Pragnya: Gnani Purush Dadashri

By Shuddha Anami

Gnani Purush Dadashri, attained the experience of the absolute Self in 1958. In 1962 through the accomplished energy of the Self he graced a seeker, Chandrakant Patel, by performing the now famous Gnan Vidhi wherein he too attained the beginning experience of the Self that is absolutely separate from th mind-speech-body complex called the self. This initial experience of the Self in the participant, now known as a mahatma, is associated with a fundamental change in the view and vision that now begins to See and Know all aspects of the mind-body-ego complex called the self. A new Light, light of Knowledge begins within, that is able to see all mistakes of the worldly interacting self with a worldly name. The Self that awakens in the Gnan Vidhi now progresses to further experiences in a state that is absolutely independent and separate from the visible and subtle body mind interactions. This process of liberation and progress towards the experience of the absolute Self is accomplished by an energy called pragnya.

Words cannot describe the state of the Self that is beyond the experiences of the mind-speech and body. The energy of pragnya maintains the separation of the Self from the non-self. In the book the satsang on pragnya compiled by Dr. Niruben Amin, is now being made available in English for the world. All aspects of this liberating energy of the Self, are revealed by Gnani Purush Dadashri, in this book.

Until pragnya arises the prevailing energy of human beings is ugnya energy or ignorance or darkness. This ignorance is the absence of the knowledge-experience of the Self. Pragnya can only arise with Self-realization. Self-realization can happen in one of two ways. One way to liberation is by one's own self efforts. The other is the easy way, through the meeting with a Gnani Purush. This is easy when the Gnan Vidhi happens through the grace of the Gnani Purush. This direct easy path to Self bliss is called Akram Vignan.

If there was a thousand watts light bulb fitted within a clay pot, and the opening of the pot was closed tight, would there be any light around? No, you would not be able to see any light. This is the case with the ignorant self, the one who is not aware of the eternal Self within. Within you there is infinite light of Knowledge, but the darkness prevails because of the layers of ignorance over the Self. With the grace and special internal power known as siddhi of the Gnani Purush, if a tiny hole is made in the clay-pot covering the light bulb, the whole room will be filled with the light coming through. That much covering is broken and that much direct light comes out. This light increases as more of the layers are lifted and as more holes are made in the pot. And when the whole pot is destroyed and separated, detached away from the bulb, there will be a flood of full light everywhere.

Pragnya is this direct light. It is the light that is of the Self.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shuddha Anami
• Release date: Aug 13, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370669707

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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Pragnya

Gnani Purush Dadashri

Shuddha Anami

Copyright 2010 by Shuddha Anami

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Word from the Translator:

Please note that Gnani Purush 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 satsangs of Gnani Purush Dadashri on the Internet since 1994.

Note About This Book in English

Aptavani 13 of Gnani Purush Dadashri in Gujarati language, published in July 2002, by Atmagnani Dr. Niruben Amin is in 2 volumes. The first chapter of volume 1 is on prakruti—the non-Self complex. The first chapter of volume 2 is on pragnya. Both these words have relevance for the awakened One in Akram Vignan, the science that liberates directly through the grace of the Gnani Purush. In the Gnan Vidhi of Gnani Purush Dadashri, the Self separates from the non-Self, and the new energy of liberation called pragnya maintains and completes this liberated state of the Self.

In Self-realization, the Self that is separate form the self—the mind, speech, body complex—is experienced. This experience is beyond words. To facilitate the further experience of this separation, the reader of this book 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 same vein, the words that are meant to convey the realm and domain of the awakened Self have capital use e.g. ‘Knower’ or ‘Seer’ or ‘Conduct’ versus knower, seer, conduct as the self.

Many single words in Gujarati have different conveyance of meaning and a standard glossary meaning cannot be applied in this. Hence the implicit meaning in context is directly provided adjacent to the Gujarati word. Many new words in Gujarati have to be used. This is an unavoidable necessity, because this liberating Science is new to the world. It did not exist before 1958. Pragnya is one such word. This will become evident upon reading this book.

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August 2017

Word from the Translator:

Understanding Pragnya Exactly

Pragnya: Jada or Chetan?

That is not Right Intellect

State of Ugnya Shakti after Gnan

Who Follows the Five Agnas?

That Which Keeps the Separation is Pragnya

That Which Cautions Within is Indeed the Experience of the Self

Who Cautions the uGnani?

Who Feels Regret?

Thoughts and Pragnya are Completely Separate

How can the Seer get Tired?

The Separated Chit is Indeed Pragnya

Difference of Night and day Detween the two

Beware Against Listening to the Intellect

Pragnya is Independent From Buddhi

Pragnya’s Function is of Knowledge Activity Only

Pragnya is Above Buddhi; Above Both is Vignan

Help of Buddhi in Spirituality

Intellect That Runs the Worldly Life

Are Right Buddhi and Pragnya the Same?

Owenership in Samyak Buddhi

Stithapragnya State and Manifest Pragnya

The State of Akram is Very Elevated

The non eating- non-drinking- non-speaking Self

Upto Ninety-nine it is Stithapragnya, and at Hundred it is Pragnya

When Moha Leaves, One Becomes Still in the Unchangeable

Stithaugnya as Long as There is Doubt

Beyond the Stithapragnya State

Is There a Place for ego in Stithapragnya?

The Difference Between Stithpragnya and Vitarag

Are These Discoveries Through Pragnya or Buddhi?

Pragnya Warns the ego

Pragnya Helps one do Niddhidhyasan of Dada

Pure Chit is Indeed Shuddhatma

The Unique Energy of Dada’s Pragnya

The Role of Pragnya in Settling a File With Equanimity

Decisions of Pragnya or Ugnya

How to Remain One With Pragnya?

What Part Does Pragnya Caution?

Who opposes mistakes?

Who Suffers the Results of Pragnya?

Knower and the Sufferer, They are Both Separate

Pragnya Parishaha

Subtle Understanding of Shraddha-Pragnya

Relation Between Sooj and Pragnya

That is Darshan, not Sooj

Intellect Indeed is Ignorance?

Pragnya is Neither Real, nor Relative

Difference between Knowledge of Separation and Pragnya

Shuddhatma, Pratisthit Atma and Pragnya

Gnayakta- Current Knowing: Whose is it?

A Perfect Couple: Jagruti and Pragnya

Dada’s Meddlesome Pragnya

Significance of Grace

Ego is Nimit in Jagatkalyan and Pragnya Makes one do it

Till Then Only Pragnya is Knower-Seer

Who is the Meditator and What is the Meditation?

Gnan, Pragnya & Vignan

Separation Through Intellect, Oneness through Pragnya

What Does Attaining Oneness Mean?

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Understanding Pragnya Exactly

Questioner: The constant awareness of, ‘this is my state as the Self (swaroop) and this is other’ – which part has this awareness? What part is that?

Dadashri: It is pragnya that shows [You all that]. Pragnya shows You everything. It shows You everything as separate [from You-the Self].

Questioner: The awareness remains that the one showing these separate is also not me; I am this.

Dadashri: That is correct, pragnya shows that.

Questioner: How did pragnya arise and from where did it arise?

Dadashri: It arises along side with the Gnan ‘We-Gnani Purush Dadashri and Dadabhagwan within’ give you. Gnan gave rise to the pragnya. Work of the pragnya begins from there on.

There are two energies within. Pragnya shakti (energy of the Self) arises when ‘we’ give you Gnan. Otherwise every living being always has ugna shakti (energy of ignorance; intellect) within him. Therefore, when ‘I’ (Self)’ and ‘murti’ (non-Self complex) come together, it is called ugnya shakti. Ugnya shakti that gives rise to the worldly life (sansar). It will not let one come out of the worldly life. Pragnya shakti will not let the self remain in sansar. It will force the awakened One, tie ‘him’ up and drag ‘him’ to moksha. So this energy that has arisen continues to do the work. You (the Self) should not interfere in it. The work continues spontaneously; the work is happening naturally

Pragnya arises after the Gnani Purush removes one’s egoism. Egoism and mamata – ‘my-ness’ that arises out of the illusion of ‘I am Chandubhai’ – stand in service of ugnya shakti (energy of ignorance; intellect). When pragnya arises, energy by the name of ugnya (ignorance); picks up all its things and leaves. Just as, when the Congress Government came to power, all the British left, did they not?

What has God said was the cause for bondage? Ignorance of the Self (ugnya) causes bondage. Worldly life (sansar) is being bound through ugnya. Paap-punyai (sin and merit karma effect) are created through ignorance. The opposite word to ugnya is liberation (mukti), which happens through pragnya. That pragnya will constantly caution