Aptavani-2
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vitaragata whether you are trapped in a situation of hard work
or just sitting quietly, you will attain moksha. You get nowhere
by sitting in solitude or by working hard all day. You attain
moksha through vitaragata and when do you attain vitaragata? It
is when your sankalp-vikalp (my-ness and I-ness) go away.
Where do your sankalp-vikalp go? They go to the Gnani Purush
when the Gnani’s grace is bestowed upon you. Once this
happens you become deserving of his blessings and when he
blesses you, your sankalp-vikalp will go away. Otherwise they
will not go even over millions of lifetimes. In trying to get rid of
one vikalp, you will sow seeds for more, so four new ones will
sprout!
As a result of all the rituals, one has received wealth and
his brain has become more energized and bright. This has
happened because he has read the words of the vitarag Lords.
Such people started doing rituals using the words of the vitarags.
Through this ‘vitarag brain tonic’ their brains became very bright
and they have started deceiving and tricking other people with
their sharp brains. They have resorted to deceptive ways and
this is a misuse of sharp intellect. What is the intellect meant for?
Is it for deceiving people or is it for attaining moksha?
Questioner : For attaining moksha.
Dadashri : Hmmm! Is the intellect for deceiving people?
What if one takes advantage of a person with lesser intellect?
Then he is considered a wicked beast. The Lord says He has
never seen such wicked beast ever before. Nowhere else in the
world, only in Hindustan are such beasts to be found and this
disease has spread to China too. However, it is mainly in India.
This disease of deception is just as virulent as the disease of
tuberculosis. If I deceive you several times, you will then resort
to deception yourself because you will say to yourself, “I cannot
get anywhere without using tricks”, and so this is how it spreads.
This is a very grave and virulent disease. There is nothing like it,
it is hard raudradhyan that will send one wandering into the four