Aptavani 1: Gnani Purush Dadashri

By Shuddha Anami

Aptavani 1 is the first comprehensive book of Akram Vignan, the new direct short cut path to Self realization, given to the world by Gnani Purush Dadashri. The 'I' exists as a permanent presence within every living being as 'I am'. When asked, 'I am what?', comes the reply, 'I am this body', 'I am so and so', 'This is mine'. Akram Vignan means the stepless path of awakening to the reality of Who am I, what is my connection with this mind, body and words, and what is really happening within and to this body complex, who is running this world which is called 'my world' ,'my life' etc. The 'I' has always existed, as existence, but the awareness of the 'I' is confined and limited towards 'I am this'.

The Gnani Purush Dadashri opens up a new world of reality , an internal vision of exactness in which, the experience of the 'I' is that of the eternal. The eternal Knower of all that is happening to the one who claims, 'I am this body'. The awakening is the Self realization. The eternal One within is realized first; thus beginning the new correct spiritual progress towards liberation, which is defined as freedom from all pains of worldly life through the Light of the Self.

Apta means the One who can be absolutely trusted. Vani means speech. Aptavani therefore is the speech of the One who can be absolutely trusted. Such a One is the One who is permanently established as the Self only, without any agenda, design or desires for anything of the material world. The words of such a One liberates a human being. Such a human being is called a Gnani Purush.

Ambalal Muljibhai Patel, a gentleman, living in Vadodara, Gujarat, India, attained the spontaneous experience of the absolute Self, Paramatma, while waiting for a train, sitting on a railway platform bench, in 1958. The words of liberation began to flow profusely through the Dadashri, beginning 1962. Dadashri never wrote any words for a book. His phenomenal knowledge of the visible world and the invisible universe of human existence was captured in written form first, without any audio recordings, and was presented to the world in Gujarati as a book on July 15 1973. By the time of compilation of the book for publication the entire Science of Liberation had come out in the satsang where all questions of the seeker were answered.

The experience of the 'I' in who am I? begins the exact vision towards that which is not 'mine', the unfolding karma complex of this mind, this body and these words. That experience begins in the Gnan Vidhi of Gnani Purush Dadashri. A true seeker, one with the ardent desire to know the nature of reality, one who has been through and is wanting to be free from the pleasures and pains of life, will be graced as he begins to read these words of Aptavani 1; words that connect with the Eternal, words that connect directly, and thus are beyond man defined religions.

Deep reverence filled appreciation is due to Mahatma Dr. Niruben Amin and Mahatma Kanubhai Kantibhai Patel, the original architects of Aptavani 1; and Mahatma Natubhai Bhailalbhai Patel for his timely corrections and comments, and Mahatma Deepak Indubhai Desai and Mahatma Lalitaben Amin for helping Dr. Niruben in sharing this Vignan-Science with the world, through this first Aptavani. There are 14 Aptavanis that encompass the total body of the Science. Dr. Niruben also gives her profound reverence to Mahatma Chandrakantbhai Ranchhodbhai Patel, who was the first seeker of Liberation, instrumental in opening up the endless treasure of this Science from Gnani Purush Dadashri in 1962.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shuddha Anami
• Release date: Oct 5, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370517824

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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Aptavani 1

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.

Table of Contents

Word from the Translator:

Dharma – Religion; One’s Duty

Creation Of The World

The World Is The Puzzle Itself...

Vyavasthit Shakti

God’s Address

God As the Boss: Liberation?

Relative Religion And Real Religion

The Kramic And The Akram Path To Liberation

Commonsense

Worldly Relationships

Happiness And Misery

Destiny Versus Effort

Noncontradictory Dependence

The Self And The Non-Self

Liberation Through Divine Eyes

Reincarnation

Mind, Body and Speech are All Effective

Sufferings: Mental, Physical And Externally Induced

The World And The Self

Attachments Of The Mind, Body and Speech

The Gnani Understands Scriptures

Intake And Output

Trimantra Removes Obstacles In life

Worry and Ego

Enjoy What You Have

Meditation And Adverse Meditation

Transmigration According To Meditation and Intention

Acceptable Use Of Intellect

Universally Acceptable Speech

The Gnani And The Nature Of Dharma

Flawless Vision

Intoxicated Ego And Liberation

Possesed By The Mind, Speech and Body

Aspire For Only Liberation

The World Is Without Any Substance

Non-Dependency Of Humans

Natural Order And The Worldly Sciences

Material Development And Spiritual Development

Prakruti: Natural And Deviant

The State Of The Spiritual Seeker

Karma: Merit And Demerit

I-ness And My-ness

Charge And Discharge Cause And Effect

The Self And The Non-self

The Prakruti And Its Three Attributes

The Self: With And Without Attributes

Worshipping Prakruti: Worshipping Purush

Prakruti Dharma: Purush Dharma

The Garden Of Prakruti

Renunciation

Focused Awareness Of The self And Self

Layers Of Spiritual Development

Illusion And Liberation

Happiness: Bliss

Ignorance: Attachment-Abhorrence

The Science Of Speech

Silence: Physical And For The Self

Antahkaran: Inner Psychic Organ

What Is The Mind Like? What Are Thoughts?

Inspiration Of Action Is Through Mind

Relationship Between The Knower And The Known

Ride Your Mind

Where Does Goddess Laxmi Goddess Of Wealth Reside?

Mind: Expansive Or Narrow

Evil Effects Of Mind

The Nature Of The Mind

How Do The Tubers Of the Mind Dissolve?

The Mind Is Physical

Mind: Subtle And Gross

The Mind, The Known: The Self, The Knower

The Light Of The Intellect: The Light Of Gnan

Kinds Of Intellect

The Receptacle Of Intellect Life After Life

Lord Ganpati – The Deity of Intellect

Experience Through Intellect: Experience Through Gnan

Why Do We Have Difference Of Opinions?

Honesty In Business

Why Is There A Shortage Of Wealth?

Function Of The Intellect And Function Of Gnan

Difference In Intellect: Difference Of Opinions

The Power Of Concentration

Chit: The Third Component Of Antahkaran

Only the Gnani Can Bestow The Pure Self (Shuddhatma)

The Joy Of The Chit

Ego

The Most Important Thing To Renounce

Who Is The Enjoyer?

Squeeze The Juice Out Of The Ego

Drink Poison With A Smile

Penance: Invisible, Adeethha.

Account Of Respect-Insult

The Poison Of Ego

Satisfying The Ego

Sensitivity and Atkan: Spiritual Roadblock

Antahkaran: How It Functions

Mandatory versus Voluntary

The World’s Foundation

Nishchetan Chetan: Lifeless Life

Man’s Birthright To Liberation

Desire

What is Bhaav?

Nobility – Wickedness

The Three Forms Of Body

Release From Dehadhyas: ‘I Am This Body’

Three Stages Of The Body

Purpose Of Human Life

Thought, Speech and Action

Motion, Emotion, Extreme Emotion: Vega, Aavega, Udvega

Sleep

Dreams

Fear

Self- interest: Relative And Real

Life – Adjustments

Conflicts

Economy

Vishaya: Sexual Indulgence Or Other Subjects Of Attention, Enjoyment

Love and Infatuation

Fault Is Of The Sufferer

Seeing Your Own Faults

Mistakes

Swacchand: Following Your Own Intellect In Spiritual Matters

Obstinate Ego: Inflexible Ego: Aadai

Suspicion

Insistence Of View Point

Fanaticism: Drashti Raag
Persistent attachment to a particular viewpoint

Animosity And Vengeance

Vibrations Of Worldly Life

Conflicts

Pleasure And Pain: Their True Nature

Faultfinding Vision

Memory

Comfort In Discomfort

Charge And Discharge

Nature Of Moha

Maya
(Power that veils and obscures the true nature of the Self – Cosmic illusion on account of which the relative appears as real)

Anger

Greed

Deceit

The Food Of Kashayas: Anger, Pride, Attachment, and Greed.

Home Department: Foreign Department

Circumstances

The Circumstance Of The non-Self.

Meditation Versus Concentration

Nirvikalp Samadhi: Bliss of Freedom From Ego

Meditation: The Link Between Object And Subject.

Gurukilli: That Which Prevents The Master From Sinking

Worldly Interaction Of Akram Path And Kramic Path

The Wandering: Four Life Form Worlds.

Pragna: The Direct Light Of The Self And The Force That Liberates.

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Aptavani: Volume One


The Gnani Purush Unfolds the Mysteries and Secrets of Akram Vignan

Dharma – Religion; One’s Duty

‘What is dharma?’
It is anything that remains in and results in, reverts to, its own intrinsic properties. Dharma means one’s intrinsic nature and properties.

For example, when can you call gold as gold? It is only when it exhibits the properties that are intrinsic to gold. Another example is if these grapes are bitter, then you could say that it does not exhibit its intrinsic property and nature. Brass can look and shine just like gold if it is polished enough. But if a goldsmith were to test it, he would be able to tell that it is not gold from the intrinsic properties of that metal.

There are two mangoes in front of you. One mango has an aroma, given time it will become a little dry, the skin will shrivel and will eventually begin to rot. The other one looks exactly like a mango, only it is made out of wood. It does not have the aroma; it will not shrivel or rot. They are both mangoes, but one does not have the qualities of a real mango. The real mango will exhibit its natural properties. It can only be called a mango if it has and remains within its natural attributes.

Similarly you can say that a thing is in its innate nature, dharma, if it exhibits its innate nature. The belief, ‘I am the body’, or to believe the body, the non-Self, to be your real identity is dharma of another (par-dharma). To believe the Self as the Self is one’s own dharma, nature (swa-dharma). That is atma-dharma, dharma of the Self.

Dadashri: Who Are You?

Questioner: I am Chandulal.

Dadashri: What is your name?

Questioner: My name is Chandulal.

Dadashri: Do you see a contradiction in ‘I am Chandulal’ and ‘my name is Chandulal’? How can the name and the entity it belongs to, be one and the same? When a person dies, his name is taken away from him during his funeral rites, is it not? It is even removed from the census records.

Who does this hand belong to? Who does this leg belong to?

Questioner: They are mine.

Dadashri: They are all parts of this body. What is yours in all that? Who does the mind within you belong to?

Questioner: It is mine.

Dadashri: What about the speech?

Questioner: It is mine.

Dadashri: Whose body is this?

Questioner: That is mine too.

Dadashri: When you say that, ‘it is mine’, do you get the thought that the owner of these body parts is separate from the body?

Questioner: Yes I do.


Dadashri: Then have you ever wondered who you really are?

Questioner: No.

Dadashri: Before you purchased this watch or even the clothes you are wearing, you checked to see if they were of good quality. Even when you were looking for a wife, you looked very closely to see what she was like before you married her, did you not?

Questioner: Yes Dada.

Dadashri: So then have you ever inquired about your own Self? t Have you thought about what is temporary and what is permanent? All these are temporary adjustments. When You, the real Self, which is permanent mix it up with temporary things, how can you find the answer? If your equation is wrong to begin with, how will you find the correct answer?

Would you call this a trivial or a major blunder on your part that you have not realized your real Self?

Questioner: It is a huge mistake. It is a blunder Dada!

Creation Of The World

Dadashri: Who do you think created this world? 


Questioner: .........


Dadashri: Say whatever is in your imagination. We are not here to pass or fail anyone.

Questioner: God may have created it.

Dadashri: Why did God to create this world? Did he have any unmarried children he needed to marry? Where does God live? What is his address? Is there such a thing as liberation, moksha?

Questioner: Of course there is liberation.


Dadashri: If God is the creator this world and if there is such a thing as liberation, then there is an absolute contradiction here.

Questioner: Dada, how is this a contradiction?

Dadashri: If God is your superior and he was to grant you liberation, then you would have to do whatever he tells you. That means that he can dictate what you do. So how can you call that liberation? Liberation means complete freedom. There is no superior over you and no subordinate under you.

The World Is The Puzzle Itself...

The Christians, the Muslims, the Hindus, say that God created this world. They are correct by their viewpoints, but according to facts, they are incorrect. If you want to know the facts, I can give them to you.

Real knowledge (Gnan) accepts and incorporates the entire 360° of viewpoints. I too accept the 360° and that is why I am a Gnani. Those who accept all points of views are

considered Gnanis (the Enlightened ones, Self-realized beings). I am sitting in the center and that is why I am 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. We call it a puzzle because it has become puzzle some. The world has formed itself. I have seen this in my Gnan (absolute knowledge, absolute vision and absolute experience). There is not a single atom 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 one who can solve this puzzle is granted the degree of the supreme Soul (Paramatma). And those who cannot solve this puzzle have become dissolved within this puzzle. I have solved this puzzle and acquired the status of the Supreme Soul. I see both the animate (Chetan – Soul) and the inanimate (aChetan – matter) as separate. Those who cannot see the two separate are dissolved within the puzzle.

God is not the creator, never was, and will never be. What does it mean to be a
creator? Creator means a potter. It means that he has to labor. Is God a laborer? When even the wealthy mill owners of Ahmedabad do not toil and yet enjoy the benefits of their factories in operation, then how can God be toiling as a laborer? To toil is to be a laborer. God is not like that. And if God were the creator, then everyone would look the same. Just like the impressions from a mold. But it is not so. Furthermore if we say that God is impartial, then why does one person sleep on the pavement from the day he is born and another in a palace?

I can give you the answer in just one sentence as to how everything works in this world. You can find the details yourself. This world is run solely by scientific circumstantial evidences. There is no one up there who has the time to run all this. I refer to these scientific circumstantial evidences as Vyavasthit Shakti. It keeps everything and everyone organized. Do you wake up in the morning or are you awakened?

Questioner: I am the one who wakes up.

Dadashri: Are you sometimes unable to fall asleep even when you want to? And when you have to get up at four o’clock in the morning, why do you set the alarm? If you decide, before you go to sleep, that you want to wake up at four in the morning, then you should be able to wake up at that time. Does that happen?

Vyavasthit Shakti

One is not the doer and yet claims to be one. How can you call this a principle? It is a contradiction. So who wakes you up in the morning? It is a force called vyavasthit shakti that wakes you up. This same force keeps the sun, the moon, the stars and the entire universe in regulation. It is the same force that clears away the pollution caused by these industrial mills in Ahmedabad, otherwise all the people of Ahmedabad would have been suffocated to death a long time ago. When it rains, who goes up there to make water for the rain? It is a natural adjustment, when two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen come together, along with some other evidences like air, etc., that water is formed and the rain falls. A scientist would claim to be the creator of water but if you ask him whether he can do so with only one atom of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, he will tell you that it is not possible. People are foolish to think that they are the doers, when in reality they are just one of the many evidences in a process. How can anyone be the maker? There is no maker in this world; everyone is simply an instrument (nimit) in the process. Even God is not the maker or creator. If one becomes the doer of an act then he also becomes the sufferer of that action. God is simply the knower and perceiver and in eternal bliss. He is always immersed in his own infinite bliss- the bliss of the Self.

God’s Address

Where does God live? What is his address? What if you want to write to him some day, where would you address your letter?

Questioner: That I do not know all that but people say that he lives up there, above us.

Dadashri: So do you believe what others tell you? Should you not question this yourself? I will tell you the correct address of God. God is in every creature, whether visible or invisible. There are infinite life forms between you and me, which are not visible even through a microscope, and God resides in them too. God resides as life energy in all living beings. This God is fully manifest within me. He is the effulgent light fully manifest within me. He is the fully manifest supreme Soul within. There is tremendous light within. The person you see before you is Ambalal Muljibhai Patel of Bhadran, who is a contractor by profession and the One who has manifest within A. M. Patel is ‘Dada Bhagwan’. This is a tremendous and phenomenal wonder. But how are you to understand this? This body is the outer packing and the One within is God. Similarly your packing belongs to Chandulal and within resides God. The outer packing of that animal is a donkey and God resides within. People are foolish when they curse a donkey if it crosses their path. They do not realize that the God within takes note of their condemnation, and consequently they will have to endure one birth as a donkey themselves. The outer packing can be anything. It can be that of a mango tree or anything else. What do the merchants and shopkeepers pay importance to, the outer package or the goods within?

Questioner: The goods within.

Dadashri: Yes, of what use is the packing anyway? We are only concerned with the contents are we not? Some packing may be rotten or torn but the content within is pure, is it not?

From the time this Gnan, the Lord, manifest within me, I have not identified myself with this body of Ambalal Muljibhai even for a moment. I look upon him as my first neighbor.

God As the Boss: Liberation?

When I was thirteen years old, it occurred to me that there should be no one in a position of authority over me. I did not want even God to be my boss. The notion of anyone above me was intolerable to me. This was the spiritual development I had brought with me. My spiritual endeavors of countless past lives finally have come to fruition in this lifetime. If God were in a position of power over us and if he were to grant us liberation, then we would be obliged to obey his commands. If I was sitting down and he asked me to get up, I would have to follow his command. That would be inacceptable. How can one call that liberation? Liberation means complete freedom, no feeling of a superior over us, or no feeling of a subordinate under us either.

You can experience the bliss of liberation here while living. No worries or external problems will affect you. Liberation is when your internal peace is not disturbed even when you receive a letter of audit from the income tax office. The final liberation will come later on, but first you must experience liberation here and now.

I got married at the age of sixteen. During the wedding ceremony, the turban on my head slipped slightly to one side. At that time it occurred to me that it was inevitable that one of us would become widowed.

Life after life man learns the same thing over and over again and yet ignorance veils it again. One need not learn ignorance; ignorance comes naturally. It is Gnan (real knowledge) that one has to learn. The veil of ignorance was relatively less and that is why even at the young age of thirteen I became aware. In my math class, the teacher had asked the students to find the smallest indivisible number, which is common to all other numbers (LCM = lowest common multiple). From this search, I immediately discovered God. We are all ‘numbers’ and God is within each one of us, in an indivisible form.

The speech that emanates from me shatters the veils of ignorance covering you and the enlightenment from within helps you understand what I am saying. Otherwise you do not have the capability to understand even a word I utter. Your intellect will not work here. Many of these people are recognized as intellectuals, but this is out of wrong belief. I am without intellect. I do not have any intellect. What is intellect? What is Gnan? The knowledge of all the subjects of the world falls in the domain of the intellect and the knowledge of ‘Who am I?’ is Gnan. Intellect is knowledge through the medium of the ego and Gnan is knowledge without the ego. Knowledge of the Self is real knowledge.

How can one remove conflicts and difference of opinion? How should one live life? Even when one has all the wealth and comforts, one still has conflicts, which create endless miseries.

Relative Religion And Real Religion

A circle has 360 degrees. Christians, Parsis, Muslims, Hindus etc., all have different viewpoints. One is sitting at 80 degrees, one at 120 degrees, and one at 220
degrees. Everyone sees through his or her own perspective and viewpoint. I am sitting in the center, having completed 360 degrees, as a fully enlightened being. A Gnani Purush, sitting in the center, can see and know things exactly as they are and can impart that knowledge to others exactly as it is. All religions are correct but they are relative religions. They are religions of viewpoints. But if one wants to know the facts, then he will have to come to the center. Only in the center one finds the real religion (religion of the Soul). It is only the one in the center that can see all points of view and therefore is without any prejudice or bias towards any one religion. That is why I say that I am Lord Mahavir of the Jains, Lord Krishna of the Vaishnavas, Sahajanand of the Swaminarayans, Christ of the Christians, Zarthustra of the Parsis and Khuda of the Muslims. So anyone may come here and receive whatever he wants. I am the God of all religions. So get your work done here. I can bestow upon you the status of God within an hour but you have to be ready for it. However, you will not be able to digest all the Gnan that I give you, for even I am stuck at 356 degrees. This is because of the current time cycle. But I do bestow upon you the absolute Knowledge (Kevalgnan; 360 degrees).

A potato baking in a charcoal pit bakes from all sides. Similarly the whole world is being roasted from all sides. I see in my Gnan that the entire humanity is suffering like like being in a blazing fire from all sides. My only concern is on how people can be liberated from all this suffering. That is the very purpose for my life. Half the world will achieve salvation through Me and the other half through My followers. However, I am not the doer at all. I am merely an instrument in all this.

The Germans are in search of Absolutism. They have researched volumes and volumes of our scriptures for this. But it is not that easy. Today I am manifest as the Absolute. The whole world is immersed in the theory of relativity. All of my mahatmas (those who have acquired Gnan of Self-Realization from The Gnani Purush) are in the theory of reality and I am in the theory of Absolutism. Therefore when I go to Germany I will tell them that I have come there personally and that they should take whatever they want from me.

This is the cash bank in the world. I will give you cash in just one hour. I will place you in the real state. Everywhere else they give you a loan and you will have to make payments. Regrettably that is what you have done for countless lives and yet there is no end in sight. You have not received cash in any of your past lives.

The Kramic And The Akram Path To Liberation

There are two paths of liberation: One is the common and the main path, called the Kramik path, which is a step-by-step path where there is a gradual spiritual evolution. In this path, if you are fortunate enough and find the company of spiritual people, you may climb up to five hundred steps. On the other hand in another life if you land amidst the company of non-spiritual people you may go down five thousand steps. It is a very arduous and grueling path. One has to do a lot of incantation of God’s name, penance and renunciation in order to progress and even then there is no telling when one will achieve liberation. The other path is the Akram path, where one is not required to climb any steps. It is a lift (an elevator) path where you can continue with all your daily mundane activities, fulfill all your worldly responsibilities towards your wife and children, and still attain liberation. Nothing will hinder your progress towards liberation. This is an exceptional path and one, which comes around once every million years.

Emperor Bharat was the only one who was given such Gnan. Of his hundred sons, Lord Rushabhadev bestowed this Gnan to Emperor Bharat only. Ninety-eight of his sons were initiated into monk hood leaving behind their kingdom to Bahubaliji and Bharat. Shortly afterwards Bahubaliji also renounced everything and left the kingdom. Consequently the responsibility of the whole empire fell on King Bharat. King Bharat had thirteen hundred queens. Don’t men get tired of even one wife today? King Bharat had grown tired of the varying temperaments of his queens, fighting wars and the worries of ruling an

empire. So he asked Lord Rushabhadev if he could relinquish the kingdom to someone else and be initiated into monk hood. He too wanted liberation. Lord Rushabdev told King Bharat that he was the instrument for ruling the kingdom and if he were to forego his duties, there would be utter chaos. Lord Rushabdev told King Bharat that he would bestow upon him such a Gnan that none of his queens; his kingdom or the wars would hinder his progress towards liberation. This Akram Gnan is the very same Gnan, which I give you now, in just one hour. King Bharat however, had kept servants who would warn him every fifteen minutes to maintain awareness of the Gnan by saying, ‘Bharat beware, beware, beware! But in this Kaliyug (current fifth era of the six part half time cycle), where one is barely able to make ends meet, how can he employ someone to do the same for him? That is why I place such awareness within you that it will warn you every moment of the day.

Such an awe-inspiring Gnan has never been seen or heard of in any era before. It is the eleventh wonder of the current time cycle.

Commonsense

What is commonsense and how do you define it?

Commonsense means that sense which becomes applicable, whenever needed, theoretically as well as practically.

Commonsense is very important. It means that sense which becomes applicable whenever it is needed. I have one hundred percent commonsense. You do not have even

one percent commonsense. When an entangled bunch of thread comes to you, to disentangle it, without breaking a single strand is commonsense. Common sense means that sense which can resolve a problem without causing any harm or damage to anyone. People on the other hand, in their attempt to solve one problem, create five more. How can they claim to have commonsense? The greatest of scholars have education but lack commonsense. The Gnani is without intellect (buddhi). I have no intellect whatsoever. Actually my intellect is fully developed but in the presence of the light of my Gnan, it is rendered powerless and stays in one corner. As one attains the state of no intellect (abuddha), the state of omniscience happens. I am without intellect and I am omniscient.

Worldly Relationships

Is your relationship with your father, mother and wife real?

Questioner: Of course it is real.

Dadashri: Then as a rule, should your father die; you should die along with him. Now how many people would do that? There exists a relation between father-mother, brother- sister, wife-children, but it is not real. It is only a relative relationship. If it were real, it could never be destroyed. If a son were to tell his father, ‘you are an idiot’, the relationship would end. His father would disown him and tell him that he does not want to see his face for as long as he lives. You even believe your wife to be yours, but what if she divorces you some day? This is what the world is like. All these are temporary adjustments. Even your own body is not yours; it too will let you down some day. If you decide to sit in meditation (samayik), your head may start aching or you may have a stomachache and you will not be able to meditate. You are permanent and everything else is temporary so how can there be a resolution between the two? That is why the world is trapped in such a state of confusion. As far as relatives are concerned, you should act according to your relationship with them. You should not be rigid or adamant about rights and wrongs if you are to sustain that relationship. Inflexibility will destroy the relationship. When the other person is trying to destroy the relationship, you should mend it if you want to maintain that relationship. These are all temporary relations. For example if your wife says, ‘ today is a full moon night and you say, ‘no, it is a moonless night’ then the bickering will start and will last all night. In the morning she will be