Prakruti: Gnani Purush Dadashri

By Shuddha Anami

In this universe, through the view and vision as a human being there is the self, ‘I am this body and mind complex’. This is the common view. The view of the enlightened Ones, the awakened Ones of this world of ours, is, 'I am the Knower’ of this ’self’ that is in front of me.’ Hence, the Knower is the ’Self’ and the known, the body mind complex is the ’self’. Prakruti is the word derived from sanskrit which simply means nature. However Gnani Purush Dadashri uses the word prakruti for that which is, in front of the eternal Knower—the Purush. Here he goes into unprecedented depth by opening up layer after layer the nature of one’s own prakruti (non-Self complex); its genesis, existence and dissolution.

Gnani or Jnani is the One who has known, is in the experience of, the eternal Self. Purush means the Self. Everything except the Self- the Atman or Atma is prakruti or the non-Self. Akram Vignan is that which is attained without doing anything, and the science behind this. A gentleman by the name of Ambalal M. Patel became a Gnani Purush in June 1958. This happened spontaneously within. The absolute light of the Self prevailed through Him from that time. In that state of the absolute Self, he became the instrument for the salvation of the world. The words that came out through his medium have become words that are now liberating hundreds of thousands of human beings who were seeking meaningful solutions for their pains. These satsang sessions of the Gnani Purush happened in Gujarati and were carefully preserved and are presented as they are, in many different languages. They are all in the form of questions and answers from Gnani Purush Dadashri.

This book, ‘Prakruti’, is the English translation of compilation of many satsangs that happened with Gnani Purush Dadashri. Some of these satsangs were presented in Akram Vignan Magazine, Aptavanis, Dadavani Magazine, and small books of Akram Vignan of Dadashri in Gujarati. The compilation that is under the heading of ‘Prakruti’, in Volume 1, of Aptavani 13 is now being presented here in this book. Aptavani 13 was published in Gujarati, in July 2002 by Atmagnani Dr. Niruben Amin.

In the quest for meaningful initial and final liberation, all that is needed is the right understanding. This understanding exists potentially as the energy of the Soul within everyone. The Gnani Purush facilitates the entry into that untapped infinite energy. The first barrier to this is the misunderstanding of the prakruti. So here, in this book Dadashri provides the exact way and vision to realize the nature of the prakruti and thus become free from it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shuddha Anami
• Release date: Sep 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311279972

Shuddha Anami

Since 1991, Shuddha has been a translator within a collective, of the words of Gnani Purush Dadashri from Gujarati in tapes, videos or in print into English and since the days of the beginning of internet transmission, these translations have been offered on the web in the form of books, free for all. Gnani Purush Dadashri is the enlightened One who never authored any book, but agreed to the publications of the compilations of his satsang in books. These satsangs are now available in many different languages. Shuddha has been deeply involved in the process of finalization of the words of the Gnani Purush for the sole aim of conveying the deepest meanings in the heart of the Gnani Purush.

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Prakruti

Gnani Purush Dadashri

Shuddha Anami

Copyright 2010 by Shuddha Anami

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Word from the Translator:

Please note that Gnani Purush Dadashri never wrote a word for any book. This book is a compilation of his spoken words in satsang, and Shuddha Anami is a translator within a collective, of the words spoken in Gujarati. Shuddha has been sharing the English translations of the words of Gnani Purush Dadashri on the Internet since 1994.

Gnani or Jnani is the One who has known, is in the experience of, the eternal Self. Purush means the Self. Everything except the Self- the Atman or Atma is prakruti or the non-Self. Akram Vignan is that which is attained without doing anything, and the science behind this.  A gentleman by the name of Ambalal M. Patel became a Gnani Purush in June 1958. This happened spontaneously within. The absolute light of the Self prevailed through Him from that time. In that state of the absolute Self, he became the instrument for the salvation of the world. The words that came out through his medium have become words that are now liberating hundreds of thousands of human beings who were seeking meaningful solutions for their pains. These satsang sessions of the Gnani Purush happened in Gujarati and were carefully preserved and are presented as they are, in many different languages. They are all in the form of questions and answers from Gnani Purush Dadashri. 

This book, ‘Prakruti’, is the English translation of compilation of many satsangs that happened with Gnani Purush Dadashri. Some of these satsangs were presented in Akram Vignan Magazine, Aptavanis, Dadavani Magazine, and small books of Akram Vignan of Dadashri in Gujarati. The compilation that is under the heading of ‘Prakruti’, in Volume 1, of Aptavani 13 is now being presented here in this book. Aptavani 13 was published in Gujarati, in July 2002 by Atmagnani Dr. Niruben Amin.

To convey what exists in the heart and in the Vision of the Gnani Purush through translations is a task that rests on the foundation of grace. No translation will be perfect and the availability of multiple translations is only beneficial for the seeker who does not know Gujarati.

The Gnan Vidhi of the Gnani Purush separates the Self from the self. The reader is requested to allow for the use of capital letters in the book, which have been used frequently for ease of understanding the message of the Gnani Purush. The small ‘s’ is the self or the worldly interacting self, where the reader has to introduce one’s own worldly name. The ‘S’ is used to denote the awakened Self after the Gnan Vidhi or the absolute Self. Similarly, the small ‘y’ is used for the worldly self, and the ‘Y’ for ‘You’ is for the awakened One.  The small ‘v’ is for the vision through the worldly eyes or the physical eyes whereas the ‘V’ is for the Vision of the awakened One as the Self. 

In the vision of the awakened human being there is the Self (Purush) and the non-Self (prakruti). After the awakening, the exact understanding of the prakruti brings about absolute liberation. This is a significant book for the awakened ones of Akram Vignan. It will even help others, because the word ‘prakruti’ is as old as India.

Table of Contents

Word from the Translator:

How is Prakruti Formed?

Subtle Science of Prakruti

‘Gnan’, in Swabhaav, in Vibhaav

Way of Bringing About the Final Settlement

Is Prakruti Jada or Chetan?

Who is the Doer of Prakruti?

Difference Between Prakruti and Nature

Relation Between Prakruti and the Self

Prakruti in the Form of Result

Do Prakruti and Life Leave Together?

One Dances to the Tune of Prakruti

Prakruti Forces one to do…

Relation between Swasatta and Parsatta

Prakruti is Independent at the Time of Liberation

Both Behave According to Their Nature

Freedom and Dependency of the Prakruti

Prakruti is not to be Changed, Change its Cause

Cause-effect Nature of Prakruti

Who has Attachment-Abhorrence in This?

Prakruti, Dependent on ego or Vyavasthit?

Prakruti is Like a Ready Fireworks

Prakruti Unfolds as it was Bound

Prakruti has Attraction

How Will Prakruti get Spent?

No Changes in the Style of Prakruti

Awareness Brings Prakruti Within its Regularity.

Awareness in Front of Prakruti

See Prakruti as Flawless

Who is at Fault in This?

How can Prakruti be Changed?

It Happens According to the Prakruti

As Many Layers of Prakruti as the Variety of Vikalp

Energy Increases as the Prakruti Reverts to Naturalness From Lack of Control

Eventually Both are Vitarag

Gnani Changes Prakruti Like This

Problem is not of the Mistake, Problem is of the Ignorance

The Vision of the Self Makes Even a Tiger Nonviolent

The Flawless Vision of the Gnani

Know the Fault, but do not Consider him to be faulty

The Real Culprit got Caught

Different Natures of Prakruti

Path of Moksha With Only one Sentence

That is why Attributes of Prakruti are Born

The Main Origin of Attributes of Prakruti

Complete Understanding of Prakruti

Natural Repair in Absence of Ownership

Prakruti Will Take Best Care of Body

Karma Troublesome and Prakruti Helpful

Is it Possible to Attain Control Over Prakruti?

Controlling is a Mistake

Control an Untimely Bomb?

Will the Result of Gnan Come in This Life or the Next?

Nigraha kim Karishyati

Habits of Prakruti Will not Leave Quickly

Against Prakruti Prone to Addiction

Strong Intent Changes the new Prakruti

Can One’s Nature Change in This Very Life?

Prakruti can Change with Gnan

How is one to See his Prakruti?

Against the Prakruti Which Does not Respect any Boundary

Settle the Prakruti With Equanimity

Live and Life-less Prakruti

Nature is of Prakruti, and Doership is of the self

If You ‘See’ Then You are the Boss and if You do not ‘See’ then Prakruti is the Boss!

Know Also an Awkward Prakruti

This is the Big Garbage That Hinders

Prakruti Dissolves in Samayik

Purify Prakruti This way…

Prakruti Writes and Purush Erases

Against Angry Prakruti

One who is Aware Infront of Prakruti is a Gnani

Tubers of Prakruti Obstruct Light of Gnan

Stop, not through pressure but through understanding

Do not believe sweetness in discharge prakruti

Pardon the Prakruti

Be Glad Where you can see the Mistakes

The Gnan or the Gnani, Removes Prakruti.

The Nature to Become Involved in Prakruti and Prakruti are one

Prakruti will Ultimately Show Godly Qualities

Ultimately Even Prakruti Becomes Like God

Who Comes First in Naturalness?

Interference Creates Unnaturalness

Knower-Seer of Prakruti

Awareness Increases with Agna and Satsang

Prakruti’s Gneyas subtle, subtler…

Saiyam Means not to Become one With Prakruti

Prakruti Makes one Dance

After Doership is Gone Divine Karma Remain

Against the Force of the Prakruti…

The One who Knows the Nature of the Prakruti is the Knower

Exact Knowing-Seeing Infront of Prakruti

Main Camera Takes the Picture of the Prakruti

Nature of the Prakruti

From Pure Self to Absolute Self

Energy, of Purush and Prakruti

Gnani is Sitting in the Company of the Eternal

Began the Union with God

Purush is Antaratma and Purshottam is Paramatma

One who Constinuously Sees Prakruti is Paramatma

There is Distinct Separation in the Individual Knowledge of the two

Vision of the Self and the Vision of the Flawless

Just See the Flawlessness of the Prakruti

That is the Final Worship of the Self

The Constant Seer of the Prakruti is Paramatma

This is how ‘I-ness’ Dissolves

Clear Science of Prakruti Opened up

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PRAKRUTI

The non-Self Complex

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How is Prakruti Formed?

Subtle Science of Prakruti

Questioner: Dada, what is prakruti?

Dadashri: Prakruti means that which was formed through the false projection of the self. One keeps saying, ‘I am Chandubhai, I am Chandubhai (the reader should substitute his name for Chandubhai)’, and then he says, ‘I did it’. That indeed is considered instilling of life (pratishtha) into an image or idol or person (murti). This murti is in the form of a body. One has done pratishtha (instilled life) in it, giving rise to a pratishthitatma (relative or charged self) and it gives fruit in the next life. Just as doing pratishtha in this murti (idol) gives fruit, this (body) gives fruit exactly like that. It is because this is an exact murti. Then the fruit, the prakruti, does not remain under our control; it will keep giving fruit. Hence that is indeed our own kruti (creation), born out of aGnanta (ignorance of the Self). The Self (Atma) has not created it. It was formed by two things coming together; through vishesha bhaav (the new extra intent that happened and that intent is not the property either of the two that met).

Questioner: So did this prakruti (current energized complex of mind, speech and body) arise by coming together of jada (matter) and Chetan (the Self, Soul)?

Dadashri: Yes. The parmanus (subatomic particles) of jada (matter) came together with the Self (Chetan), and therefore this came about. Ego, anger-pride-deceit-greed arise. Anger and pride gave rise to ahamkar (ego) and deceit and greed resulted in mamata (myness). This in turn gave rise to this prakruti (energized non-Self complex).

One is the Atma (Self), but being ignorant of the Self, an illusion arose, which is the belief, ‘I am Chandubhai. I did this’, and therefore a new living form (pootadoo, individual, person, non-Self complex of mind, speech and body) had been created. It became the prakruti. Now, one did not create it, it just happened. When those two (jada and Chetan) become separate, new prakruti stops from being formed; that is all. Prakruti means the form, person ‘pootadoo’ without the Self (Chetan). Prakruti is that where there is no Chetan at all. There is only a ‘belief Chetan’.

This illusion that has arisen from the relation between the two, that ‘am I doing this or who is doing this?’ Then he has accepted that, ‘I am the one who is doing this, there is really no one else beside me, who else can do it?’

This extra result (vishesha parinam) arises from two things (jada and Chetan; non-Self and the Self) coming together. This vishesha parinam is the prakruti.

In that, the Purush is the Self, is verily the God (Bhagwan). But as a consequence of external pressure, prakruti has arisen. What is all this? Who did all this? Awareness of ‘I did it’ arises, which is the vishesha bhaav (the new intent-view-outlook that arises and that intent is not the property either of the two –the Self and the matter), and that gives rise to the prakruti.

Nothing happens to the main Purush (Self). This vishesha bhaav has arisen as a consequenc of external circumstances. As long as the Purush (Self) does not come into its own awareness, it will indeed continue to remain in the awareness as the prakruti (prakruti bhaav). Prakruti means unawareness of one’s own Self (swabhaav)

Iron left on the seashore will undergo changes. The iron itself does not do anything in that. Similarly, sea air does not do anything either. If air did that, then everything there would rust. But this is the coming together of two things that gave rise to a third thing. It is an extra intent (bhaav). The rust that occurs is the prakruti. Iron is in the bhaav (view, intent, outlook) of the iron, and prakruti is in the bhaav of the prakruti. If you separate the two, prakruti (non-Self) will in the place of prakruti, and Purush will be Purush (Self). As long as they are in one form, the rust (prakruti) will continue to increase, without end.

‘Gnan’, in Swabhaav, in Vibhaav

Purush and prakruti are not linked together. They are in proximity with each other, and because of the view (bhaav, intent, outlook) of proximity, illusion arises in the gnan (knowledge) of the self. This is because Purush by nature is knowledge (gnanmaya). The illusion (vibhramata) is: ‘who did this? Then he will say, ‘I did it’, but actually all this is done by prakruti. However, as the gnan (knowledge) changes, prakruti arises, and when the gnan comes into the Self (swabhaav), prakruti gets destroyed. Currently this gnan is in ‘extra view-intent’ (vishesh bhaav) and when it comes in natural view as the Self (swabhaav), then the prakruti gets destroyed.

When two eternal things (elements) come together, vishesha bhaav arises in both. Both maintain their individual attributes (gundharma), but additional