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Aptavani-8
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Therefore not a single wrong belief budges. And the right belief does not set in! In the entire world, not a single person's wrong belief budges. For countless avatars they have been reading Lord Mahavir's scriptures (shastras), but not a single wrong belief shifts, and they get nowhere with it; they find some solace from reading the scriptures (shastras), but their belief does not change. Only the Gnani Purush, who gives moksha, can change the belief.
Questioner: If you want to attain liberation (moksha), you must go to a Gnani Purush!
Dadashri: And moreover, that Gnani Purush has to be a Self-realized person (Purush) who is a giver of liberation (mokshadata). Who gives the gift of liberation (moksha)? It is he who himself, constantly remains in a state of moksha, that can give you the gift of moksha. As you are already in wrong belief, then no matter what you do, even if you read the scriptures (shastras), or anything else, that wrong belief will strengthen, and the wrong belief will only continue to be nurtured!
And in this worldly life (sansar), they give one the gift of ignorance (agnan) from the time of his birth: “This baby boy. Son, this here is your daddy, this is your mummy', and in so doing, the gift of ignorance comes to be given, and then the whole wrong belief becomes established within him. No one is able to fracture that wrong belief. Besides, if someone were to say “You are pure', just like that, how would that work? It should fit into (ged beswi) your understanding, and only then will the wrong belief be fractured. Otherwise the wrong belief cannot be fractured, and until then, no one will ever be able to accept, 'I am the pure Soul (Shuddhatma)'. So far, your entire life has been “I am Chandubhai, I am Chandubhai.' And that way, it has permeated each and every subatomic particle (parmanu). Now, to remove that, and to fracture that wrong belief, is something that can only be done by the Gnani Purush.
