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weaknesses, he will be able to recognize the truth right away.
These two diseases impede one’s progress; they create obstacles
of ‘I know’. Otherwise, faith in the Gnani Purush will come very
easily. People have created obstacles; they have built ‘partition
walls.’ These clever people are very thorough; they have become
perfect in their resistance.
Every human being whose intellect has developed, and has
the ability to understand, will have to accept my words without
fail. This is because my words are such that they will shatter all the
veils within and directly reach the Soul within. They are words
that will awaken the bliss of the Self. Therefore, anyone that has
the Self within, whether he is a Vaishnav or a Jain, if they listen to
what I say, will have faith, without doubt. However, if they want
to be obstinate and deliberately speak ill, that is a different matter.
There are obstinate people, are there not? They talk obstinately
even if they know and understand, don’t they? Are there any
obstinate people in India? Have you seen such people?
Questioner: Most of the people are like that.
Dadashri: That obstinacy has to be removed. If someone
deliberately creates separation due to differences of opinions
(matbhed), I tell him, ‘Your Soul agrees with what I am saying,
but you are talking obstinately.’ When I tell him this, he will
understand and agree with me. But why do people not refrain
from talking obstinately? It is because they have brought that kind
of baggage with them. Faith will not come to those who are
obstinate. Otherwise, the Gnani Purush is considered a living idol
of faith.
Gnani Purush is the idol of faith
The Gnani Purush is such that the moment you set eyes on
him, faith will come to you. He is the idol of faith (shraddha ni
murti) and faith will come without fail. He is called shraddheya
(one in whom the faith becomes established naturally). He is this