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The Gnan Event And Its Description
Questioner : Can you explain the event of your
enlightenment at Surat station? How did you feel at that time?
Dadashri : There was no change in my feelings. I had
gone for business at Songadh and Vyara by the Tapti railway
line. While returning I had stopped at Surat station. Along with
me was another gentleman, Ranchodbhai Patel, who always
accompanied me. In those days I used to have my dinner before
sunset and so I finished my dinner in the train and at six o’clock
we disembarked the train at Surat station. This was in June
1958. Ranchodbhai took the dirty dishes to clean while I sat
alone on a bench on the platform number two. It was then that
the enlightenment and Gnan manifested. I saw the entire cosmos.
What is this universe? How does it function? Who runs it? It
was on that day when all trace of egoism in me went away.
From that day onwards I began to live in a different state
altogether, without egoism and without attachment. ‘Patel’, the
non-Self remained the same, but ‘I’ the Self became completely
detached. From that day onwards, I have not experienced
anything but constant samadhi, bliss of the Self.
What Did I See At Surat Station?
Questioner : Dada what did you experience when you
had enlightenment at Surat station?
Dadashri : I saw the entire universe; I saw how the
universe functions; who runs it; who is God; who am I; on what
basis do things come together etc. I understood everything and
I experienced absolute bliss. After that everything became very
clear to me. The scriptures do not describe everything in its
entirety. Only that which words permit is described in the
scriptures. There is a lot more to the universe, which is beyond
any words; it is way beyond words.