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Aptavani-9
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Laghutam : Gurutam
(Laghutam – smallest, lightest, lowest, absolute humility.
Gurutam – largest, heaviest, highest)
The state of the Gnani is laghutam and
gurutam
‘We’ are not concerned even if ‘our’ liberation is delayed
by one more lifetime, but ‘our’ wish is that this Vignan be
propagated and that the world should benefit from it. That is
why I have come to explain it. I have the time. I have nothing
to do. I do not have any problems because I am the idlest
person in the world and absolutely without any intellect. I am
on my own and so I do not have any hassles. You have many
hassles. Otherwise, I am no better than you. Do you feel that?
It is only for the worldly interactions I am sitting on this high
seat.
In addition to that, do you know what my ‘height’ is (how
high I am)? Laghutam! What does laghutam mean? I am the
smallest and the lightest of all the jivas (living beings) in this
world. That is my ‘height’. As far as the worldly life is
concerned, I am the smallest. When it comes to name, fame,
looks, wealth, pride etc., I am laghutam (the lightest; lowest)
and from the perspective of the Self (the Soul), I am gurutam
(heaviest, highest). Therefore, in the home department – the Self
- I am gurutam and in the foreign department – the non-Self -
I am laghutam.
So what is laghutam?