Aptavani-2
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You cannot see raag-dwesh in the maharaj (Jain preacher)
when he is giving a discourse; he comes across as a vitaragi, but
you will see the venom of his competitiveness when his
competitors come. Here, in front of the Gnani Purush, if a
Sthanakvasi (Jain sect) priest were to sit next to a Deravasi
priest, even then they would not be able to tolerate each other.
Nowadays wherever there are competitors, there is abhorrence.
Ordinarily these priests manage to remain detached everywhere
but if they learn that there is another person higher than them,
then dwesh will arise within. That is why ‘we’ say that one has
to rise above all competition.
If two diamond merchants become competitive with each
other, dwesh will arise but they may also develop raag towards
each other, then the two will sit and dine together.
What does the Lord consider raag? ‘I am Chandulal’. ‘I
ate’, that is raag. ‘I am the mere observer of the one who is
eating,’ is not raag. ‘I am Chandulal and this is all mine’, is raag.
Attachment towards ignorance is called attachment; and if
you have attachment for Gnan, then you are a ‘vitarag’.
Everyone in the world has misunderstood the meaning of
raag. They believe raag is passion for anything, but that is not
raag, it is the attraction and infatuation. The whole world is
trapped in raag. Infatuation means attraction.
Love for ignorance is raag. Love for Gnan is vitarag.
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