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Aptavani-8
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Once the nature of the Self (swadharma) has been attained, there is no need for the nature of the mind (manodharma), so there is no need for any kind of religion (dharma); therefore, there is no association or identification with the body (dehadhyas).
Questioner: We still cannot get rid of our connection with the body (dehadhyas).
Dadashri: How can you get rid of the connection with the body (dehadhyas) through identification with the body (dehadhyas)? You want to release your connection to the body (dehadhyas), yet you are involved with the body (dehadhyas), so how can that happen? Dehadhyas cannot be removed with dehadhyas. Krupadudev had said to go to such a Gnani, who has become a savior (tarantaaran), and you will find the solution. He Cannot Be A Giver of Moksha If He Does Not Give Moksha
Questioner: Must there not be some keys to know the
Atma?
Dadashri: There are no keys or anything. All you have to do is go to a Gnani Purush and say to him, 'I have no sense at all, I am a fool. I have been wandering for endless lives, but I have not known even a fraction's worth, or even a hair's worth of the Atma. So bestow upon me, at least this much.' Then that is all, your work is done. That is because the Gnani Purush has come to give you the gift of liberation - moksha.
Then people complain, ‘so what will become of our worldly interaction (vyavahar)?' After knowing the Atma, the rest is considered worldly interaction (vyavahar). And even for the interaction in the world, the Gnani Purush gives you Five Agnas (special directives) telling you, 'son, follow these Five Agnas of mine. Go, your worldly interaction is now pure (shuddha), and your resolve (nischay; the Self) is pure (shuddha), and all the responsibility is 'ours' (the Gnani's).'
