Aptavani-8
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Once the nature of the Self (swadharma) has been
attained, there is no need for the nature of the mind
(manodharma), so there is no need for any kind of religion
(dharma); therefore, there is no association or identification with
the body (dehadhyas).
Questioner: We still cannot get rid of our connection
with the body (dehadhyas).
Dadashri: How can you get rid of the connection with
the body (dehadhyas) through identification with the body
(dehadhyas)? You want to release your connection to the body
(dehadhyas), yet you are involved with the body (dehadhyas),
so how can that happen? Dehadhyas cannot be removed with
dehadhyas. Krupadudev had said to go to such a Gnani, who
has become a savior (tarantaaran), and you will find the solution.
He Cannot Be A Giver of Moksha If He Does
Not Give Moksha
Questioner: Must there not be some keys to know the
Atma?
Dadashri: There are no keys or anything. All you have to
do is go to a Gnani Purush and say to him, ‘I have no sense
at all, I am a fool. I have been wandering for endless lives, but
I have not known even a fraction’s worth, or even a hair’s worth
of the Atma. So bestow upon me, at least this much.’ Then that
is all, your work is done. That is because the Gnani Purush has
come to give you the gift of liberation – moksha.
Then people complain, ‘so what will become of our worldly
interaction (vyavahar)?’ After knowing the Atma, the rest is
considered worldly interaction (vyavahar). And even for the
interaction in the world, the Gnani Purush gives you Five Agnas
(special directives) telling you, ‘son, follow these Five Agnas of
mine. Go, your worldly interaction is now pure (shuddha), and
your resolve (nischay; the Self) is pure (shuddha), and all the
responsibility is ‘ours’ (the Gnani’s).’