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Aptavani-4
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Questioner: Does karma occur according to one's tendencies (vruttis)?
Dadashri: That is true. But where do the tendencies first arise? They arise from dhyan. Artadhyan and raudradhyan are dhyans that will transport one to an animal life-form, or a life-form in hell. Then one has to experience the effects of those karmas over there.
Questioner: Is the “shoot-on-sight” pratikraman (pratikraman done the instant a fault is “seen”) a way to turn a dhyan around?
Dadashri: Yes, that is turning the dhyan itself.
Questioner: To “shoot” means that one destroys the pudgal. It means that one is interfering with that which vyavasthit (scientific circumstantial evidence) had in store. So what will the next life be like?
Dadashri: Even that will be exactly the same. Whatever the 'link' is, it will be the same (i.e., the discharge of karma is according to the charge).
Questioner: If a person turns things around through “shooting”, does the lifespan of the tendencies (vruttis) remain the same or is it reduced?
Dadashri: That lifespan was meant to end here; therefore, all the circumstantial evidences come together, and it ends. The “top” (the relative self) spins in the opposite direction.
Atmadhyan Is Samadhi
Meditation on the Self (Atmadhyan): that is the true dhyan. There is no telling where all the other forms of dhyan that people practice, will lead them. That is concentration (ekagrata). What did the Lord say? He has said that one should keep dhyan on one's khichadee (i.e. food), and dhyan
| SR No. | 030034 |
| Book Title | Aptavani Shreni 04 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dada Bhagwan |
| Publisher | Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust |
| Publication Year | 2013 |
| Total Pages | 480 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 1 MB |