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UNDERSTANDING SAMAYIK
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Seeker: So is there no discharge (nirjara) of karma in
this?
Dadashri: There is nirjara (discharge of karma) but very
little. There cannot be significant nirjara. Everyone can do
samayik by reading a book. Reading books feels good. Instead
of reading fiction novels, one reads the scriptures. Even the
scriptures can be interesting. You can get a lot of joy from it. But
one will not gain anything from it. You will only gain if you do
the real samayik of the Self. Anything You ‘do’ as the Self
(Atma), after becoming the Self, will bring You salvation. But
you have to become the Self first (one must have Self-realization).
When You feel that you have become the Self, then you will be
able to say so. If you become the Self for only a minute, it is
more than enough.
So with this worldly samayik, it is acceptable for one to
sit in it reading scriptures, but that is all considered samayik of
the mind. Samayik of the mind means the Self has nothing to do
with it. That samayik will still the mind, it strengthens the mind.
The other benefit is that while he reads the scriptures, he will not
have any other thoughts.
Samayik through One’s Own Understanding
Seeker: What is the benefit of doing samayik every
day?
Dadashri: Yes, but you are talking about doing a samayik
through your own understanding, are you not? It is not the
samayik the Lord had prescribed, is it? It is a samayik of your
own understanding.
Seeker: We are doing it just the way the Lord had
prescribed.
Dadashri: Is that where one keeps looking at the hourglass
to see whether all the sand has fallen through or not?