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that knowledge for him, and faithfully he began to believe that killing mice is indeed harmful, thereafter that gnan will start to appear in his actions. Faith should change through gnan (knowledge), it should change through understanding. One does not have to pay attention to conduct (charitra). Conduct will not change as long as there is an “effect' (of 'cause’ from past life) behind it. Now when he goes to kill a mouse, he will feel that it is wrong to kill. And although he may end up killing it because of the 'effect' (left from the previous 'cause”), he will now continue to feel that it is wrong.
This gnan (relative knowledge) pertains to the shubhaashubha (auspicious-inauspicious). There is no such thing in shuddha (pure) Gnan. It (gnan) may or may not manifest in one's actions, but should never slip away. Gnan should remain intact – “exactly' as it is – through one's conviction and faith. One only needs to know the real Gnan, thereafter the faith towards that Gnan should never waver. And whatever the ensuing conduct may be, is of no significance.
Questioner: Do things happen “exactly through vachanbud (energy and power of words)?
Dadashri: You can change one's actions through vachanbud. With vachanbud you can prevent someone from doing something wrong.
You Have to Ask for the Energies
If you have faith in the relative knowledge (agnan), then the action (kriya) will last a very long time; however, if there is less faith in the relative knowledge, that action (kriya) will be gone in no time. And if the agnan itself is slight, then the kriya will go even sooner. In order to know agnan, (worldly or relative knowledge) one expends the pudgal shakti (the energies of the non-Self complex of mind, speech and body). And in order to know the Gnan (knowledge of the Self), one
