52 The Flawless Vision
to do now is to be aware of that understanding and knowledge which is without mistakes .
Knowledge should be perfect . It should be free of faults and mistakes . And so too should your understanding . It would not benefit you to have the knowledge without the understanding . That would be like having a papaya tree that would not yield any papaya . Have you seen such papaya trees ?
Questioner : Yes Dada .
Dadashri : You have ? You care for the sapling and nurture it until it becomes a tree , and even after you do all that for it , it still bears no fruit .
So both knowledge and understanding should be perfect . Knowledge alone is of no use , but right understanding would still be helpful . Understanding reaches the heart whereas knowledge reaches the intellect .
The current knowledge , the knowledge that people have in their everyday lives , reaches the intellect . Understanding , reaches the heart . Anything done heartily will take one all the way to final liberation . People refer to this as intuition . Whatever understanding one has , gives rise to intuition , and whatever intuition one possesses , will lead to increased understanding . Of all the things that will help you achieve liberation , this is very valuable .
With mistakes , not even your day-to-day life will run smoothly , so how can you expect to attain liberation ? Your knowledge and your understanding should become pure , without mistakes . You will understand what is knowledge and what is not knowledge , i . e . ignorance . All mistakes are due to ignorance . From that moment your knowledge will grow .
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