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not mean Lord Krishna. The rule is that a great human being is born whenever the world is overloaded with demerit karmas (sins), which means in every yuga (era) a great One takes birth.
Questioner: They say that Lord Krishna did raas-leela (participated in joyful dancing). Why?
Dadashri: God has not played raas-leela at all. Who told you that Lord Krishna did that? These are just stories. Lord Krishna was a great Yogeshwar (the one who had attained the Self through yoga). People have misused this by associating Him with raas-leela.
There are two methods by which Lord Krishna can be worshipped. People of the elementary level of spiritual development should worship the form of Balkrishna (the child Krishna) and those who want to attain liberation (moksha) should understand and attain the knowledge of the Self expounded by Yogeshwar Krishna in Bhagwat Gita. What do you want out of these two methods?
Questioner: Is bhakti (devotional worship) and dhyan (concentration) a form of intoxication?
Dadashri: Yes.
Questioner: Then, is it better to live a life of intoxication or a natural one?
Dadashri: It is great if you could live life in a natural way but where is the natural life anymore? This nature has done everything wonderfully. Progress is possible only if it occurs naturally, otherwise there is no progress.
Questioner: When I do dhyan of kundalini (yoga of concentration on the chakras), is it better to do it with closed or open eyes?
Dadashri: It is like this, there is bondage of karmas if you
do it with open eyes and there is bondage of karmas if you do it with closed eyes. You are not to do dhyan of kundalini; you have to do dhyan of the Self. Kundalini is just a tool. You have to make use of that tool. When one keeps coming back to the bliss of the Self, it is called mukti (liberation).
Questioner: How can one attain Sankhya Yoga (one of the six Vedic systems of philosophy)?
Dadashri: Sankhya on its own is like having just one wing. You cannot fly with that. Therefore, Sankhya and yoga (to join with) are the two wings that you can fly with. How can anyone progress without yoga, without mental worship? All these things have been put in place; how wonderful an arrangement is it!
Sankhya means that one should know this knowledge: Knowledge of the body's dharma, the mind's dharma, the intellect's dharma, and the Self's dharma. That is called Sankhya and one cannot attain Sankhya without yoga. Therefore you need to take the yoga of the one (the guru) with whose support you can progress. You need to take his support; you have to depend on him; only then will you progress.
Questioner: Who is Shiva? Where is He?
Dadashri: Any one that has become the embodiment of that which helps others attain the ultimate kalyan swaroop, such a Purush can be called Shiva.
Questioner: What is the difference between nirvichaar and nirvikalp?
Dadashri: There is a tremendous difference between the two. Nirvichaar means a state without any thoughts and nirvikalp means a state without vikalp (the belief, 'I am Chandubhai'). When thoughts end one becomes shunya (zero). Some mendicants become vichaar shunya (they do not have
