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Aptavani-4
No Solution Without Vitarag Speech
Someone asked the Lord, “By what means do we attain
moksha?” And the Lord replied, “Without vitarag speech,
there is no other way.” Such speech is that which accomplishes
the ultimate (siddha speech); it grows on the listener.
Questioner: What is the definition and level (praman) of
vitarag speech?
Dadashri: Vitarag speech means that it is acceptable to
every soul and every religion. Only an obstinate person will not
accept it. Vitarag speech is pleasing to the Atma, while other
speeches are pleasing to the mind. From the moment you hear
the vitarag speech, it will appear new to you, it will seem,
unprecedented (apurva) to you. Apurva means that it has never
been heard before and you will not have read it anywhere
before. You can say that it is the speech of a Vitarag, because
everyone will embrace it; believers and non-believers alike.
Even non-believers will say, “We accept what you say, but it is
really not for us”.
The ‘Taping’ of Speech
Questioner: You say that you are not speaking, but that
it is a ‘tape-record’ playing. Please explain how that is so?
Dadashri: You can tell by its attributes (gunadharma).
There are no attributes (gunadharma) of the Atma in it. There
are not any gunadharma of the pudgal (non-Self) in it either.
It is a stage (avastha; state) of the pudgal. Speech is ‘taped’
(recorded), prompted by the ego (ahamkar). The ego
(ahamkar) does not ‘tape’ on its own. It only prompts the
‘taping’. From within, the ego does the prompting: ‘When I am
in court, I want to say it like this...or I want to say that’, and that
is how the ‘tape’ comes out.
Questioner: When would your speech have been
‘taped’?