Aptavani-2
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Vedanta
There are two paths to attain the right vision of the Self:
Vedanta and Jain. The Lord has said that you will attain Self-
realization if you follow the path of the Vedanta and you will also
attain Self-realization if you follow the Jain path. But he told the
followers of Vedanta to read the Jain scriptures and He told the
Jains to read the Vedanta scriptures.
Questioner : Do the followers of different religions ever
unite?
Dadashri : No. Can 360 degrees ever become a single
degree?
No. They all remain as separate developments.
Questioner : What is Jain and what is Vaishnav?
Dadashri : Vaishnavs are below the border of normal
and Jains, Vedanta are above the border of a normal level. If this
brick is half-baked, it is of no use, but it is also useless if it is
over-baked. Only a well burnt brick is of any use. In the same
token, everyone will have to come within normality in their
original religion as well as their worldly life.
One man asked the Lord, “We practice Jain religion so
will there be moksha for us?” The Lord said, “Whether your
parmanus (subatomic particles that constitute the prakruti) are
that of Jain or Vedanta, whatever they are, you will go to
moksha only when those parmanus become exhausted.” The
Jains have to get rid of their Jain parmanus and followers of
Vedanta will have to get rid of their Vedanta parmanus, only then