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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"He who knows the Atma has known everything". He who has known the Atma is karan sarvagnya (one who creates causes to become Knower of all elements); he is called karan Keval Gnani (he creates causes to become fully enlightened). The Knower of the Soul (Atmagnani) is without obstinacy or insistence (niragrahi), and without ego (nirahamkari).
Nothing is gained by repeatedly saying, 'I am not the body, I am not the body; I am the Atma, I am the Atma'. Here, one has to have the experience of the Atma. Whatever disciplines (sadhano) for the attainment of Self knowledge (Atmagnan) one has implemented until today, have all become binding. The true sadhan (means; instrument) is where one employs the manifest Gnani Purush, and only there, lies liberation! The disciplines (sadhano) only lead you up to Knowledge (Gnan); whereas the Atma is in the form of science (vignan swaroop). The Atma can pass all the way through this body, the houses and a thousand walls; it is the subtlest of all! So how can it be found? No matter how much religious discipline or penance one undertakes in order to attain Self-realization, it is extremely difficult to achieve. If the station is just half a mile away, but you go twenty-two miles in the wrong direction, whose fault would it be? When it was you who forgot the way, why would it be the body's fault? It is entirely the fault of ignorance.
The Gnani does not just give you the knowledge of the Atma, but he also gives you answers to all the complexities of the universe. If an obstacle arises in your attaining Self-realization, you can break it with a strong resolution: 'I want to get this Gnan from the Gnani', or it can also be broken with a request to the Gnani, 'Please destroy my obstacle'. Otherwise, anyone who desires Self-realization will not come across any kind of adversity. One faces adversity because of one's own weakness. How could there be any adversity, when you are going to your own home?
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