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when he asks you. You do not have to worry whether he has
any experience or not. In business, sometimes your mind will
also tell you, ‘Today there are many customers. My children will
get deceived by the customers so let me go to the shop.’ Why
would you want to worry like this? You raised these children,
nurtured them, and educated them, got them married, so why
should you worry about them? We should do what is good for
our Self. Now the law is, ‘Sab sabki sambhalo’ (Each one is
to mind his own business). These relationships are like those
between a vendor and his customers. You had become deeply
involved with them due to ignorance (agnan) and now you have
to understand through Gnan.
There Is No Kashay in Akram Vignan
He who has conquered his kashay bhaav (the intent of
anger, pride, deceit and greed) is called an Arihant. Kashay
bhaav do not remain with ‘I am Shuddhatma’. Where there
is shuddha upayog (applied awareness as the Self), there is
no kashay bhaav. There is no kashay where there is
Shuddhatma, and there is no Shuddhatma where there is
kashay. Kashays do not occur at all in the path of Akram
Vignan. In the Kramic path, karmas are definitely bound
wherever there is ashata-vedaniya (pain giving experience),
whereas in the Akram path, one does not bind any karmas at
all, but suffering of the pain is inevitable for the duration of that
time.
Questioner: This is the greatness of Akram Gnan, is it
not?
Dadashri: Tremendous greatness! This is tremendous
progress! Otherwise, not even a fraction of the kashay will
decrease.
Importance of Satsang
From the time a living being (jiva) comes to be born in