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“If you cling onto the temporary, then you will become temporary, therefore cling onto that which is permanent. Cling onto the Gnani Purush. The Gnani Purush is a dehadhari parmatma (the absolute Self in a human body)!”

Self Body Humanity Enlightened One

Book:The Essence Of All Religion

Source: The Essence Of All Religion

“Real' means without [relative] contact (sansarg) whereas 'relative' means with [relative] contact. No one can realize that the 'relative' is so filled with [relative] contacts. It is only when the Gnani Purush breaks that [relative] contact/link for us that 'the real' reveres its own resultant effect (parinaam) [as the Self].”

Self Self Realization Enlightened One

Book:Whatever Has Happened is Justice

Source: Whatever Has Happened is Justice

“To constantly remain in the intent [by conviction] of the 'real viewpoint' and the 'relative viewpoint' is absolute Knowledge (keval Gnan). The moment that intent completes [in experience], absolute Knowledge manifests completely.”

Self Knowledge Of The Self Intent Absolute Knowledge

Book:Right Understanding To Help Others

Source: Right Understanding To Help Others

“In worldly terms, "This is good and this is bad," is spoken whereas in the language of the Lord, it is considered to be one and the same. An eternal element is an eternal element! The pudgal (inanimate matter) is in the intrinsic nature as pudgal and the Self is in the intrinsic nature as the Self.”

Self Nature Lord

Book:Fault is of the Sufferer

Source: Fault is of the Sufferer

“The One who states the destructible (vinashi) to be destructible, has to be indestructible (avinashi) Himself.”

Soul Self Spiritual Quotes

Book:The Essence Of All Religion

Source: The Essence Of All Religion

“Real means elemental (tattva). Relative means circumstantial (avastha). With elemental vision (tattva drashti), the value of circumstances disappears. If the elemental vision is attained, then the eternal element of the Self (vastu) is Seen. With the circumstantial vision (avastha drashti), intoxication of the ego increases.”

Soul Self Vision

Book:Who am I?

Source: Who am I?

“To be 'correct in the Real' means it is the eternal element and to be 'correct in the relative' means they are the circumstances of the eternal element. The circumstances are temporary adjustments whereas the eternal element is permanent.”

Self Spiritual Quotes Eternal

Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“All the circumstances are natural whilst the tranquility is our own [the Self's]!”

Self Nature Circumstances

Book:Aptavani-6

Source: Aptavani-6

“I am doing it’ is an illusion and ‘this is mine’ is also an illusion, but ‘I am’ is true.”

Soul Self Spiritual Quotes

Book:Aptavani-4

Source: Aptavani-4

“The mind, intellect and chit are all carrying out their own functions. It is our interference in that. 'Our' does not mean of the Self. There is a wedge of ‘I’ in between these two. Why is egoism present? It is due to the rising of a ‘wrong belief’.”

Mind Self Ego Intellect Egoism

Book:Aptavani-5

Source: Aptavani-5

“We' [The Gnani Purush] do not fracture your ego, ‘we’ fracture your wrong belief.”

Self Ego Self Realization Enlightened One

Book:Noble Use of Money

Source: Noble Use of Money

“The Self is the only thing that is worth knowing. Nothing else in this world is worth knowing. The other things which you have known are all relative and they are destructible. If you have a desire for worldly happiness, then you have to know the destructible religion.”

World Self Happiness Religion

Book:Who am I?

Source: Who am I?

“No matter how many ‘slices’ you make of the relative, would any slice of the Real ever be made?”

Soul Self Spiritual Quotes

Book:Brahmacharya: Celibacy

Source: Brahmacharya: Celibacy

“You do not have to renounce anything. The path of liberation is not one of acquisition or renunciation at all. Acquisition and renunciation are actually a part of the auspicious and inauspicious path. This [Akram Science] is actually the path to liberation; it is the path of [attaining] the absolute state of the Self (Parmatma pad). One only has to understand it.”

Self Spirituality Liberation Spiritual Science

Book:Whatever Has Happened is Justice

Source: Whatever Has Happened is Justice

“It is not in Our [the Self's] control to acquire or to renounce. They are both [activities] of the non-Self and are subject to external factors such as scientific circumstantial evidences.”

Soul Self Circumstances

Book:Adjust Everywhere

Source: Adjust Everywhere

“The fruit [result] of renunciation is not liberation, the fruit of Knowledge of the Self is liberation.”

Self Self Realization Liberation Knowledge Of The Self

Book:Non-Violence: Ahimsa

Source: Non-Violence: Ahimsa

“Renunciation and saiyam are two different things. Renunciation is where one gives up all marital ties, parental ties, financial ties and material possessions. What is saiyam? When anger, pride, deceit, greed and attachment-abhorence are under control, then it is considered as saiyam.”

Self Anger Greed Attachment Self Control Renunciation

Book:Worries

Source: Worries

“What is saiyam? It is a state in which One remains unaffected by the effects of both, upsarga (externally induced suffering) and parishaha (internally induced affliction). And if one were to get affected, then One would simply continue to Know the effect but would not suffer (vedey) the effect. And even if he were to suffer the effect, He would still simply Know it; that is known as saiyam.”

Self Spiritual Quotes Sufferings Self Realziation

Book:Generation Gap

Source: Generation Gap

“As long as one does not have Knowledge of the Self, his renunciation (tyaag) will give result. And after attaining the Knowledge of the Self, there is no renunciation; there is only a vow (vrat). A vow is that which prevails on its own.”

Self Renunciation Knowledge Of The Self

Book:The Guru and The Disciple

Source: The Guru and The Disciple

“The penance and renunciation that one is told to do is actually under the authority of the non-Self (parsatta). So how can that happen? Penance-renunciation, it is all a resultant effect of the non-Self (parparinaam). It is neither an effect of the Self (Swaparinaam) nor is it independent (swadhin).”

Self Self Realization Renunciation Penance

Book:The Science Of Karma

Source: The Science Of Karma

“What can be referred to as true internal penance? It is when the heart is actually burning within and One peacefully remains as the Knower-Seer of that.”

Self Peace Self Realization Penance

Book:The Current Living Tirthankara Shree Simandhar Swami

Source: The Current Living Tirthankara Shree Simandhar Swami

“To remain strong in the effect as the Self (Swaparinaam) such that, ‘This is an effect of the non-Self (parparinaam) and it is not My effect;’ that is known as penance (tapa).”

Self Self Realization Penance

Book:The Flawless Vision

Source: The Flawless Vision

“The Lord used to See His own penance Himself!”

Self Lord Penance

Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“For the one whose adverse internal meditation that results in hurting the self (artadhyan) and adverse internal meditation that results in hurting the self and others (raudradhyan) have ceased, he can attain final liberation in just one more lifetime (ekavtari).”

Life Soul Self Meditation Lifetime Self Realization Liberation

Book:Harmony in Marriage

Source: Harmony in Marriage

“The Self (Atma) has infinite energy, similarly the energy of the non-Self complex (pudgal) is also infinite. It is through the energy of the pudgal that this world is visible. In fact, it is all this pudgal that is visible. The Self cannot be seen anywhere.”

Soul Self Energy Self And Non Self

Book:The Current Living Tirthankara Shree Simandhar Swami

Source: The Current Living Tirthankara Shree Simandhar Swami

“In Dada's language, the pudgal has clung to the Self. The Self has not clung onto the pudgal.”

Soul Self Self And Non Self Body Complex

Book:Whatever Has Happened is Justice

Source: Whatever Has Happened is Justice

“The pudgal (the non-Self complex) is a jail for the Atma (the Self).”

Soul Self Self And Non Self Body Complex

Book:Whatever Has Happened is Justice

Source: Whatever Has Happened is Justice

“The mind performs its function, the intellect performs its function, the ego performs its function; they are all intents of the non-Self, they are not intents of the Self (Atmabhaav). To See and Know the intents of the non-Self is in fact Atmabhaav (the sense as the Self). There are unlimited intents of the non-Self. The world is trapped in the intents of the non-Self indeed.”

Mind Soul Self Religion Intellect Egoism Self And Non Self Inner Intent Body Complex

Book:Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel

Source: Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel

“However many attributes that you can see of yourself at the moment, they are not yours, they are false attributions, they are 'cultured' (developed). 'Your' properties (guna) are of a completely different kind. You have not seen them, you have not known them; You do not Know even a single property.”

Soul Self Vision Self And Non Self Inner Vision View Point

Book:Right Understanding To Help Others

Source: Right Understanding To Help Others

“The swabhaav bhaav (inherent state) of the Self is itself liberation (moksha), and its vishesh bhaav (extra intent of 'I am Chandubhai') is worldly life. Worldly life is not an adverse intent.”

Soul Self Liberation Moksha Self And Non Self Inherent State Intrinsic Nature

Book:Aptavani-2

Source: Aptavani-2

“The One who attains the awareness that, 'This is not my inherent nature;' He constantly has the awareness of the Self and the non-Self!”

Soul Self Self And Non Self Inherent State Intrinsic Nature

Book:Aptavani-4

Source: Aptavani-4

“There is no need to find a solution. 'You' just have to keep Seeing! Keep Seeing how much the anger has increased, how much it has decreased. As the goal (upey; the Self) has been attained, there is no need to find a solution. By looking for a solution, the Self's function as the Knower (Gnatapanu) goes away, meaning that the real benefit goes away. 'This much tension has arisen, it has increased by this much, now it has gone away;' You have to keep Seeing all these gneyos (objects to be known). Remain as the Knower whereas by finding solutions, mental peace (thandak) will prevail [temporarily].”

Soul Self Anger Self And Non Self

Book:Brahmacharya: Celibacy

Source: Brahmacharya: Celibacy

“Saiyam parinaam (a resultant state that is free of anger-pride-deceit-greed, attachment and abhorrence) means a state where both, Atma parinaam (the result of the Selfl) and pudgal parinaam (the result of the non-Self) remain separate exactly as they should.”

Soul Self Body Restraint Self And Non Self Body Complex

Book:Generation Gap

Source: Generation Gap

“What is saiyam parinaam? It is when the Self (Atma) does not become one in with the non-Self (pudgal); It continues to prevail separately. If the Self is allowed to become one [with the non-Self], then that becomes a violent intent (himsak bhaav).”

Soul Self Body Restraint Self And Non Self Inner Intent Body Complex

Book:Worries

Source: Worries

“Simply saying the word 'Self' (Atma) will not work. The conviction of the Self must set in. Conviction means doubtlessness (nihshankta) about the Self; one himself becomes completely convinced [of being the Self]!”

Soul Self Self And Non Self

Book:Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel

Source: Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel

“When doubt (shanka) does not occur, even for a moment, that is referred to as the Self (Atma).”

Soul Self Doubt Self And Non Self

Book:Worries

Source: Worries

“As long as the doubts (shanka) related to the Self (Atma) do not go away, no doubt of the worldly life will leave.”

Soul Self Doubt Self And Non Self

Book:Who am I?

Source: Who am I?

“Fearlessness (nirbhayta) arises through a Self that is free of doubt. After becoming free of doubt, asangata (a state of absolute separation) arises.”

Soul Self Self And Non Self

Book:Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel

Source: Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel

“The entire world is in parparinati (the belief of ‘I am doing’ in what are results of the non-Self), no one has seen Swa-parinati (the natural state of the Self). Swa-parinaam (the resultant state as the Self) is verily the state of the absolute Self (Parmatma pad).”

World Soul Self Body Self And Non Self Body Complex

Book:Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization

“The body is pudgal parinaam (the resultant state of that which is continuously undergoing change through the process of input and output) and Swa-parinaam (the resultant state as the Self) is within. The entire world is pudgal parinaam.”

Soul Self Body Self And Non Self Body Complex

Book:The Guru and The Disciple

Source: The Guru and The Disciple

“Dehadhyas (the belief that ‘I am the body’) will leave only when the belief of 'I am Pure Soul' prevails. Dehadhyas does not leave by simply saying, "The wife and children are not mine.”

Soul Self Self And Non Self Belief That I Am The Body

Book:Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel

Source: Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel

“To have 'Known' means that dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') goes away. But in this case, dehadhyas has not gone and one has the intoxication of 'I know'; so what will become of him?”

Soul Self Self And Non Self Belief That I Am The Body

Book:Adjust Everywhere

Source: Adjust Everywhere

“Once dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') is gone, the naturalness of the body increases a fraction at a time. And to whatever extent it becomes natural, that much samadhi (freedom from the effects of mental, physical, and externally-induced problems) will arise!”

Soul Self Self And Non Self Belief That I Am The Body

Book:Anger

Source: Anger

“How can one let go of dehadhyas (the belief that, 'I am the body') whilst residing in dehadhyas? For that, go to a Gnani (a Self-realized being), the One who has become a tarantaaranhar (One who has become liberated and can liberate others). The dehadhyas cannot go away through dehadhyas.”

Soul Self Intellect Self And Non Self Belief That I Am The Body

Book:Whatever Has Happened is Justice

Source: Whatever Has Happened is Justice

“Where there is dhyan (meditation; internal state of being), there is no egoism and where there is egoism, there is no dhyan.”

Soul Self Self And Non Self Belief That I Am The Body

Book:Harmony in Marriage

Source: Harmony in Marriage

“When the Self (Atma) becomes engrossed (tanmayakar) in the resultant states of the mind, then meditation (dhyan) arises.”

Mind Soul Self Meditation Self And Non Self

Book:The Essence Of All Religion

Source: The Essence Of All Religion

“To connect the meditator (dhyata) to the object of meditation (dhyeya) is Purusharth (spiritual effort to progress as the Self) and meditation (dhyan) is the effect [resultant state].”

Self Meditation Spiritual Quotes Spiritual Effort

Book:Anger

Source: Anger

“Purusharth (spiritual effort to progress as the Self) is such that it can only happen after attaining Purush (the Self). In fact, the prakruti (non-Self complex) is making you dance forcibly and on top of that you say, "I am doing this." That is known as bhranti no purusharth (illusory effort). That cannot be real spiritual effort to progress as the Self. It is only after the Self and the non-Self complex become separate that real spiritual effort to progress as the Self can happen.”

Self Spirituality Spiritual Effort

Book:Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel

Source: Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel

“When does Purusharth (real spiritual effort to progress as the Self) arise? It begins after the Gnani Purush (enlightened One) makes you a Purush (the Self). Until then the efforts that are going on are subject to the prakruti (non-Self complex), one dances according to the tunes of the prakruti, and yet we have to accept it. That is bhrant purusharth (illusory effort).”

Self Spirituality Enlightened One Spiritual Effort

Book:Aptavani 6

Source: Aptavani 6

“To not do egoism in that which is mandatory is known as Purusharth (real spiritual effort to progress as the Self).”

Self Ego Egoism Spiritual Effort

Book:Who am I?

Source: Who am I?

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