Aptavani 02

SR No.: 007535
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 303
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 34 KB

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Vedanta
There are two paths to attain the right vision of the Self: Vedanta and Jain. The Lord has said that you will attain Selfrealization if you follow the path of the Vedanta and you will also attain Self-realization if you follow the Jain path. But he told the followers of Vedanta to read the Jain scriptures and He told the Jains to read the Vedanta scriptures.
Questioner: Do the followers of different religions ever
Dadashri : No. Can 360 degrees ever become a single degree?
No. They all remain as separate developments. Questioner: What is Jain and what is Vaishnav?
Dadashri Vaishnavs are below the border of normal and Jains, Vedanta are above the border of a normal level. If this brick is half-baked, it is of no use, but it is also useless if it is over-baked. Only a well burnt brick is of any use. In the same token, everyone will have to come within normality in their original religion as well as their worldly life.
unite?
One man asked the Lord, "We practice Jain religion so will there be moksha for us?" The Lord said, "Whether your parmanus (subatomic particles that constitute the prakruti) are that of Jain or Vedanta, whatever they are, you will go to moksha only when those parmanus become exhausted." The Jains have to get rid of their Jain parmanus and followers of Vedanta will have to get rid of their Vedanta parmanus, only then
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will they attain moksha.
Where there is no effect and consideration of punya or paap (virtue and sin, or merit and demerit karma), the Lord has called it a path of moksha and the rest are other paths. In all other paths one is subject to both paap-punya and their consequences are considered paths of worldly interaction (vyavahar).
Swachhand
In Jainism it is said, "Get rid of attachment, abhorrence and ignorance (raag, dwesh and agnan)". In the Vedanta it is said, "Get rid of impurity, illusion and, and ignorance (mada, vikshep and agnan)." So ignorance is common to both; it is the main thing. If you can attain Gnan from a Gnani Purush, then it is possible to get rid of agnan (ignorance of the Self).
Jains say, "Keep upayog (alert attentiveness)." Vedanta says, "Keep sakshi bhaav (be a witness to every unfolding circumstance)." One tries to remain as a witness however it is hard to do if one is getting married. These are all remedies, but until you meet a Gnani Purush, you will have to use these remedies, will you not? And when you meet a Gnani Purush then your work is done.
The awakened One residing within me is Shuddhatma Bhagwan, Dada Bhagwan, The Lord. He (Dada Bhagwan) has united me (Ambalal) with Him. His job is to grant eternal bliss of the final union with the Self (yogakshem). He has made it possible for you to meet 'us' (the Gnani Purush and the fully enlightened Lord within). You are graced with an encounter that is extremely rare. Now that you have met the Gnani Purush, He will give you the bliss of the Self. A 'Gnani' can do whatever He wishes. Your work is done when He gives you a union with the Shuddhatma, the Lord within you.
However, you will be doomed if after Self-realization, you