Aptavani Shreni 08

SR No.: 030038
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 1 MB

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lose money and then they cannot find it. So if the world were an illusion, then no one would pick up the money! That is why the world is not an illusion, it is indeed truth (satya). However, it is a relative truth (satya), and it is temporary (vinashi).
Brahma (the Self) is real correct. And everything else that you see with your eyes, that you experience through the five senses, is all relative correct! There is absolutely no wrong thing in this world, however as long as you need material happiness (sukh); fleeting (vinashi) happiness, then you should stick to the relative truth (satya) and carry on wandering around in the relative. And there is so much misery and externally induced suffering (upadhi) behind all the worldly, material happiness (bhautik sukh), that one only invites difficulties. When a person experiences this struggle, then he understands how he endures it! And if you want eternal happiness (avinashi sukh), then go to where there is eternal truth; truth that exists for past, present and future time (trikaad). The relative is the foreign department and the real is the home department. So if you want to go home, then go home, and if you want to stay in the foreign, then stay in the foreign. But if you believe that the foreign is home; you will get nowhere. Having Attained the Eternal Truth, the
Relative Truth Remains Satya (true) and mithya (untrue) are really two things, right? Or is it just one thing? Now I will explain to you what satya is. What is your name?
Questioner: Chandubhai. Dadashri: Now, are you really Chandubhai? Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Yes, so that is true (satya). Even others say that this is really Chandubhai. Your father would even say, 'this really is Chandubhai.' Therefore, that is true. However, it is a