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Understanding the Knower Are You the Self? Do You Know the Self?
Dadashri: What is your name?
Questioner: Chandubhai.
Dadashri: Are you really "Chandubhai' or do you doubt it?
Questioner: It is a name given to this body. Dadashri: Then who are you? Questioner: Atma.
Dadashri: What is Atma? What do you mean by Atma? Are you referring to this body, these bangles or the brain, when you say Atma? What can we call Atma? Will you not have to realize what the Atma is? You will have to know the Atma (Self; Soul), will you not? You will have to attain knowledge about the Self, will you not?
Questioner: The antaratma (the one within).
Dadashri: Yes. The antaratma is fine, but don't you also have to know about its attributes and nature (gunadharma)? Whether it eats and drinks, or not? Or would it burn if someone were to set it on fire?
Is It the Mistake of the Soul? What are the attributes of the Soul? Is worrying one of its
