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Aptavani-5
understanding.
What is the mother of gnan (knowledge)? Understanding
(samaj) is the mother of gnan. No child can be born without
a mother, can it? Does it drop from the sky? So you do need
a mother, do you not? From where can you attain the
understanding? You have to understand all that from a Gnani
Purush. Understand it from the scriptures. The scriptures will
not give you complete understanding but they will give you some
understanding.
The Gnan I give you is keval darshan (absolute vision)
and so it includes all the understanding. Now conduct (vartan)
will arise from that understanding, but what happens if there is
no understanding at all? It will never come into your conduct.
Complete understanding is called keval darshan (absolute
vision) and when it comes into your conduct, it is called
kevalgnan (absolute knowledge). Kevalgnan is the end and
keval darshan is the beginning.
Understanding (samaj) is that which will not let you
stumble or fall. One stumbles and falls all day long and yet he
believes he understands and knows everything. Hey you! What
do you call understanding? What is the difference between
Gnan and understanding? Up until the time the understanding
comes into one’s conduct, that gnan (knowledge) is called
understanding. That understanding will gradually and
automatically result in Gnan. When it comes into conduct,
know that it is Gnan but until then you simply have to keep
understanding it.
The knowledge (gnan) one tries to understand from the
scriptures is not kriyakari gnan, meaning it will not work
automatically and give results, whereas this understanding is
kriyakari. You will not have to do anything. It is all done by the
Gnan (Knowledge) from within. Kriyakari gnan is living
knowledge (chetanvantu); it is a science; it verily is the Gnan