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wrong. There is nothing that is wrong in this world. However
naam, sthapana and dravya are all vyavahar (interactions
related to the world); whereas bhaav is nischay (related to the
Self). In vyavahar, they have been doing the same thing over
and over, throughout infinite past lives; they have roamed and
roamed and roamed and roamed! Throughout the ages, people
have become acharyas, sadhus, sadhvis (spiritual leaders and
monks), and this is how they have wandered around, but they
still have not found the right path.
Moksha: Through Gnan or Bhakti?
Questioner: Is moksha attained through the path of
devotion (bhakti marg), or through the path of knowledge
(Gnan marg)?
Dadashri: What do you understand by the path of
devotion? Bhakti follows after the path of Gnan (knowledge of
the Self) begins. Will you not follow the directions that you have
been given to go to the station? To follow the directions of the
path, from the knowledge (gnan) given to you, is considered
bhakti.
What is the real meaning of the word bhakti? This word
bhakti incorporates aashraya (the intent and the goal). All these
people, to whom I have given Gnan, are also on the path of
bhakti. You have to do bhakti (worship) of whomever that
shelters you.
Questioner: So is there also a bhakti marg in the
Akram path?
Dadashri: ‘This’ is para-bhakti (direct worship of the
Self). In the Akram path, the bhakti that one does after
attaining the Self is the bhakti of one’s own Self. The one, who
is making a garland, is doing the bhakti of her own Self, even
if she puts the garland on me. Doing the bhakti of a Gnani
Purush is essentially the same as doing one’s own (of the Self)