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that knowledge for him, and faithfully he began to believe that
killing mice is indeed harmful, thereafter that gnan will start to
appear in his actions. Faith should change through gnan
(knowledge), it should change through understanding. One does
not have to pay attention to conduct (charitra). Conduct will
not change as long as there is an ‘effect’ (of ‘cause’ from past
life) behind it. Now when he goes to kill a mouse, he will feel
that it is wrong to kill. And although he may end up killing it
because of the ‘effect’ (left from the previous ‘cause’), he will
now continue to feel that it is wrong.
This gnan (relative knowledge) pertains to the shubha-
ashubha (auspicious-inauspicious). There is no such thing in
shuddha (pure) Gnan. It (gnan) may or may not manifest in
one’s actions, but should never slip away. Gnan should remain
intact – ‘exactly’ as it is – through one’s conviction and faith.
One only needs to know the real Gnan, thereafter the faith
towards that Gnan should never waver. And whatever the
ensuing conduct may be, is of no significance.
Questioner: Do things happen ‘exactly’ through
vachanbud (energy and power of words)?
Dadashri: You can change one’s actions through
vachanbud. With vachanbud you can prevent someone from
doing something wrong.
You Have to Ask for the Energies
If you have faith in the relative knowledge (agnan), then
the action (kriya) will last a very long time; however, if there is
less faith in the relative knowledge, that action (kriya) will be
gone in no time. And if the agnan itself is slight, then the kriya
will go even sooner. In order to know agnan, (worldly or
relative knowledge) one expends the pudgal shakti (the
energies of the non-Self complex of mind, speech and body).
And in order to know the Gnan (knowledge of the Self), one