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Dadashri: Just reading books will not do anything. Where that is concerned, you must be free of all kashays (anger, pride, deceit, greed). If you heard someone say, 'Chandubhai has no sense', would you feel hurt? Would it affect you?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: So those words have hurt you. Understand that as long as words hurt you, you have not attained religion at all. It is fine if you are hurt from being struck by a rock; you can easily treat the wound. However, feeling hurt from words is not the fruit of real religion. The fruit of religion is when words do not hurt you. Shouldn't you have something that indicates how much your fever has gone up or down? The Bhavna (Main Intent) for the Path of
Moksha (Liberation) There are three things required for the path of moksha: 1. An intense desire to attain the Atma (Self). 2. An intense desire to meet a Gnani Purush.
If one has not yet encountered a Gnani Purush, then one should have a strong inner intent (bhavna) for the encounter to take place.
Firstly, you must have the inner intent (bhavna) for the Gnani Purush, and once you find him, you will attain the benefits. This is the main path. The rest is all vyavahar dharma (religion of worldly interactions). If there is any real religion (nischay) in the relative religion, then it is only these three precepts above. Understanding just this, will give you solutions.
"With utmost reverence and devotion, I bow to the ‘real Self' in all living beings of this universe. The real Self within all living beings is divine and, therefore, I see the divine Self in all living beings.'
