly
step-by-step path to Self-Realization. Kram here means orderly, step-by-step
spiritual progress. Akram is now recognized as a direct shortcut to the bliss of
the Self.
Who is Dada
Bhagwan?
When he
explained to others who 'Dada Bhagwan' is he would say:
“What you see here is not 'Dada Bhagwan.' What you
see is 'A. M. Patel.' I am a Gnani Purush and He that is manifest within, is
'Dada Bhagwan'. He is the Lord within.
He is within you and everyone else. He has not yet manifest within you,
whereas within me he is fully manifest. I myself am not a Bhagwan. I bow down to
the Dada Bhagwan within me.”
Current link for attaining the knowledge of
Self- Realization
(Atmagnan)
“I am
personally going to impart siddhis(special spiritual powers) to a few people.
After I leave, will there not be a need for them? People of future generations
will need this path, won’t they?”
~ Dadashri
Param
Pujya Dadashri used to go from town to town and country-to-country to give
satsang and impart the knowledge of the Self as well as knowledge of harmonious
worldly interaction to all who came to see him. In his final days in the fall of
1987, he graced Dr. Niruben Amin, and gave her the siddhis to continue his
Work.
After Param Pujya Dadashri left his mortal body on January 2, 1988. Dr. Niruben continues his Work, traveling within India to cities and villages; and abroad in the USA, Canada, UK and Africa. She is Dadashri’s representative of Akram Vignan. She has been instrumental in expanding the key role of Akram Vignan as the simple and direct path to Self Realization for modern times. Thousands of spiritual seekers have taken advantage of this opportunity and are established in the experience of pure Soul while carrying out their worldly duties. They experience freedom, here and now, while living their daily life.
Powerful words in scriptures help the seeker in increasing the desire for liberation and thus they represent the path. The knowledge of the Self is the final goal of all seekers. Without the knowledge of the Self there is no liberation. This knowledge of the Self (Atmagnan) does not exist in books. It exists in the heart of a Gnani. Hence the knowledge of the Self can only be acquired by meeting a Gnani. Through the scientific approach of Akram Vignan, even today one can attain Atma Gnan, but it can only occur by meeting a living Atma Gnani and receiving the Atma Gnan (Knowledge of The Self). Only a lit candle can light another candle.
Jai Sat Chit Anand
The awareness of the Eternal is Bliss
Last update : September 22, 2002
