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Aptavani-8
awareness. You have this illusion (bhranti). You believe the
‘Self’ (Atma) to be where it is not and where the ‘Self’ (Atma)
really is, you are not aware of that. So, realize where the Self
(Atma) really is, and if you do, then ‘You’ are free from
everything. This is the ignorance (agnan) that needs to be
eradicated; otherwise even after millions of years, your ignorance
will never go away.
There are twenty-five kinds of illusory attachments (moha),
which get charged and discharge. As a rule, the discharge is
going to occur, and because of the wrong belief, it will carry on
charging. After ‘we’ give you this Gnan here; the charging will
stop, and only the discharge will remain.
That is why ‘we’ have given this new word, pratishthit
atma (the atma instilled with life). Bhagwan had told people
about this, but they did not understand it. Therefore, ‘we’ had
to put down the word pratishthit atma, so that people would
be able to understand it in their own language. And so that it
does not do harm to the Lord’s words; this word pratishthit
atma has been applied in this way. That is because you need to
understand it in your language. What are you to do if you could
not understand?
The Beginning and the End of the World in
the Gnani’s Knowledge
That from which the world arises and ends, is called
adhishthan. So they will say, ‘Why have they not shown us the
beginning and end (adhishthan) in the scriptures (shastras)?’
No, the Tirthankars have not left anything out. But it is a different
story that you do not come across it.
So what did ‘we’ say? What has this world arisen from?
It has originated from the atma into which life was instilled
(pratishthit atma), and it also ends in it. The fundamental, original
(muda) Atma has nothing to do with this. This is just a deluded
vision (vibhavik drashti) that has arisen.