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Maan : Garva: Garavta
Maan without mamata: pride without 'myness'
So you can ask the Gnani Purush anything. This Akram Vignan is such that you can ask anything. You ask anything about anything from the forty-five Agamas (Scriptures of Jain religion) or anything about the Vedantas (the end of the Vedas, ancient scriptures of the Hindu teachings). This Akram Vignan is considered one of the greatest wonder and is the eleventh wonder (spiritual) that occurred naturally. Here, all your work is attained within an hour.
Questioner: When you had so many good karmas from your past life, why did Gnan manifest in you at such an old age? Why not earlier?
Dadashri: It is like this, the gnan-avarniya karma i.e. knowledge obscuring karma can only break once the mohaniya karma - karma that is delusive and cause attachment, comes to an end. When is the knowledgeobscuring veil destroyed? It is when the mohaniya karma comes to an end. What attachment, illusion moha was remaining for 'us'? 'We did not have moha for anything, not for money or sex or anything. The only moha was that of maan pride, the need to be recognized and respected.
Questioner: Yes, can you explain that to us please? Please explain in detail, your inner state prior to Gnan manifesting within you in 1958.
Dadashri: Yes, before the manifested of Gnan amidst the kashayas, krodh-maan-maaya-lobh anger-pride-attachment-greed and attachmentabhorrence, the force of maan only was dominant. The rest of the kashays were alive under the reign and domain of maan pride. Not any extra pride abhimaan . Abhimaan is pride with myness mamata. This was pride without mamata myness.
Questioner: What is pride without myness mamata like?
