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the difference between the two solutions that have been used in
the worldly interactions?
Dadashri: Solution through our Gnan is different.
Questioner: Of the two, which is superior?
Dadashri: The solution through commonsense is superior.
Gnan does not have the level of the specific solution.
Questioner: Solution achieved through Gnan will stop all
inner burning and turmoil.
Dadashri: Yes, it does, but the external worldly work still
remains, does it not? In this respect our mahatmas fall short;
Gnan is not useful in bringing solutions to the worldly tasks at
hand. Our mahatmas lack this commonsense. He (mahatma,
one who has received the knowledge of the Self) marries a
young woman, but does not know how to interact with her and
settle the relationship with equanimity. Even the sadhus and
acharyas (spiritual masters of the traditional Kramic path)
would run away on the third day, if they were made to marry a
woman! Why? They simply have no knowledge of how to deal
with such a life.
Questioner: A person with commonsense will not benefit
as much from this Gnan, will he? That is because his vision is
also directed towards the worldly life.
Dadashri: That is not considered commonsense. Those
are all results of self-interest, they are one sided. Commonsense
is that which is applicable everywhere; it has 360° of applicability.
Such a person is not an expert in any specific task or matter.
Questioner: But the expert’s expertise is in worldly
interactions (vyavaharikta), is it not?
Dadashri: An expert’s involvement is only in one or two
worldly tasks. In other matters he has no expertise. In other
matters he may have zero expertise. The one with commonsense
does not have a zero in any matter.