Guru and Disciple

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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man that asks people to have faith. To the fifty thousand or so people that come here to satsang, I tell them not to keep faith in what I say. I tell everyone not to believe a single word I say and do not keep faith in me. Accept what I say only if your Self accepts it, otherwise I am not inclined towards making you accept what I say.
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Without fail, you will begin to have faith because of my speech. Faith does not come because people have never heard the truth and once people hear the truth, faith will come, without a doubt. Faith is not established because the truth has not been heard. Even if you tell them not to have faith, faith will become established, because in general man is not willing to let go of the truth, even if you insult him. Even if you decide that you do not want to keep faith, here your faith will come. Even if you claim, 'What was wrong with what I was doing before?' faith in me will arise; that is why one is ready to break his previous faith that he had for such a long time; in so many lifetimes. Why is that? Because he becomes convinced that until now everything he had heard and seen has turned out to be wrong. When everything that you have done so far proves to be wrong, do you not feel that all your efforts were in vain?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Faith will adhere to the truth. It has no choice but stick.
Obstinate ego and greed impede faith
Nevertheless, faith does not come to some people. What is the reason for this? It is because they have created obstacles. Faith will not come to only the greedy businesspersons and those who are intoxicated with the ego of 'I know.' Otherwise, workers and laborers will have faith right away because they do not have any ego about knowing and they do not have greed over their bank balances. When a person does not have these two
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weaknesses, he will be able to recognize the truth right away. These two diseases impede one's progress; they create obstacles of 'I know'. Otherwise, faith in the Gnani Purush will come very easily. People have created obstacles; they have built 'partition walls.' These clever people are very thorough; they have become perfect in their resistance.
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Every human being whose intellect has developed, and has the ability to understand, will have to accept my words without fail. This is because my words are such that they will shatter all the veils within and directly reach the Soul within. They are words that will awaken the bliss of the Self. Therefore, anyone that has the Self within, whether he is a Vaishnav or a Jain, if they listen to what I say, will have faith, without doubt. However, if they want to be obstinate and deliberately speak ill, that is a different matter. There are obstinate people, are there not? They talk obstinately even if they know and understand, don't they? Are there any obstinate people in India? Have you seen such people?
Questioner: Most of the people are like that.
Dadashri: That obstinacy has to be removed. If someone deliberately creates separation due to differences of opinions (matbhed), I tell him, 'Your Soul agrees with what I am saying, but you are talking obstinately.' When I tell him this, he will understand and agree with me. But why do people not refrain from talking obstinately? It is because they have brought that kind of baggage with them. Faith will not come to those who are obstinate. Otherwise, the Gnani Purush is considered a living idol of faith.
Gnani Purush is the idol of faith
The Gnani Purush is such that the moment you set eyes on him, faith will come to you. He is the idol of faith (shraddha ni murti) and faith will come without fail. He is called shraddheya (one in whom the faith becomes established naturally). He is this