sensual pleasures. The essence of religion (dharmasaar) is to
be free from artadhyan (adverse internal meditation that hurts
the self) and raudradhyan (adverse internal meditation that
hurts the self and others). The quintessence (marmasaar) of all
this, is moksha. The essence of time and the Atma (samaysaar)
is to be established in the Self.
Religion (dharma) is ‘relative’ and science (vignan) is
‘real’. Science is without controversy; it is with principles that
lead to liberation and automatically effective in itself.
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Knowing God Through the Vision of Gnan
We are not a portion of God; God cannot be fragmented.
We are complete and absolute. It is only a matter of time for the
veil of ignorance to be removed and the Self to express!
If God is in every particle, then where should we look for
Him? Where can we defecate? And if this were so, then there
would be no difference, between the inanimate (jada; lifeless)
and the animate (chetan; living). God is in each and every living
being.
Where the ownership of something is established and if its
removal causes the owner pain, it is called sankalpi-chetan. In
fact, both Gnan (knowledge) and vision (darshan) are present
in the chetan.
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Understanding the Knower
Three things are necessary for the path of moksha:
1. An intense desire to attain the Soul (Atma; Self).
2. An intense desire to meet and know a Gnani Purush.
3. If one cannot meet the Gnani Purush, then to
continue to have the profound intention to meet him.
~ Gnani Purush Dadashri
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