Aptavani Shreni 04

SR No.: 030034
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 480
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 1 MB

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bhakti. Until your own Atma has not fully been expressed, the Gnani Purush is your Atma (Self). The Gnani Purush has no shalya (internal torment). He has a chit that is pleasing to others (prasanna) so that it brings great joy for those who come to do his darshan. Mere darshan of the Gnani destroys the sins of many lifetimes.
Direct Worship: Indirect Worship
The worship (bhakti) that the whole world is in search of is apara-bhakti (worship through the non-Self; through intellect and ego). Any bhakti (worship) in which the intellect (buddhi) does not enter at all, is called the bhakti of moksha (liberation). Bhakti should be for moksha. And when the intellect enters into it, it becomes apara-bhakti (of the non-Self). When the intellect comes out of it, it then becomes para-bhakti (the worship of the Self). The bhakti that goes on ‘here' (in Dada's satsang) all throughout the day is para-bhakti and the fruit (reward) of that is moksha (liberation). Ours is a path of moksha. Where there is no path to moksha, there is the path of the worldly life (sansar). When the intellect enters into bhakti, it renders a person emotional, and makes him aware of his 'relative' self, 'I am Chandubhai, I am the chief blacksmith.' The intellect will not allow para-bhakti to occur. Whereas here, after you attain the Gnan, it is all para-bhakti. Para-bhakti would be that which is done for the Atma (Self); for the Shuddhatma (pure Soul), and anything else that is done for the sake of the Atma. If one remains awake (aware) for the Self, one is 'sleeping' with regard to the world. Eating for the benefit of the Atma (Self) is fasting, and doing bhakti for the Atma is para-bhakti.