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one is improved worldly life (abhyudaya) and the other is
spiritual improvement leading to liberation (anushangik). You
will attain both these rewards together. If you don’t get both the
rewards together, then you have not met a Gnani Purush. People
don’t realize this because they carry tremendous amounts of
‘overdrafts’ (karmas). But these ‘overdrafts’ will definitely be
paid off now that you are doing satsang.
Here, liberation is not the only reward, if that were the
case; you would not even have a cloth to cover your body. But
that is not the case; in reality you get worldly rewards as well
as the reward of liberation.
If you are an employee of the king’s court and you meet
the king, you will have the benefit of his acquaintance. The
wages you get is the benefit you get from serving him. But you
will also reap the reward from his acquaintance. You get a better
place to live and other comforts. When having the acquaintance
of a king brings so much benefit, there is nothing that you cannot
have when you make acquaintance with a Gnani Purush. The
king has needs; he wants to increase his kingdom whereas the
Gnani Purush lives in a state that is absolutely free from all needs
and desires. So what is the reward of meeting the Gnani? If you
come here to satsang, you will return with the reward of making
acquaintance of the Gnani, without fail. By serving the king, the
king will give you two hundred and fifty rupees. You get the
benefit of the king’s acquaintance when you bow in front of him.
Because you have darshan of the Gnani Purush, you have
attained both worldly as well as spiritual prosperity and that is
why you remain in highest peace of mind. You will not be
hindered by any worldly obstacles and you will progress in the
path towards liberation; you will have the best of both worlds!
If you know how to do darshan of the vitarag Lord, then
you will attain spiritual as well as worldly prosperity even if it is
an idol that you are bowing down to. This will happen only when