Aptavani-4
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Questioner: Is there a reason as to why one stone goes
into the ocean and another becomes a shaligram?
Dadashri: There is no reason behind it. It depends on
each one’s circumstance. Don’t you see that because you
encountered the circumstance (saiyog) to meet ‘Dada’, you are
now able to stay in the absolute bliss (parmanand)? It is simply
because of the circumstance you encountered. Have you had to
do anything else, afterward? Did you have to spin a wheel or
anything like that? Otherwise, when will this process of worldly
life come to an end?
These stones, small or large, are the same when they fall
into the river, but who separates them out to be smoother? It is
scientific circumstantial evidence that does this. Today, the
stones may be here and next year they may be on the other side.
They do not even have to walk or do anything else, and yet they
become shaligrams! That is exactly the state of these embodied
souls (jivas). These are all like stones; when the Atma is taken
away, they are just stones!
Questioner: Is there any purusharth in circumstances?
Dadashri: Only the one who has himself become a
Purush (the Self), can do purusharth. Lord Krishna has said,
‘Odhavaji, what can the weak achieve?’ What does the greatest
Jain spiritual master (acharya) Anandghanji say? He says, ‘Hey
Ajitnath! You have become a Purush. It is because you have
conquered your anger, pride, deceit and greed, which is why
you are called unconquered (ajit; invincible), whilst I am weak
as they have conquered me.’ When such a great acharya
considers himself to be weak, then there is nothing to be said for
the rest of us, is there?
All these activities continue on ‘mechanically’: the wheat
will grow, the wheat will come into the market, it will be ground
into flour, and then it will be made into a loaf of bread. It all