In general, whatever activity carried out by a person, such as doing job-business, worshiping, reading scriptures, doing service to others etc., is considered purushartha. There are two kinds of purushartha: One is, that which is not visible through eyes, but it is going on inside, is called bhrant purushartha (illusory effort). What is the fruit of this purushartha? It is the sansar. And the other kind of Purushartha, which makes one free from sansar, is called real Pur...

Mistakes or faults that happen at the time of unfolding of the karma in the life of a human being are the results of mistakes made in the previous life. Now when he understands that it is wrong for these faults and mistakes to happen, then begins the time of turning back from those mistakes. Here, revered Dadashri explains the principle of pratikraman that since the time one understands one’s own mistake and repents for that, does pratikraman, his opinion changes. Karma ...

Gnanis’ penances are different from the worldly penance. They have constant inner penance. How is that penance? Highly revered Dadashri says that we would not have worldly or external penance at all, but we would have constant inner penance. Our penance will not result in any pleasure or pain. And because it does not end in any result, it does not affect us. We remain far away from all the worldly things. There is no resultant effect in any taste or in any physical pain ...

After attaining this Atmagnan (Self-realization), now this body, which we call file number one; what is that? This is a living idol of discharge karma, which Dadashri also calls pratishthit atma. In the past life, being ignorant of the Self, one instilled life in the non-Self complex, saying, ‘this is my body, I am doing this’, and that charged karma are now discharging in the current life. Now these discharging karma are giving fruits in the form of suffering of pleasur...

Who except the Gnani can explain the incomprehensible secrets behind the phrase ‘extract and accomplish the work’? It is the Gnani’s total compassion that is overflowing behind these words. ‘Hey mortal being! You have attained such a unique science, now at least wake up!’ Infinite life times have been wasted away behind this body and relatives of this body, now if you follow according to Gnani’s dictates this one life, then there is no one who can halt Your moksha. One w...

After attaining Gnan, prakruti separated, but it has remained in the form of discharge. Whatever was charged in the past life continues to discharge. Now You are the boss of ‘Chandubhai’ (File number one). ‘Chandubhai’ is under the control of vyavasthit (scientific circumstantial evidence), and it continues to spin like a ‘top’ according to the inspiration of vyavasthit. ‘You’ have to ‘see’ that by remaining separate. ‘You’ are not to become mixed in the unfolding of ‘Ch...

If we look with the spiritual vision, then there are only two things: the Self (Atma) and the circumstance (saiyog) and both are separate from each other. So in fact, one is a pure Soul (shuddha Atma) and the body is made up of jada (inanimate) parmanus (indivisible particle of an atom), so who is having that effect? It is the ego (ahamkar) that feels the effect. Heavy falling rain does not affect you, if you stay in the home, no matter how much is raining outside. In th...

Everyone has the awareness of existence. On what basis one has the awareness of that existence? It is on the basis of ego. Such ego makes one believe that ‘I understand’ and ‘I know’. That ego of knowingness is verily called madness. The one who wants to progress in spirituality, the one who wants to go to moksha, for him, absolutely revered Dadashri says everything in just two sentences. ‘Ultimate humility’ and ‘I do not know anything’ just that inner intent. These are ...

After attaining Atmagnan (Self-realization), one experiences his salvation and thereafter the bhavna (inner intent) for salvation of others arises naturally. When can such bhavna become fruitful? It is when a vow of brahmacharya (freedom from all impulses in sexuality through mind, speech and body) blends with this intent; then one can commence the purushartha (progress as the Self), at will. Thereafter, he becomes a nimit (evidentiary instrument) for the salvation of th...

What is the cause of karma bondage? Sense of doership (karta bhaav). ‘I am doing’, this wrong belief is called karta bhaav. When this karta bhaav leaves then karma stops binding and moksha happens. In the relative world, Atma (the Self) is the doer, that is the belief and that is a mistake. In fact, Atma is not the doer of karma. The Lord said that there are two kinds of Atma. One is original (muda) Atma and the other one is vyavahar atma,in the relative world this vyava...

It is a fault to say ‘someone is doing this’, it is a fault to say ‘someone is not doing this’ and ‘I am doing’. Because no one is a doer (karta), vyavasthit (scientific circumstantial evidences) is the doer. Every living being is dependent on unfolding karma. From the time one is born until death, udaya (unfolding of karma) is in control. One is not at fault since he is karmadhin (dependent on karma). Therefore, one should not really be seen at fault. He appears at faul...

There is a general belief that one can achieve what he wants or he can improve others by getting angry. But has anyone any proof regarding the truth behind that belief? When one gets angry, he ruins of his own first and then spoils for others too; as a result there is a loss for the both parties. Is the human life for to earn the profit of life after life or to incur a loss? Dadashri says in this situation that he can tell him wherever it is necessary but do so without a...

Why does a human being wander life after life in the worldly life (sansar)? It is due to egoism (ahamkar). When this ego dissolves then moksha (liberation) happens. Every embodied soul progresses by attaining experience at every level on the evolutionary path. This collection of experiences is called ‘I-ness’ (potapanu). After Atmagnan (realization of the Self), ego leaves, but potapanu remains. The ego is gone, the realm of authority (satta) left, but ‘he-potey’ does no...

We have attained the knowledge of the Self through Akram Vignan. Now we have to complete the worldly life interaction (vyavahar) by remaining in the state of the Self (nischaya). This vyavahar is in the form of discharge however due to attachment, expectation or kashayas (anger-pride-deceit-greed), sometimes atikraman (aggression through thought-speech-acts) happens towards another person. Such vyavahar hurts the other person. It is imperative on the way to final moksha ...

New events keep coming in life and worldly interaction happens suitable to those particular events. However only a rare person makes the critical assessments from those events and makes his life ideal and auspicious. We are aware of such an ideal vibhuti (the manifestation of the magnificence, splendor, energies and glory of the absolute pure Soul in a human body) revered Dadashri, who lived His life with a totally different approach and offered a gift of special knowled...

Potapanu means filled stock (bharelo maal), discharge ego. One becomes the doer in that discharge ego. To follow the dictates of the intellect is called ‘I-ness’. To protect prakruti (mind-body-speech complex), the pudgal (the non-Self complex) is ‘I-ness’. Beyond the protection one goes further and attacks too. What is the use of the ‘I-ness’, which hurts others? When one protects through deceit, it is dense ‘I-ness’ (potapanu). Once one protects the prakruti, it does n...

Why does anger happen? It is because one becomes engrossed with the nature of prakruti (the non-Self complex). A thought arises in the mind and the self becomes tanmayakar (engrossed) in it and anger arises. After attaining Gnan, anger-pride-deceit-greed-ego remain as discharge. Discharge means, with whatever intent it was filled in, charged, with such intent it gets emptied, discharges. How the prakruti was wound in the past life, with that intent the prakruti will unfo...

Any interaction through mind, speech or action is considered vyavahar (worldly interaction). Sadavyavahar (right worldly interaction) is to interact with the world according to the rules of the scriptures. Sadavyavahar is the cause of indirect (paroksha) moksha and shuddha vyavahar (pure worldly interaction) is the cause of direct (pratyaksha) moksha. When one has the awareness of the Self, when one’s life is lived in the five Agnas and when kashayas do not have any effe...

Who is free from the prevailing belief, ‘I am right, my talk is right’? A worldly person, a sadhu and a mahatma on the path of moksha; none are able to remain free from activity due to such prevailing belief. Revered Dadashri introduces such insistence laden conduct and defines the nature of willfulness and insistence as khencha. What does khencha mean? One keeps belaboring his point in order to prove himself correct, that is insistence. Insistence is one of the biggest ...

What was the proportion of spices in the food? Then he can describe the saltiness, tartness or spiciness through the knowledge mediated by intellect. So, in fact, there are two divisions: the eater of the food and the knower. Physical body complex eats, the ego suffers (bhogavey) with only egoism that ‘I liked or disliked’ it. Now, as long as one is the doer-sufferer, he believes that ‘I am eating’ and ‘I am suffering’ for sure. When one attains Atmagnan (Self-realizatio...