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Aptavani-9
Questioner: So does garavata halt progress?
Dadashri: Yes, because he becomes happy when people
start respecting him.
Therefore there is garavata of spiritual energy, wealth
and sense pleasures. There are many such garavata. There is
garavata even in scriptures.
Questioner: Is there garavata of scriptures too?
Dadashri: Simply put, garavata is anywhere where one
does not feel like moving away from; it is all garavata.
Otherwise, progress must be made everyday.
Questioner: Therefore, on the way to the final destination,
one should not stop anywhere, no matter what the location is
like.
Dadashri: You should not get stuck in any kind of
pleasures or happiness that comes along the way. A person will
feel good when he reads scriptures. He will feel at peace
because the words he reads are the words of a Gnani Purush.
If someone acquires a kingdom and becomes stuck in enjoying
it; it is all garavata.
People do not understand garavata; they do not
understand what it is.
Questioner: We understood very clearly from the
example you gave us of the buffalo.
Dadashri: Having heard this example, when people see
a water-buffalo sitting in a ditch, they will say, ‘Hey, there
comes garavata. Dada look at that garavata.’ I tell them,
‘Yes, you do remember!’
No one has defined garavata. The meaning of garavata
is not in any books and that is why I have exposed its meaning
with an example.