Aptavani Shreni 08

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust

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your own Self-form (Atma swaroop). You gain nothing by knowing the Atma as a word.
When describing the state of oneness (abhedta), the Vedas (Hindu scriptures) employ the distinguishing intellect (bheda buddhi), but it is only through the absence of intellect (abuddhata), that the state of oneness is gained.
The Gnani Purush himself says that the Vedas are theoretical, and spiritual science is practical. Vedanta is knowledge through the medium of the intellect (buddhi), an indirect light; whereas Gnan is direct light. Where the Vedas have not reached; the Gnani has reached. The four Vedas, and the four Anuyogas (scriptures in Jainism), can point out the element (tattva) of Atma, but they cannot help one attain it. Speech that is spoken to be heard (shruta vani), can purify the chit (subtle component of vision and knowledge in the inner working complex), and make one most worthy of Gnan (Knowledge).
However, for the realization of the fundamental Truth (vastu), only the Gnani Purush as a most unique cause, through his extraordinary grace, can make happen through subtle association with his absolute consciousness! There, how can the Veda's word-form describe the Atma which is beyond words? Veda is in the form of knowledge, and the Knower (Vetta) is in the form of Science (Vignan).
Science is effective by itself: knowledge is not! The Knower (Vetta) knows the Vedas; the Vedas do not know the Knower. All systems of philosophy, all philosophical doctrines, and all views, are the same, and they are also different. There is one staircase, but the stairs are all different. Even Lord Krishna said the Vedas were trigunatmak (description of three properties: virtue, activity, inactivity or darkness: sattva, rajas and tamas), and told Arjun to go beyond the Vedas to attain the Atma (the Self).
Vedanta (Hindu scripture) increases the intellect (buddhi).
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