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conduct. External conduct is an effect and not a cause. I remove
all the causes; thereafter the effects will automatically wash away
on their own.
Absolute Humility
Questioner: Is param vinaya (absolute humility) a
conduct?
Dadashri: Param vinaya arises on its own. This Gnan
will give rise to it. Just as a child does not touch poison once he
is informed of what poison is and what it can do, similarly this
Gnan gets rid of lack of humility (avinaya) and gives rise to
absolute humility. You do not have to maintain param vinaya
but…
Questioner: It happens automatically.
Dadashri: Yes, You will automatically remain in param
vinaya.
Absolute Humility in the Satsang with the
Gnani Purush
Dadashri: You all stand up as ‘we’ enter; there is no
need to do so. Nothing is to be gained in this standing-up-
sitting-down exercise. On the contrary one becomes tired doing
it.
Questioner: But we do that anyway when we worship
the Lord in the derasar (Jain temple)!
Dadashri: There you earn a lot of points for vinaya
(humility); but here there is a lot more earning of another kind
to be gained. The reward of humility is moksha but moksha is
not the reward for performing rituals (kriya). The humility you
maintain in the derasar is evident and can be seen. It is a ritual
for sure but within you, at a very subtle level, the humility you
maintain will lead you towards moksha. During the time one
performs such worship of the Lord, one is not being spiteful to