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28 Aptavani-9
Dadashri: Yes, that is why there is no end to it. That is why one has to wander endlessly life after life.
That is why people said to the Tirthankara Lord,“ Dear Lord, only the most fortunate attain the continuous link, which you also had received.” The continuous link means that from here on, one continues to find a path that progresses further and then a path that moves further from there and then a path even further from that, and on and on; such a link. It is an unbroken link. It leads to the end( final liberation)!
Whereas these people do not find such an unbroken link and they end up way off course.
I, too, had received this continuous link. I searched for myself trying to find out how all this came about. But that was because I had received a continuous link and that is why this whole Akram Vignan has manifested!
Therefore, the approach of‘ The one who is obstinate, is not‘ I’, is Akram Vignan and‘ I am obstinate and I have to straighten out,’ is the approach of the traditional Kramic path.
If you become upset and noncompliant, you will miss the train
Questioner: Is getting upset and non-communicative( risavu) a form of obstinacy( aadayee)?
Dadashri: Then what else can you call it? Otherwise, where is the need to be upset and non-communicative( risavu)? A person cannot refrain from being obstinate. A slightest disagreement will result in him becoming obstinate( aadayee). All that is needed is a disagreement.
It is only when one becomes upset and non-communicative( risavu), that he becomes obstinate! A man’ s wife becomes upset and non-communicative( risavu) at the railway station. The man pleads with her,‘ Get on the train, otherwise the train will leave and you will have to spend the night here.’ She would