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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Questioner: I am Shuddhatma.
Dadashri: Just know, that if I am Shuddhatma' happens by itself, the awareness (laksha) has been established. You do not have to make the effort to remember it. And if you tried to remember, you might not be able to if your memory was not all that good. Laksha is awakened awareness (jagruti). And You also have the anubhav. Experience (anubhav), awareness (laksha) and conviction (pratiti) – You have all these three. Only after you experience the Self (Atma), can you perform your actions with equanimity and make progress (towards absolute Self-realization).
Agiyaras According to Dada Doing agiyaras (fasting on the eleventh day of the lunar fortnight) is also “scientific'. If a person does Dada's agiyaras just once in his life, he can attain salvation. Just once, in Dada's name, it should be done.
Questioner: How should I do Dada's agiyaras?
Dadashri: Do not give any nourishment to the five gnanendriya (sense organs of knowledge), five karmendriya (organs of action) and the mind, which makes up the eleventh component. The eyes (see), ears (hear), mouth (taste), nose (smell) and touch are sense organs of knowledge (gnanendriya); the karmendriya are the hands, feet, excretory, etc., and the eleventh is the mind. Just for one day, You deprive them of their ‘food'. Of course, the ears will hear, but You should not listen out. You will see with your eyes, but do not get up to look. You should not do anything the whole day; just starve the mind.
Questioner: Can we move about? Dadashri: No. You cannot do anything. Questioner: Can we go to sleep? Dadashri: You can lie down.