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Aptavani-4
Dadashri: Just reading books will not do anything. Where
that is concerned, you must be free of all kashays (anger, pride,
deceit, greed). If you heard someone say, ‘Chandubhai has no
sense’, would you feel hurt? Would it affect you?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: So those words have hurt you. Understand
that as long as words hurt you, you have not attained religion at
all. It is fine if you are hurt from being struck by a rock; you can
easily treat the wound. However, feeling hurt from words is not
the fruit of real religion. The fruit of religion is when words do
not hurt you. Shouldn’t you have something that indicates how
much your fever has gone up or down?
The Bhavna (Main Intent) for the Path of
Moksha (Liberation)
There are three things required for the path of moksha:
1. An intense desire to attain the Atma (Self).
2. An intense desire to meet a Gnani Purush.
3.
If one has not yet encountered a Gnani Purush,
then one should have a strong inner intent (bhavna) for the
encounter to take place.
Firstly, you must have the inner intent (bhavna) for the
Gnani Purush, and once you find him, you will attain the
benefits. This is the main path. The rest is all vyavahar dharma
(religion of worldly interactions). If there is any real religion
(nischay) in the relative religion, then it is only these three
precepts above. Understanding just this, will give you solutions.
‘With utmost reverence and devotion, I bow to the ‘real
Self’ in all living beings of this universe. The real Self within all
living beings is divine and, therefore, I see the divine Self in all
living beings.’