Who Am I: Gnani Purush Dadashri
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When the question, 'Who am I?', arises for a human being, his journey towards liberation begins. This is the most important question and quest for a human being. The one who responds to this question, even if casually asked, is being pointed towards the vast inner world of infinite vision and bliss of the Self. Those who find incomplete answers from their traditional religious and spiritual pursuits, ultimately come to this major milestone : 'Who am I?' What am I doing? What am I seeking?' Most of the search of a spiritual nature fails because one is not aware of the answer to the question : 'Who am I?' Without knowing who you really are, how can you decide what you want? Consequently what one ends up doing is wasting very precious time of human life in following what the mind body complex wants. The mind body complex is transient, changing and perishable and so all such efforts perish.
The answer to this question can not be arrived at through the intellect. Such an answer will not really sit within the questioner. One has travelled in countless number of bodies, human and other forms and has attained this precious body which now allows the time to pause and ask this question: 'Who am I?' 'Is this mine?' What is this mind? Am I this mind? Am I this hand that is moving about? Am I this body? Many advanced level seekers have tried to inquire into this, deeply; but they get stuck in different layers of the mind and the intellect, and find no success. This is because this question: Who am I? is the final question of man. Once he attains an experiential answer of who he is, he becomes eternal, free, never to be born again, beyond birth and death.
Now comes Gnani Purush Dadashri, whose words are to begin for you. He will become alive for you, as you read the satsang that will begin soon. Sat means eternal. Sang means company. It is in the company of the eternal One, the One who has experienced the eternal, that the meaningful answer to the question begins to be understood and then experienced. If you were to paint a thousand candles on a large piece of paper, there will be no light. A single lit candle will be able to give light and let you see in the dark.
Rare indeed are the souls in this world who lead you towards the bliss of the Self called moksha. Even more rare than these are the scriptures that describe the Self and show the ways to attain the Self. Even more rare than these are the Self realized masters who have attained the Self. An encounter with an Enlightened Master, an Atma Gnani and the consequent unfolding of the true desire for liberation within a seeker is extremely rare. The most rare of all is the direct establishment of The State of The Self, Self Realization within the seeker, at such a meeting. The core messages of innumerable scriptures have been given for the express intent of the attainment of the Self, the natural State of the Self. Self realization is the goal of human life. The Gnani Purush's words have the unparalleled power to make you interested in the pure Soul, awaken your pure love for the pure Soul, and eternally establish your conviction that You indeed are the pure Soul.
A Gnani Purush is one who is absolutely free from his mind, body and speech. He moves about in the world for only one purpose. To allow others to also attain that state. The state of complete freedom from all pain of life; mental, physical or externally induced. Such a One is Gnani Purush Dadashri, who has given the world the new easy path of liberation called Akram Vignan. It begins with this cardinal book: Who am I?
The quest for the end to all suffering begins with 'who am I?' and ends permanently with the answer. So here then is the Book that will commence your liberation. It will happen If you allow the words that have come through the medium of the Gnani Purush, to begin that for you.
Shuddha Anami
Since 1991, Shuddha has been a translator within a collective, of the words of Gnani Purush Dadashri from Gujarati in tapes, videos or in print into English and since the days of the beginning of internet transmission, these translations have been offered on the web in the form of books, free for all. Gnani Purush Dadashri is the enlightened One who never authored any book, but agreed to the publications of the compilations of his satsang in books. These satsangs are now available in many different languages. Shuddha has been deeply involved in the process of finalization of the words of the Gnani Purush for the sole aim of conveying the deepest meanings in the heart of the Gnani Purush.
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Who Am I - Shuddha Anami
WHO AM I
Gnani Purush Dadashri
Shuddha Anami
Copyright 2010 by Shuddha Anami
Smashwords Edition
EDITORIAL
There is more to life than just living. There has got to be more to life than just living. In life, there should be a higher purpose, and that is to obtain the real answer to, ‘Who am I?’ This is the unanswered question of infinite, previous lives. The missing links of the search for ‘Who am I?’ are now being provided through the words of the Gnani Purush (The One who is completely Self-realized). These words are edited for the purpose of comprehension.
Who am I? What am I not? Who is the Self? What is mine? What is not mine? What is bondage? What is moksha (liberation)? Is there a God? What is God? Who is the ‘doer’ in the world? Is God the ‘doer’ or not? What is the real nature of God? What is the nature of the real ‘doer’ in this world? Who runs the world? How does it function? What is the real nature of illusion? Whatever one knows is it real or is it an illusion? Will one become free or remain bound with the knowledge he has?
This book will provide the precise understanding of the truth behind these questions. In addition, the reader of these pages is introduced to the essence of Akram Vignan (the science of direct experience of liberation).
Dr. Niruben Amin
1986
Word from the Translator:
Please note that Gnani Purush Dadashri never wrote a word for any book. This book is a compilation of his spoken words in satsang, and Shuddha Anami is a translator within a collective, of the words spoken in Gujarati. Shuddha has been sharing the English translations of the words of Gnani Purush Dadashri on the Internet since 1994.
Here is a translation of the words of Dadashri:
This speech is an original ‘tape record’. I am not the owner of this speech. I am the ‘Knower’ of the words that come out. The words of the Gnani Purush cannot be sold. They are to be left as they are. These words will be the basis for new scriptures for the current era of the time cycle.
Table of Contents
EDITORIAL
Word from the Translator:
NOTE ABOUT THIS TRANSLATION
Introduction of The Gnani
Who is Dada Bhagwan?
Current link for attaining the knowledge of Self-realization (Atma Gnan)
GEMS OF WISDOM
WHO AM I?
(1) WHO AM I?
THE PRECISE METHOD FOR LIBERATION
WHO AM I?
(2) BELIEFS: WRONG AND RIGHT
SO MANY WRONG BELIEFS
‘I’ IN THE WRONG LOCATION.
RIGHT BELIEF, WRONG BELIEF
ONE IS A STRANGER TO HIS REAL SELF
(3) EXPERIMENT TO SEPARATE ‘MY’ AND ‘I’
REALIZATION OF THE TRUE SELF RESULTS IN SEPARATION FROM ‘MY’
SEPARATE ‘I’ AND ‘MY’
(4) WHO IS THE BOSS OF THE UNIVERSE?
ONLY THE GNANI SHOWS YOU THE REAL ‘I’
YOUR OWN MISTAKES BECOME YOUR BOSS
(5) WHO IS THE DOER IN THE WORLD?
THE REAL NATURE OF THE ‘DOER’ IN THIS WORLD
THIS CANNOT BE CALLED LIBERATION
THEN, WHO MADE GOD?
NEITHER A BEGINNING, NOR AN END TO THIS WORLD
GOD'S CORRECT ADDRESS
THE WORLD IS THE PUZZLE ITSELF
SCIENTIFIC CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
PRINCIPLE OF CONVENIENCE
CONTRADICTION IN ‘DOERSHIP’
DID YOU WAKE UP OR WERE YOU AWAKENED?
HOW MUCH OF IT IS IN YOUR HANDS?
IT HAPPENS...
‘DOERSHIP’ = PRAKRUTI , ‘NON-DOERSHIP’= ATMA
KARTA (DOERSHIP) AND NAIMITTIC (INSTRUMENTAL) DOERSHIP
‘DOERSHIP’ BINDS KARMA
ATMA (Self) AND ANATMA (Non-Self) BECOME ONE THROUGH IGNORANCE
(6) WHO WILL DO THE SCIENTIFIC SEPARATION?
SCIENTIFIC SEPARATION OF Self AND non-Self
WHAT IS THE GNAN VIDHI?
NEED A GURU OR A GNANI?
(7) WHAT IS THE NATURE OF MOKSHA?
(FINAL LIBERATION) THE ONLY GOAL WORTH HAVING
NO EFFORT REQUIRED IN SELF-REALIZATION
MOKSHA IS EFFORTLESS
MOKSHA MEANS ETERNAL BLISS
TWO STAGES OF MOKSHA
EXPERIENCING MOKSHA IN DAILY LIFE
WHO ATTAINS MOKSHA?
ONLY GNAN CAN END ALL MISERY
(8) WHAT IS ‘AKRAM PATH’?
THE EXTRAORDINARY POWERS OF AKRAM GNAN
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DISPELL DARKNESS?
THE LINE OF DEMARCATION BETWEEN SELF AND NON-SELF
PATHS: KRAMIC OR AKRAM
THE ONE WHO MEETS ME IS QUALIFIED FOR AKRAM GNAN
THE ULTIMATE GOAL
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE KRAMIC PATH AND THE AKRAM PATH
THE EXPERIENCE OF THE AKRAM PATH
WHY HAS THE AKRAM PATH COME INTO EXISTENCE?
THE AKRAM PATH
THE PRECIOUS CHANGE THROUGH AKRAM VIGNAN
THE AKRAM SCIENCE ALL OVER THE WORLD
MOKSHA FOR WOMEN THROUGH AKRAM
FREEDOM THROUGH THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION
GET YOUR WORK DONE
(9) WHO IS A GNANI PURUSH?
THE SANT PURUSH: THE GNANI PURUSH
RECOGNIZING THE GNANI PURUSH
(10) WHO IS DADA BHAGWAN?
‘I’ AND ‘DADA BHAGWAN’, ARE NOT ONE
SEEN THE WORLD BUT NOT FULLY KNOWN THE WORLD
THE LORD OF THE FOURTEEN WORLDS HAS MANIFESTED HERE
(11) WHO IS SIMANDHAR SWAMI?
CURRENT TIRTHANKARA SHRI SIMANDHAR SWAMI
WHEN DOES THE NAVKAAR MANTRA BRING RESULTS?
SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH OUR WORLD
WITH DADA BHAGWAN AS MY WITNESS
HOW LOCATION CHANGES
ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGE BY SIMPLY SEEING THE TIRTHANKARA
(12) THE AKRAM PATH CONTINUES
GENERATIONS OF GNANIS TO FOLLOW
THE ONE ACCEPTED BY THE WORLD, IS THE ONE
GENERATIONS OF LIVING GNANIS
(13) AFTER ATTAINING SELF-REALIZATION
THE SIGNS OF SELF REALIZATION
EXPERIENCING THE SELF PERMANENTLY
THIS HAS BEEN SAID WITH STRONG CONVICTION
KNOWLEDGE THROUGH SCRIPTURES; KNOWLEDGE THROUGH EXPERIENCE
ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERIM GOVERNMENT
YOU CAN ONLY SAY SO AFTER REALIZATION
THE GNANI AWAKENS YOUR AWARENESS
AWARENESS NEVER BEFORE EXPERIENCED
BECOMING NIRVIKALP
EXPERIENCE, AWARENESS AND CONVICTION
THE STATE OF THE SELF IS ABSOLUTELY PURE
DEHADHYAS IS ‘I AM THIS BODY’
PRAGNYA WILL ALERT YOU FROM WITHIN
THE STEPS OF EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE EXISTS
EXPERIENCE OF THE SELF, EXPERIENCE OF THE BODY
WHAT ELSE REMAINS?
AAGNA IS THE RELIGION
STAY WITH THE GNANI
(14) THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FIVE AGNAS
SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AFTER GNAN
BLISS WITH AGNAS
FIVE AGNAS LEADS TO THE STATE OF THE LORD
UNFLINCHING DECISION MAKES YOU FOLLOW AGNAS
THESE ARE THE AGNAS OF THE LORD
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NOTE ABOUT THIS TRANSLATION
Ambalal M. Patel, Gnani Purush, also commonly known as Dadashri or Dada, always used to say that it is difficult to precisely translate his satsang about the Science of Self-realization and the art of worldly interaction, into English. Some of the depth of meaning would be lost. He spoke about the importance of learning Gujarati to precisely understand all his teachings.
Dadashri did however; grant his blessings to convey his words to the world through translations in English as well as other languages.
This is a humble attempt to present to the world, the essence of the teachings of Dadashri, the Gnani Purush. A lot of care has been taken in order to preserve the tone and message of the satsang. This is not a literal translation of his words. Many people have worked diligently for this work and we thank them all.
This is an elementary introduction to the vast treasure of his teachings. Please note that any errors encountered in the translation are entirely those of the translators.
Introduction of The Gnani
On a June evening