Aptavani-5
11
Even Shrimad Rajchandra has said that Gnan is with the
Gnani, without whom one can never attain liberation. Therefore,
all you need is a Gnani. The twenty-four Tirthankars have said
that you need a nimit (someone instrumental in a process) to
attain knowledge of the Self (Atmagnan). The Gnan i is never
a doer. If I were the doer, I would bind karmas and if you were
to think of me as a nimit, you will not reap the full benefit. For
myself, I have to believe that ‘I am a nimit’, and you have to
maintain utmost humility that it has happened because of the
Gnani. Everyone has his or her own ‘language’, do they not?
Liberation is attained through param vinaya (absolute
humility).
When one attains the knowledge of the Self, he comes
into his own swabhav (his own natural state); he becomes
aware of the Self (jagrut), he comes into his dharma, so what
else remains? The rest are already in their dharma, only the Self
was not in its dharma.
Questioner: Dada, after attaining Gnan, is everyone
accepting of this condition?
Dadashri: One will automatically accept it after attaining
Gnan; no one will accept it before attaining Gnan. I will explain
why they accept it after Gnan. If you eat a jalebi (sweet snack)
first and then drink tea, how will the tea taste?
Questioner: It will taste bland.
Dadashri: When I put the Self in its own state
(swabhav), meaning in its own attributes (gunadharma), then
attraction or infatuation (aasakti) for all other vishays (worldly
objects of enjoyment) will disappear. What if I were to tell you
to get rid of your attractions first?
Questioner: Then no one will come here.
Dadashri: So in the path of Akram Vignan the first thing