Aptavani-9
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Maan (False pride, self-importance, the need
to be recognized and respected) : Garva
(Ego of doer-ship) : Garavata (Wallowing in
worldly pleasures)
Maan without mamata :
pride without ‘my-ness’
You can ask the Gnani Purush anything. This Akram
Vignan is such that you can ask anything. You ask anything
about the forty-five Agamas (Scriptures of Jain religion) or the
Vedantas (the end of the Vedas, ancient scriptures of the Hindu
teachings). This Akram Vignan is considered one of the
greatest wonder; it is the eleventh wonder (spiritual) that has
occurred naturally. Here, all your work is attained within an hour.
Questioner: When you had so many good karmas from
your past life, why did Gnan manifest in you at such an old age?
Why not earlier?
Dadashri: It is like this, the gnan-avarniya karma i.e.
knowledge obscuring karma can only break once the mohaniya
karma - karma that is delusive and causes attachment, comes
to an end. When is the knowledge-obscuring veil (gnan-
avarniya karma) destroyed? It is when the mohaniya karma
comes to an end. What moha (attachment due to illusion) was
there within ‘us’? ‘We’ did not have moha for anything, not for
money, sex or anything. The only moha was that for maan
(pride, the need to be recognized and respected).
Questioner: Yes, can you explain that to us please?