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Questioner: How can we recognize a sadguru?
Dadashri: A Sadguru is someone who has the constant awareness of the Atma (Self) all day and night. You will have never come across his speech in any of the scriptures, nor ever have heard speech like his, and yet you experience it.
Questioner: How can we say that this is indeed the
sadguru?
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Dadashri: If you feel tranquility in his presence, then he is the sadguru.
Questioner: What are the qualities of a sadguru?
Dadashri: He is free of all kashays (anger, pride, deceit and greed).
Questioner: Where can sadgurus be found in this time
cycle?
Dadashri: He is sitting in front of you.
Questioner: What do we have to do to attain the sadguru's grace?
Dadashri: Absolute humility (param vinaya).
Questioner: Samyaktva (right understanding), beejGnan (seed of Gnan) or bodha-beej (beginning of Gnan) are considered main components of religion, so how can one attain them?
Dadashri: From a sadguru who is free of kashay.
Questioner: How does religion originate or how can we attain religion?
Dadashri: Through a sadguru who has no kashay.
Questioner: By what ritual (kriya; deed) or doing what, do we acquire religion?
