Aptavani-6
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The Initial Culprit is the Intellect
Questioner: Which part of the antahkaran is affected
first? (Antahkaran – the inner functioning complex of the mind,
intellect, chit and ego.)
Dadashri: The intellect (buddhi) is affected first. There is
no effect if the buddhi is not present.
Questioner: During difficult circumstances, what part
beyond the antahkaran is affected?
Dadashri: Beyond the antahkaran, nothing is affected.
Questioner: Is it affecting the one who believes, ‘I am
Chandulal’ (pratishthit atma)?
Dadashri: That is the relative or charged self (pratishthit
atma). Anger, pride, deceit, greed, and the mind, intellect, chit,
ego are all in the antahkaran; it is all called the pratishthit
atma.
Questioner: Then why is there a separation made between
the pratishthit atma and the antahkaran?
Dadashri: It has not been stated so. Anything other than
the pure Soul (Shuddhatma) is all pratishthit atma. Then, if
you ask further, do ‘we’ not have to say that the antahkaran
is separate, the sense organs are separate, the mind is separate,
etc.?
Questioner: If the intellect (buddhi) is affected, then does
that effect (asar) not reach the mind?