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intellect, buddhi) in this satsang; it is fine for you to be that way
in the worldly life. But if you do so here, you will lose the Self;
it will create veils of ignorance over your Gnan.
It is a worldly principle that wherever satsang goes on for
ten or fifteen days, everything becomes stagnant and stale. But
here where the Supreme Soul (parmatma) is manifest, even if
you were to sit for one hundred years, the satsang will constantly
remain extraordinary. Everyday it will appear new and fresh.
The Lord has said, “Do satsang where the eternal light is
manifested.”
Outside when you wear a dhoti (Traditional men’s white
cotton or linen garment wrapped around the waist and tucked
in) for five days or so, you get tired of it. Outside the spiritual
knowledge given is stale. The Lord has said, “Wherever there
is a Tirthankara or a Gnani, the knowledge is fresh.” All spiritual
knowledge is definitely stale in the absence of these two. When
a person has a slightest desire for worldly things, his spiritual
knowledge is considered stale. When such a person gives
discourse, there is a desire for fame. People have to rely on such
knowledge in the absence of a Gnani, which means they have to
take support of this stale knowledge. But when a Gnani is
around, the support of knowledge that is pure and free from all
worldly desires is available and that brings forth moksha. Here
in this satsang, mahatmas (Self-realized beings of the Akram
path) do work for each other, with oneness (abheda bhaav).
They work as if they are working for themselves.
Outside, the knowledge is not only stale but it is also
tainted with worldly desires. Even if it is stale it can be digested,
but this knowledge is also laced with worldly desires. You will
find liberation where there are no desires.
There are two types of knowledge-giving, tainted with
desires. One is where the desire is to do good for others and
the other where the one giving the knowledge has a desire to