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[4] How Amazing is the Awareness of the Gnani Purush!
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with that speech. See what kind of a world this is!
"Our' opinion behind what 'we' say is different. What kind of a world is this? When 'we' speak, our opinion behind it is, 'This is not how it is. This is wrong. This should not be so.' But look how this world runs. We remain in the awareness of how this world runs.
because someone gets hurt. Even then, that darshan (vision) is absolute, is it not that the mistake occurred in unfolding of syadvaad?(80)
Dadashri: Yes, darshan is complete. There is no problem in darshan (enlightened vision). Gnan - experience of the Self as the absolute Self, is there too, but Gnan is short by four degrees. Therefore, it is not syadvaad. 'We have absolute darshan. Everything immediately will come in darshan. I can know the mistake right away. I can instantly know even the subtlest mistake. It will take a long time for you to see such mistakes. You currently 'see the gross mistakes. You see only the overt mistakes that you are able to see. That is why 'we' say that it is our fault, yet no one can see 'our' fault. We can see our own fault.
Questioner: So You see all faults that have occurred with reference to syadvaad?
Dadashri: We can see all such faults that occurred in syadvaad-anekant (anekant: All-inclusive, impartial and acceptance of all viewpoints). Now our speech is heading towards absolute syadvaad. When the speech becomes absolute syadvaad, then Keval Gnan (absolute knowledge) is attained. We have darshan; that is the only reason we know that this is a mistake. It is 'full, absolute darshan. That is why I told everybody that I am giving you Keval Darshan (absolute vision).
We have to do pratikraman. Words keep coming out of our mouth. See how mandatory this is! Is it ever appropriate to speak this way about religious masters (acharyas)? For that matter, one should not speak this way about anyone. "We' know that everyone in this world is nirdosh (flawless). So then is it right to talk about anyone?
Questioner: No, it is not.
Dadashri: And yet that is the very kind of speech that comes out, but 'our' pratikraman immediately continues along
As 'we' speak, there is also the awareness along with it that, 'It should not be this way,' because 'we' have seen the whole world as nirdosh (flawless). Why has that not come into our experience (anubhav)? It is because of this meddling speech.
Questioner: Although there is meddling, Your awareness is constant and very high.
Dadashri: No, but although the awareness is there, until this kind of speech ends, the absolute state cannot be attained. How forceful this speech comes out!
Now when was this speech created? It was when 'we' had not seen the world as nirdosh (flawless). 'He is at fault in this manner. Why is he doing it this way? It should not be like this. How can the Jain religion be like this? Etc. Therefore, whatever was stored in ignorance in the past life; before Gnan) is what is being discharged today. Those opinions are being discharged today. And today 'we' are no longer in agreement with those opinions.
Pratikramans of the Gnani Purush
Have you done your pratikraman? Make sure you do pratikraman; otherwise, it will not become clean. Do alochana, prarikraman and pratyakhyan every day in the presence of Dada.
Questioner: It is not our intention to say anything negative about the other person, so then should we do pratikraman? We are only speaking the truth, are we not?
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