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Aptavani-8
is it possible to support the intent to attain the ultimate goal (purna bhaav)?
Dadashri: If other circumstances (saiyogo) come together, then it is possible. But in the end, there has to be a circumstance (saiyog) of a nirvikalpi guru (a guide who has attained the Atma), which has to be the Gnani Purush, who has nothing more in the world left to know. In this world, there is not a single thing left for him to know!
Questioner: What is an egoless being (nirvikalp purush) like?
Dadashri: In an egoless being (nirvikalp purush), there is not a single drop of intellect (buddhi). There is not a single drop of intellect, which is why he is called an egoless being.
Questioner: Then in the Gita, they give a description of both the kshar purush and the akshar purush, so does akshar purush mean an egoless person (nirvikalp purush)?
Dadashri: Kshar (perishable) is this body itself. Akshar is vikalpi (bavo -is the ego and all the wrong beliefs). The Self, the egoless (nirvikalpi) is beyond kshar-akshar.
Vikalp Foils the Final Opportunity
Otherwise, I know the Atma. If you tell me to give you the Atma, then I would give you the Atma.
Questioner: But I want to live in the interaction of the worldly life (vyavahar).
Dadashri: But when you live in worldly interaction (vyavahar), the interaction (vyavahar) ought to be ideal (aadarsha). When can you say that you have attained the Atma? Only when the interaction (vyavahar) in your own home is perfect and ideal (aadarsha) will you be able to attain the Atma. If not, then it is not just a matter of running away into a cave, like they all talk about! Atma is not something that entails caves.
| SR No. | 030038 |
| Book Title | Aptavani Shreni 08 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dada Bhagwan |
| Publisher | Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 436 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 1 MB |