attain the status of Godhood. However, rare indeed are those
where no negative passions arise within them, but also through
their being, they do not incite negative passions to arise in others
either. Such beings are the ones the world will worship. As such,
the Gnani Purush is beyond all adjectives; to give Him the
adjective of ‘Bhagwan’ (God) is the same as trying to compare
that which is incomparable and in doing so, we lower His
unparalleled status. Yet, to let the world know about Him,
people use the terms ‘Bhagwan’, ‘Sarvagnya’ etc. What does
sarvagnya mean? It means the One who knows all that is meant
to be known; an Omniscient. There are two types of the
Omniscient (sarvagnya). One is a causal omniscient (karan
sarvagnya) and other is effect omniscient (karya sarvagnya)
i.e. omniscience that has come in one’s worldly conduct.
The Lord regards all ongoing activities in this current life
as activities that have already been completed (they are simply
effects of causes that were created in the past life).
For example, if someone left home to go to Baroda, and
five minutes later, somebody asks you, “Where did he go?”
What answer will you give? You will say, “He has gone to
Baroda.” Now he has barely reached the railway station. Lord
Mahavir regards the action that is in progress, as completed
action (its full causes having been laid in the past life). Thus, the
one who is harboring the causes to become omniscient verily is
called the causal omniscient. Dada Bhagwan is causal omniscient
– karan sarvagnya.
The law of the world is that the one whose mistake is
clearly visible is the one at fault, whereas the law of nature
states, ‘The fault is of the sufferer.’
‘If anyone is hurt even to the slightest extent, you should
believe that it is your fault.’
- Dadashri
The person who lives according to the law ‘fault is of the
sufferer’ does not have to suffer anything in this world; he does
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