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Dadashri: Shruta vani and everything are helping aids. Through shruta vani, the chit (inner component comprised of knowledge and vision) strengthens, and day by day the chit becomes clean and pure (nirmal). And with a clean chit, if you meet a Gnani Purush, then you would grasp the knowledge (Gnan) more and more quickly and very well.
Questioner: You attain knowledge (gnan) through a guru (teacher), but you can only receive Gnan from a guru who has himself experienced the Atma, is that not right?
Dadashri: He has to be a Gnani Purush, and moreover, just giving you the experience of the Atma alone, is not enough. You only accomplish your work when the Gnani Purush gives you the answers to, “Who am I?' 'How does this world run?' 'Who are You yourself?' 'Who is this?'
Nevertheless, you can carry on reading books, but they are helpers. They are not the principal thing. They are just ordinary causes, they are not extraordinary causes. What is an extraordinary cause? The Gnani Purush!
Just One Staircase but Different Steps
Questioner: Jain darshan, Vedanta, Adwaita vaad, Sohum, Aham Brahmasmi, Ekoham Bahusyam, Sarva Idam Brahma; are they all the same?
Dadashri: Just as a staircase and a ladder, are the same thing, all these are the same thing. But as far as the stepping goes, they are all considered different. Neither Dualistic, Nor Non-Dualistic, The
Atma Is Dualistic - Non-Dualistic
Questioner: I want to understand dwaita and adwaita. Please explain them.
Dadashri: Tell me what you understand about adwaita.
