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do not occur in it.
Questioner: Absence of artadhyan and raudradhyan is called samata (a state of equanimity), is it not?
Dadashri: But artadhyan and raudradhyan will not go away. They will remain for sure. For that, before doing the samayik, you have to establish the discipline (niyam) of, 'Dear Lord! I offer to you this 'Chandubhai', my name, my body, myself, and my wrong beliefs. Grant me the intent of the unattached state (vitarag bhaav) as I sit to do this samayik.' If you do a vidhi in this way, then it will work.
Questioner: In this current era of the time cycle, what kind of attributes are required to become a Tirthankar?
Dadashri: An attribute where one has a constant inner intent (bhavna) for the salvation of the world (jagat kalyan) and nothing else. Regardless of one's situations, whatever one gets to eat or wherever one gets to sleep - even on the bare floor, what should one's inner intent be? It should be for the salvation of the world. Now in whom can such an intent arise? It will only happen to the one who has attained his own salvation. How can one bring salvation to the world when his own salvation has not occurred? It will only occur if he has such an intent. The Gnani Purush can bring one in that stage if one were to meet Him. And then he will know how to have such intent, provided he follows the Agnas of the Gnani Purush once he comes into that state-the Self.
Questioner: Namaskar and vandan (both gesture of reverence and worship) are the two similar or are they of different intent?
Dadashri: They are both with different intent. Namaskar is much higher. Just the ordinary gesture of putting your hands together and bowing your head is called vandan, whereas in namaskar many parts of the body touch the ground. Do we not
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use the term 'sashtaang namaskar'? Therefore, sashtaang namaskar is when all the eight parts (all parts of your body) touch the ground; if you do it only once with a pure heart, it is more than enough!
Questioner: Can Gnan be sold? Many people charge for their lectures.
Dadashri: Gnan does not exist wherever there is any exchange of money. There is worldly gnan there, but there is no Gnan of liberation.
Questioner: Is there a particular sequence, that a living being having taken birth as a human will be born again as a human, or he will take birth elsewhere?
Dadashri: When one is born as a human in India, he has to wander around in all the four life forms. The human beings of foreign countries are not subject to this rule (because they do not believe in life after death). However, there are a few; there is an exception of some two to five percent. The rest keep progressing higher.
Questioner: Whom do people refer to when they say Vidhata (the creator of the world)?
Dadashri: It is nature that they refer to. There is no celestial God or Goddess by that name. Scientific circumstantial evidence (vyavasthit) is Vidhata. People in India have decided that on the sixth day after a baby is born, Vidhata comes and writes an inscription about the child's life to unfold. This is acceptable as far as the imagination is concerned but if you want to know the truth, then it is not so.
Questioner: Why does a nirdosh (faultless) young child have to suffer physical pain?
Dadashri: A child has to suffer the unfolding effects of his own karmas and his mother has to suffer through seeing him
