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“The collection of Gadasti, meeting the cool Jin, makes the devotee’s mind pure.” – Shri Yashovijayji. “Pure intention, the Lord, is firm and steadfast, the one who remembers your name; he attains infinite, unobstructed bliss, the supreme nectar-like abode.” – Shri Devchandraji.
And thus, when the slate of the mind is clean, only then are the letters of the true teachings inscribed upon it. Only then does the soul become a worthy recipient of the true teachings. Therefore, the seeker, the yogi, becomes eager and enthusiastic in the true teachings, becoming thirsty to hear the Dharma-truth. This entire world goes around saying “Dharma, Dharma,” but it doesn’t know the essence of this Dharma. So, what is this Dharma? What is the true essence of Dharma? The seeker remains constantly eager to hear this story of truth from the mouth of the true Guru.
Therefore, Shri Sadguru Bhagwan illuminates: “Raghuvo Dhamo” – “The nature of a thing is its Dharma.” The nature of the self-substance is the self-Dharma, meaning that the soul’s existence in its own nature is called Dharma. Whatever way the soul comes into its own nature – its own essence – that is the true form of Dharma. The state of suppression, gradual suppression, or the state of decay, which ultimately leads to the manifestation of its own qualities, is the means of self-Dharma, which is the nature of the soul. Therefore, it is also Dharma in the form of a means. From the state of Samkiti Guna to the state of Sheleshi, the feelings that follow the soul are dependent on the goal of self-Dharma, and they reveal the cause of production, becoming the purpose of the cleansing of the mind. Therefore, all of these are types of Dharma. And then, when karma is absent in all realms, the complete manifestation of the soul’s qualities in the form of complete bliss, the complete manifestation of the innate nature, that is the unparalleled Dharma in the form of the liberated nature. Thus, the means or the attainment of the goal of Dharma, which is the substance of Dharma, is the true feeling-Dharma. The rest, like name-Dharma, establishment-Dharma, substance-Dharma, field-Dharma, time-Dharma, etc., are types of Dharma, which are good or bad depending on their purpose in relation to feeling-Dharma. Without feeling, all of these are “illusion,” false, and futile. The one who knows and understands this pure substance-Dharma – self-Dharma – or the Dharma-form of the Lord who has manifested this pure Dharma, and worships him, does not bind karma, and he manifests the Dharma in the form of the nature of things.
“I go to the beloved Swami, with joy, a thousand times; the substance-Dharma is fulfilled, the grace of the Lord, the creator, is bestowed. Name-Dharma, establishment-Dharma, and substance, field, and time; they are good only for the purpose of feeling-Dharma, without feeling, all are illusion…” – Swami.