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when he is not Self-realized? Vallabhacharya had given support to the path of Vedanta. What kind of worldly conduct existed in the time of Vallabhacharya? People used to do the darshan of the maharaj and the maharaj used to do the darshan of the pure Soul within them. Everything has changed now because of the strangeness of the era of this current time cycle. If people do darshan of maharaj and he does not do darshan of their pure Soul, then the maharaj himself loses out. Now who would understand this? Now this era of the current time cycle is coming to an end and so even all relative religions are going to be reestablished with the original message of their founder: 'We' will reset these relative religions which have been 'upset', by 'upsetting' them (exposing the misgivings and establishing the correct understanding).
Connection with Lord Krishna within
Questioner: How did Meera and Narsinh have direct darshan (sakshatkar) of Lord Krishna?
Dadashri : What Meera and Narsinh saw was not Krishna. The 'seer' that saw, is Krishna. The one who says, "I can see Krishna within," is the object to be seen (drashya) and the seer (drashta) is the real Krishna. The true darshan of this Krishna' can only be done through the grace of a Gnani Purush. At the time of Meera and Narsinh there was no Gnani Purush around and therefore you cannot consider their experience as true darshan of Lord Krishna Devotees like Narsinh, Meera, Kabir, Akha, Gnandeva, and Tookaram are still around. None of them have attained liberation. However, now they have taken the knowledge of the Self from me.
As long as you are a devotee, you are separate from God (the Lord within). The work is complete when the devotee becomes one with God. No one has really understood Lord Krishna at all. Some have labeled Him the one with a flute! Some called him the one with the gopis', etc. Alio, the street
vendor sells pictures depicting Lord Krishna; people buy these pictures and worship them. This is nothing but a business! Lord Krishna cannot be like that. He is not what you imagine Him to be. Everyone worships the child Krishna; they put his small idol or picture on a little baby cradle and swing him back and forth. No one worships the Yogeshwar Krishna who had become established in Gnan; knowledge of the Self. Krishna says, "People are wrong. They fast every year on my birthday and the next day they indulge in rich fatty foods. These are my own devotees and yet they contradict me. They make me out to be the one carrying a flute and call me deceitful. They say I used to frolic with the gopis (the cowgirls). They have maligned me so much.
When a person worships and devotes himself to the idol (murta) he remains the idol, the formed non-self complex. When he a person worships and devotes himself to the formless (amurta) he attains the formless Self and become liberated. To constantly remain as the Self, is charitra (atma charitra; real conduct). This state of absolute purity (shuddha dasha) is oneness with all (abhedta). In this state, one sees the Self in all (atma var sarva bhuteshu). That is absolute purity abounding everywhere. The Gnan (Self knowledge), darshan (vision as the Self), charitra (staying as the Self) and the bliss is the real Light Oyoti), not this physical lamp (deevo). The One who is the Knower and the Seer i.e. gnata-drashta is Krishna; not the object that is seen Difference between Lord Rama & Lord Krishna
Questioner : Is it true when they say that Lord Rama was partial Purushottam and Lord Krishna was absolute Purushottam (the highest amongst men, the absolute state of enlightenment)?
Dadashri : Actually Lord Krishna cannot be considered absolute Purushottam. Only Lord Rama is the absolute
