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even eat outside of his home, nor can he take any water outside the home. What great discipline! That is called being a staunch Vaishnav. Those who bathe and care for Thakorji are considered staunch Vaishnavs. But what can anyone do? The circumstances are such that one can be reprimanded nowadays. The idol does not talk because of circumstances, otherwise it would. Why would it not if you follow all the rules you have been asked to? Do you have a bronze or a gold idol?
Questioner: A silver one.
Dadashri : Nowadays if a person had a gold idol, his son may go and sell it! Do you like what 'we' are saying?
Questioner : Yes, Dada. I like it very much.
Dadashri : So now if you have to eat outside, feed Thakorji first before you eat, then you will have fulfilled your responsibility
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Raag - Dwesh : Attachment - Abhorrence
Questioner : What is attachment (raag)?
Dadashri : To believe and claim to be that, which you are not, is the biggest attachment of all. That verily is the origin of attachment:attachment that gives rise to all other attachments. To say, 'I am Chandulal' is verily the attachment (raag), and once this attachment breaks, all others will too. The one who attains the awareness (laksha), 'I am a pure Soul' has broken all worldly attachments. The one who has the beliefs, 'I am an acharya (master priest), I am a collector, I am a father, etc., for him all attachments remain. These attachments (raag) and their consequences are so alive that even the slightest unpleasant words provoke a severe inner reaction of repulsion (dwesh). One has not understood the message of the vitarag Lord. The awareness 'I am Chandulal' leads to all kinds of attachments and the arising of the awareness of 'I am Shuddhatma' is not attachment. It is the awareness that the vitarag Lord too has. The Self, Shuddhatma is vitarag (without attachment) and with this awareness, all the external relative (the non-self) gets washed off (dissolves). Who is vitarag? 'I am pure Soul' or remembering 'Dada' are both awareness of the vitarag. Who is vitarag? One who has manifested within the Gnani is the absolute vitarag, and the awareness (laksha) that the Gnani has given, is the awareness of the absolute vitarag Lord. This most extraordinary state has been given to you!
Questioner: I experience a lot of feelings of attachment (raag) towards my son, what is that?
Dadashri : Attachment is not at all an attribute of the Self
