will come here to learn how to live life, how much to eat, how
much to sleep and how to live.
‘There are only two things in this world, the pure Soul
and circumstances.’
- Dadashri
“Pure Soul is eternal and circumstances are constantly
changing.”
“Gross circumstances, subtle circumstances, and the
circumstances of speech are of the non-Self and are dependent
on other forces.”
- Dadashri
All circumstances that can be experienced through the five
senses are gross circumstances. Circumstances of the mind,
intellect, chit, and ego are subtle. The circumstances of speech
are gross as well as subtle; all these are the non-self and they
are also dependent upon some other force. Speech is a record;
it is physical. The Soul and speech are not related. The Soul is
without speech. Yes, the Soul is the Knower-Seer of what type
of speech is being spoken, where mistakes are made in the
speech etc. Circumstances, by their very nature are prone to
end. If one dwells in the circumstances, he will become
temporary and if he dwells in the Soul, which is eternal, then he
is eternal. Lord Mahavir has said that except for the Soul (the
Self) everything else is a circumstance. The Self is unattached
and free from all circumstances.
There are two types of penance; one is inner penance
and the other is external penance. External penance is visible to
others and inner penance is one that no one else knows about.
One does inner penance within his own self. The result of
external penance is improvement of one’s worldly life and the
result of inner penance is moksha! Everyone knows about
external penance, the inner penance can be learned only from
the Gnani Purush.
‘Real penance is to not let the Self and the non-self
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