Adjust everywhere

Conflicts will occur repeatedly in our life until we learn to

adjust with others and this adjustment can be achieved through

right understanding. Ultimately everyone has to adjust willingly

or forcefully. With the right understanding, we can prevent

conflicts and find peace and happiness. Life is nothing but a

series of adjustments. From birth to death, you have to make

adjustments. Whether you enjoy studying or not, you have to

adjust and study. Likewise, in married life, initially there is

happiness, but later the husband or the wife has to make

adjustments due to conflicts. These conflicts occur because of

differences in their personalities. How many people in this age

are fortunate enough to be able to adjust with others throughout

their lives? Even between Rama and Sita, were there not many

adjustments? Imagine the kind of adjustments Sita must have

made when she was sent away to the forest, even when she

was expecting a baby.

With parents and children there are adjustments every

step of the way. If we adjust with understanding, there will be

peace and we will not bind any karma. If we do not adjust to

people around us, we will invite problems. This strategy of

‘Adjust everywhere’ is Dadashri’s master key, which opens all

doors in life. If we use Gnani Purush Dadashri’s golden maxim

‘Adjust Everywhere’ and apply it in our life, then our everyday

life will become beautiful.

clashes and its resolution

How can one live conflict free life?



Dadashri: These clashes need to be resolved. Why do we want to spoil everything through conflicts? This simply does not suit us. People abide by traffic laws, which are strict regulations and they don't drive according to their own interpretations do they? Because they abide by traffic regulations, they are spared from accidents. Likewise, in your daily life you must follow the laws that prevent clashes. Clashes occur because you follow your own laws and interpretations. When people obey the traffic laws there are no difficulties with the way traffic runs. If you apply the same rule with this understanding to your daily interactions, you will never run into difficulties again. The problems arise because of your own limited interpretations of the laws of life. There is a fundamental error in understanding the laws of life. The one who explains these laws must have a thorough experience of these laws.

Look at how well you observe the traffic rules. It is because you have made a firm decision to abide by them. Why is your ego not telling you to disregard these laws? It is because you understand with your intellect that you might injure yourself, or even be killed if you violate the traffic laws. You can directly experience the outcome with your senses. The intellect however, fails to make you realize the fatal consequences from engaging in conflict with people because it is beyond your sense perception. This is very subtle matter and the damage it causes is subtle.

Related Spiritual Quotes by Param Pujay Dadashri : 1) Conflict arises because of your own ignorance. If you clash with anyone, it is a sign of your own ignorance. 2) If the other person makes a mistake, it has no value; but if a clash occurs (with someone), there are serious consequences. God does not exist where there is clash.

greed

What is greed?



If the same thing were dear to Murrchit, his name greed. That thing would not receive satisfaction. Grasping the morning woke up the night Mudne eye, will remain in the solicitation. Since then be awakened in the morning to make it appear as greed gland. Loses no time in grasping the laugh, the whole day will be in the solicitation. Grasping, Deriya Khojhkr vegetable vegetable market will be even cheaper.

Submit all for grasping the future. When a deposit then, two large-large rat splashes all be eliminated!

Lakshmi deposits, but without desire. Lakshmi does not then and does not stop him from the wrong ways not draw.

Lakshmi is bound to come yourself. Our collection is not stored in the archive today and twenty-five years later, the daughter will Byahte time. Do not put anything in that matter.

I found that the use of natural objects do not throw up. Sdraste use. Excuse many do not wish to deposit. Must submit a rule in our capital so (in a certain volume) should then. Then with more capital, worthy place to spend the rest. Lakshmi can not throw.

Opposition term satisfaction of greed. Purwbv be considered a little knowledge, enlightenment, not worldly knowledge is deemed to be, then it occurred satisfaction. And as far as this knowledge can not understand her desire to remain there.

Infinite Avatar himself lived so much about what should happen then noted that now. And who have not lived, he would make some greed. Then, it Bhugten (should they suffer), he Bhugten, Flaa Bhugten, it will not.

Questioner: Do not be too greedy little tight?

Dadasri: no. Jew, he is different. Jew so no money is being stingy. And twenty-five thousand lay in the house even when grasping how cheap wheat, rice mills, oil, how to get cheap, such as self-materialized in his mind will be. Where once the vegetable market looks for the cheapest Deriya get it!

Who called hunks who are awakened in every single thing.

Asked what the difference in grasping and stingy?

Dadasri: Lakshmi, the only Jew to skimp. Grasping each side remain in the solicitation. The value of the solicitation and, to Lakshmi. Insatiable greed of every kind will be pulling her everywhere.

Asked to be grasping the Kihfaytshar (Kihfaytrup savings integrator)?

Dadasri: scamp he is a crime. Be Kihfaytshar he is not a crime.

'Economy' (Kihfayt) whose name? Then came the money to spend and strapped for money to not shine. Do not always act on loan. But the business may Kjhr leisure hobby can not. When consumed with debt? Then came the time of death. Otherwise the debt can not drink the oil.

business expansion ??

Questioner: How much should we expand our business?

Dadashri: You can expand your business to the point where you can sleep soundly. You may even expand to the point where you are able to remove it from your mind when you want to sleep. You should not invite trouble, which is unnecessary.

Is there not a relationship with the shopkeeper and the customer? Does that relationship end when the shopkeeper closes his shop? No it does not. The customer will remember how the shopkeeper treated him. He will remember if the shopkeeper sold him bad merchandise. People will always remember and bind revenge, so even if you close your business in this life, they will not leave you alone in your next life. They will not rest until they have avenged themselves. This is the law of hurt and revenge. That is why the Lord has said to become free from vengeance by any means that you can.

Once an acquaintance of mine borrowed some money from me. He never came back to return the money he borrowed .I understood then that this was because of some unsettled account from past life. I told him that he did not have to return the money and that he was free to keep it. If you are able to break the recurring cycle of vengeance by letting go of your money, do so. Break the vengeance by whatever way you can otherwise even one person's vengeance will lead to your wandering life after life.

Even if hundreds of thousands of rupees were at stake,I would let it be. Because that money is bound to go and I am bound to remain. Whatever the situation, I will not let any kashay take place. What remains to be said even if you loose a hundred thousand rupees? At least I am still here and the rest is dispensable.

I separate everything - if the business was running in a loss, I would say, 'The business has suffered a loss'. We are not the owner of profit and loss so why should we take on the burden of profit and loss? Profit or loss does not touch us. If for some reason there is a loss in the business and the income tax has to be paid, I would tell the business, 'Business, if you have anything to pay the taxes off with, do so. You are the one who has to fulfill this'.

If someone were to ask me, 'Have you incurred a loss this year?' I would say 'No, I have not had a loss, the business has'. And if there was a profit I would say, 'The business made the profit.' I do not have profit or loss.

Glossary:
Kashay - Inner hidden enemies of anger, pride, deceit and greed. Deluded behaviors that obstruct right knowledge and behavior and that perpetuate karma and involvement in the world

Prayer at The Time of Death

Dear Dada Bhagwan, Dear Simandhar Swami, I surrender

my thoughts, speech and actions, my name**, all ignorance related

to my worldly name, all karma unto the lotus feet of You, the

divine manifest form of the supreme Lord.

Dear Dada Bhagwan, Dear Simandhar Swami, I hereby

accept your exclusive protection. May this surrender of mine be

exclusive for you only. Please be present for me at the final moment

of my life. Be with me until my final liberation.

Dear Lord, I have no desire for anything temporary in this

world. All I desire is moksha. May my next life be under your

guidance only, and at your feet.

Along with this above recite:

Dada Bhagwan na Aseem Jai Jaikar Ho

• The person, whose final hour in life has arrived, should

say the above prayer and substitute their name here.

• The above has to be done repeatedly, or someone

close by has to do this for the dying person.

Prayer for the One who has Died

With the live presence of Dada Bhagwan and Lord

Simandhar as my witness, we all invoke the pure Soul that is

separate from * recall the name of the dead person**’s thoughts,

speech and acts, and all karmas. Dear pure Soul, may bliss and

peace be with you, wherever you may be. May you attain moksha

without any impediments. Dear Lord Simandhar, please grant him/

her your exclusive protection.

Up until this day and this moment, if I have committed any

faults related to attachment, abhorrence, anger, greed, false pride

and deceit towards* recall the dead person’s name*, I ask for

your forgiveness. I am sincerely repentant for this and please

forgive me. Grant me the strength never to repeat these faults

ever again.

• This prayer may be repeated every time the dead person

comes in memory

Prayer to pureself

Oh Pure Soul within me! You reside within all living beings,

just as you reside in me. Your divine form is my real form . My

Real form is “Shuddhatma.” (Pure Atma).

Oh Shuddhatma Bhagwan ! With infinite devotion and

oneness, I offer my salutations to you. I confess unto you, all

mistakes * that I have committed in my ignorant state. I sincerely

repent for these mistakes and ask for your pardon. Oh Lord ! Please

forgive me, forgive me, forgive me and give me the strength not to

repeat these mistakes again.

Oh Shuddhatma Bhagwan ! Please bless us all with such

grace that this separation from you disappears and we attain oneness

with you. May we remain One with you at all times.

(* Recall the past mistakes that you have committed)

Pratikraman : Process of Divine Apology

With Dada Bhagwan as my witness, I offer my salutations to the

Pure Soul who is totally separate from the mind, speech, and body of *

_________

I recall my mistakes (aalochana) **

I apologize for these mistakes (pratikraman)

I affirm not to repeat these mistakes again (Pratyakhyaan)

Dearest Dada Bhagwan ! Grant me the strength to act in

accordance with this firm resolution.

* name of the person hurt by you.

** recall the mistakes you committed with this person.

Awareness at the Time of Death

Only until one is alive!

Questioner: Dada how will all the karma bound in this

life, prior to receiving this Gnan, be destroyed?

Dadashri: While you are still alive, you should destroy

them through repentance and pratikraman. Not all of them will be

destroyed, but they will definitely become weaker. Then in the

next life, because they are already weak, they will just crumble

away.

Questioner: Does the bondage of karmas weaken through

repentance?

Dadashri: Yes, they become weak. Only certain kinds of

bondage are weakened at their roots through repentance. There

is tremendous strength in our pratikraman. Do it with Dada

Bhagwan as your witness and it will bring tremendous results.

After this Gnan New Account for Mahavideh Kshetra

Due to the forces of karma, there may still be one or two

more births left for you. Let them be. But after that you will definitely

go to Simandhar Swami, the current and present Tirthankar living

in Mahavideh Kshetra. From now on all accounts you have

brought with you, no matter how strong and hard, will eventually

come to an end. There is no other way for them!

Questioner: Do the forces of karma diminish through

pratikraman?

Dadashri: Yes they do! And they will be concluded fast.

Pratikraman Leads to Final Freedom

The more mistakes you destroy through pratikraman, the

closer you come to liberation.

Questioner: Will these ‘sticky files’ (close relatives, like

a husband or a wife) stick to us again in the next life?

Dadashri: Why do we have to worry about the next birth?

Do enough pratikraman here only. Any free moment you have,

keep on doing pratikraman. You have to tell ‘Chandubhai’ (your

relative self) to do pratikraman for everyone in the family and for

any hurt that he has caused in his previous lives. He has to ask for

forgiveness for all the faults related to his attachment and

abhorrence, sex, anger, pride, and greed, done in this life and

numerous other lives. Everyday take one member of the family

and do pratikraman to them. Then do pratikraman towards all

the people around you. Do the same for the neighbors, with the

same awareness. Keep doing this and the burden of your load

will become lighter. It will not become lighter without your doing

so.

First I cleared the bonds of the whole world in this way,

and then I became liberated. As long as in your mind, I am at

fault, it does not allow me to be at peace. So whenever I do

pratikraman in this way, everything gets erased.

Pratikraman of the Dead

Questioner: How can you ask for forgiveness from those

who have died?

Dadashri: Even though they are dead, you can still do so

because you have their photographs and you can remember their

faces. Even if you do not remember their face, but you know

their name, you can still use their name and do pratikraman, and it

will reach them.

Questioner: So how do you do pratikraman for the ones

who have died?

Dadashri: First recall their pure Soul, which is completely

separate from the mind, body, speech and all karmas, of the dead

person. Then recall and confess your mistakes (alochana). Ask

for forgiveness (pratikraman) for that mistake and resolve not to

repeat that mistake ever again (pratyakhyan).

‘You’, the pure Soul should remain the Knower and the

Seer of ‘Chandubhai’ (the relative self) and know how many

pratikraman he does, how sincerely he does them and how many

times he does them.

Jai Sat Chit Anand

The Science Of Evolution

Questioner: According to Darwin’s theory of evolution,

life develops from a single sensory organism until it reaches the

human form. On the other hand there is the belief that one goes

back to animal form after human birth. Can you clear the

contradiction in these two?

Dadashri: No, there is no contradiction in it. The Theory

of Evolution is correct. But it is only correct up to the point where

it reaches the human form. There is no knowledge about what

happens beyond this point.

Questioner: Is it true that a person can go back into an

animal form from a human form?

Dadashri: First, as it is stated according to Darwin’s

theory, life develops to the point of a human form.

From here onwards, here is my explanation. After coming

to the human form, because of the presence of the ego, he becomes

the doer. He becomes the doer of karmas and this is the cause

and therefore he has to endure the effects of his causes. If he

creates a debit (paap, demerit karma or sins) he reincarnates in

the animal form and if he creates credits (punyas, meritorious

deeds), he is born as a celestial being, or as a human being again,

where he will enjoy material comforts and luxuries. So after coming

into the human form, everything depends upon these debits and

credits.

No More Wombs

Questioner: Is it not said that one has become the human

form after wandering through 8.4 million wombs, and then he has

to undergo the same amount of wandering before he returns to

the human form.

Dadashri: No, it is not like that. Having achieved the human

form once, one does not have to go through the cycle of 8.4

million births again to be born as a human again. If a person has

an animal-like mentality, he will reincarnate in the animal form for

a maximum of eight births. And that too will only be for a period

of one to two hundred years. After that, he returns back to the

human form. Once the human form is achieved, he does not have

to wander 8.4 million lives.

Questioner: Does the same soul wander for 8.4 million

times?

Dadashri: Yes, the same soul.

Questioner: But the Soul is pure, is it not?

Dadashri: The Soul is pure, even now. It has remained

pure even after wandering through 8.4 million wombs. It has

been pure, it is pure and it will always be pure.

Next Life According to Wishes of the Last Hour

Questioner: Is a person’s rebirth based on his desires and

passions present within him at the time of his death?

Dadashri: Yes. But when people say that the person who

died had such and such wishes, such last minute wishes cannot be

created. They occur as a consequence of the balance sheet. It is

the balance sheet of his entire life that comes forward in the final

hour before his death, and it is this balance sheet that determines

which life form he will enter.

From a human to a human?

Questioner: Do humans go only into another human form?

Dadashri: No, you are mistaken. But only a human can

be born from a woman’s womb. A donkey cannot take birth

there. If a person thinks that when he dies, he will return into a

human form, then he is wrong. The fool! If his thinking is

comparable to that of a donkey, how is he going to be born as a

human again? The thoughts he has about depriving others, and

coveting other people’s possessions, will all lead him to the lower

life form.

Questioner: Is there a sequence to a life, that once born

into the human form, it will take you back to the human form, or

does it take you elsewhere?

Dadashri: Once born as a human in Hindustan, one has to

move around in the four different life forms: human, celestial, animal

and hell. Foreigners, who do not believe in reincarnation, are not

subject to this, with the exception of about two to five percent of

the people. They are only going higher.

Questioner: When people refer to Vidhata, whom do they

refer to?

Dadashri: It is nature that they call Vidhata. There is no

such goddess called Vidhata. Scientific circumstantial evidence is

Vidhata. People believe that on the sixth day after the birth of a

baby, Vidhata comes and writes the future life of the newborn

infant. This is correct by their imagination, but not according to

facts.

In reality and according to nature’s law, if you deprive others

of things that you have no right to, then you will go into the animal

form. But even that is not a permanent state. At the most, it will

be for duration of two hundred years or at least for seven to eight

lives before being born as a human. Sometimes it may even be for

as little as five minutes in the animal form before he returns into the

human form. There are some organisms that in a span of one

minute will change seventeen life forms. Therefore not everyone

will spend the maximum time of two hundred years in the animal

form.

One Can Tell Where He Has Come From

Questioner: Give us a scientific proof that will convince

us that a human will take birth into an animal form.

Dadashri: Have you encountered anyone who appears to

be barking like a dog when he speaks? People will say that he is

always barking. He has carried forward these traits from his

previous life as a dog. Some even behave like monkeys, so they

have been monkeys before. Some sit quiet as a cat, ready to

pounce at the slightest opportunity. One can determine where a

person has come from or where he is headed, based on his

characteristic traits. Even so it is not a permanent thing.

People of the current time cycle of Kaliyug do not know

how to sin and yet that is all they do. So what will the fruit of their

deeds be? At the most, they will spend fifty to a hundred years in

the animal form. They will not spend thousands of years there

before they come back as humans. Many even return after

spending just five years in the animal form. So do not consider

their actions as a crime, because these poor people immediately

return back into the human form. It is because their sins are not so

grave.

The Law of Growth and Destruction

Questioner: The human population has continued to

increase, does that mean that the population of the animals is

decreasing?

Dadashri: Yes, that is true. The number of souls remains

the same, but they continue to convert. Sometimes as the human

population increases, the animal population is reduced and vice

versa. This process of conversion continues.

Why do Children Suffer?

Questioner: Why do innocent children have to suffer

physical ailments?

Dadashri: A child suffers the consequences of the effects

of his own karmas and the mother suffers through witnessing it.

The main karma belongs to the child and because the mother had

played a role in supporting that karma, she too has to suffer.

Karmas are bound through the act of doing, through the act of

making others do or through the act of supporting others do the

act.

The Importance of Human Life

One returns into the human form, after having wandered

through other life forms. And it is also through the human form,

that one is released from this cycle of wandering. If one knows

how to fulfill his human birth, then he can achieve liberation but

if he does not, then that life becomes a vehicle for endless

wandering. He dissipates his karmas in all other life forms, but

it is only in the human form that he binds as well as dissipates

karmas.

This human body has been acquired with great difficulty, so

use it to accomplish your work. The soul has spent endless births

to acquire this human body. If only, this body spends onne birth

for the Soul, your work will be done in this very birth.

If as a human one meets a Gnani Purush, then he can acquire

liberation. Even the celestial beings have an intense desire to

acquire a human form. Through establishing a connection with a

Gnani Purush, the body that had been a foe for endless previous

births now becomes an absolute friend. It is through this body

that you have met a Gnani Purush, so get your work done.

Why the Cycle of Birth and Death for the Immortal One?

Questioner: But who has to undergo the cycle of birth

and death?

Dadashri: The cycle of birth and death is for the ego. The

Soul is in its own state. When the ego stops, this cycle also stops.

Thereafter No Fear of Even Death

Questioner: After acquiring Gnan one experiences bliss.

Is this only for this birth or for all the births to come?

Dadashri: It is permanent. After Gnan, one becomes a

non-doer and consequently will not bind new karmas. He will

attain moksha within one or two births. There is no choice in the

matter. This path is not for those who do not desire liberation.

Those who do not like liberation should not take this path.

Questioner: Will we remember this Gnan in our next life?

Dadashri: Everything will be the same. There will be no

changes. Because you have stopped binding new karmas, no

confusion will ever arise again.

Questioner: So does that mean that in our past lives, we

have created karmas, which continue to perpetuate the confusion?

Dadashri: In your past lives, karmas were bound because

of your ignorance of your real Self and in this life you are

experiencing the effect of those karmas. The effects have to be

endured. If a person has not met a Gnani, he will continue to bind

new causes simultaneously as he is faced to endure the effects of

his past karma. The causes he creates in this life will result as

effects in his next life. And thus the cycle of cause and effect,

effect and cause will continue, until he meets a Gnani Purush. The

Gnani Purush puts a stop to the creation of causes and all that

remains will be the effects, which one will have to endure. New

karmas will no longer be bound.

Therefore, not only will you remember this entire Gnan, but

also you will become the embodiment of that Gnan. Then you will

not fear anything.

What is Birth and Death?

Questioner: What is birth and death?

Dadashri: Birth and death do occur, there is no question

about it. We all witness its occurrence. Death takes place when

all the accounts of karma of a person’s life are finished. Whatever

account he had bound for the current life, comes to an end and

therefore death occurs.

What is Death?

Questioner: What is death?

Dadashri: Death is like this: When you sew a shirt, you

can say that the shirt is created or born. Death is inevitable to

whatever is born. The Soul is free from the bondage of birth and

death. It is eternal; it has no death. Anything that is born has to

die, and because there is death, there will also be birth. So death

is connected to birth. Wherever there is birth there is death.

Question: Why is there death?

Dadashri: Birth and death are events. Every event has an

end. The inherent nature of any thing that begins i.e. an event, is

that it always comes to an end. Was it not a beginning when you

went to school and did that event not come to an end? Everything

has a beginning and an end. Do you understand?

Questioner: Yes.

Dadashri: All these things have a beginning and an end.

Who is the Knower of this beginning and the end? You are that

Knower.

Things that have a beginning and an end are all temporary.

Anything that has a beginning has an end. Who is the knower

of the temporary nature of everything? You the permanent are

that Knower. You are permanent because you see all as

temporary. If everything was temporary, then there is no need

to call anything temporary. Temporary is a relative word. It is

because of the presence of the permanent, that there is

something temporary.

The Cause Of Death & Birth

Questioner: So why does death occur?

Dadashri: There are three batteries: the mind, speech

and the body, at the time of a person’s birth. These batteries

begin to discharge, present their effect in the womb and continue

to do so throughout life. The effect will finally come to an end

with death. A person’s karmic account is exhausted through

these three batteries. When the effect of these batteries comes

to an end, it is death. These batteries will last until death.

However, as these batteries are discharging, new batteries for

the coming life are being charged simultaneously. In this manner

the charge (causes of karma) and discharge (effects of karma)

continue to take place. The charging or causes take place

because of the person’s ignorance of his real Self. As long as

his wrong belief, ‘I am Chandulal’ prevails, attachment and

abhorrence continue to occur, giving rise to new causes. Once

this wrong belief is replaced with the right belief, ‘I am pure

Soul’; attachment and abhorrence and consequently new causes

cease to occur.

Reincarnation

Questioner: Does the unliberated soul return after death?

Dadashri: Those who do not believe in reincarnation believe

that it does not return. Therefore according to the foreigners it

does not, according to the Moslems it does not, but for the rest of

Indians, the Hindus, it does return. This is the result of the grace

of your God that you believe in reincarnation. The moment you

die, the soul immediately enters another womb.

Now in fact, all souls do return. The belief of the nonHindus’

belief is that once dead they do not return, but they do

return. They do not understand this because they do not understand

the process of reincarnation. You understand reincarnation.

When the body dies, it becomes lifeless and from that one

can easily deduce that there was life within, which has now

departed and gone elsewhere. Those who do not believe in

reincarnation believe that the very life force (jiva) within was living

and is now dead. We do not accept this. We are spiritually

developed. It is because of this spiritual development that we

believe in reincarnation. It is because of this that we understand

the science of the Vitarag (the Omniscient) Lords. This science

states that it is because of reincarnation that we all come together.

Such is our belief and it is on the strength of this belief that we

believe in the Soul. How can reincarnation be supported without

the belief in the Soul?

Who is it that reincarnates? It is because there is the Soul

that there is reincarnation. We witness the death of the body,

which is burnt. So only the soul can come and go in different

forms.

When you understand the nature of the Soul, all puzzles are

solved. It is however, hard to understand. That is why all the

scriptures tell you to understand the Soul. Now without this

knowledge, anything done is done in vain. It does not help. First

realize the Soul, and then all puzzles will be solved.

Who Reincarnates?

Questioner: Who takes rebirth? Is it the Soul or the life

force (jiva)?

Dadashri: No, nobody has to take it, it just happens. This

whole universe functions automatically; everything just happens

on its own.

Questioner: Yes, but who makes it happen? Is it done by

the jiva (mortal entity) or the Soul?

Dadashri: No, the Soul has nothing to do with it. Everything

happens because of the jiva. This comprises of the Soul, the causal

body and the electrical body. This entity that desires worldly

happiness has the ‘right’ to enter the womb and when worldly

happiness is not desired, it loses the right for a rebirth.

Relationship Of One Birth To Another

Questioner: Is each successive birth of a human linked to

the next birth?

Dadashri: Every birth is the result of previous birth.

Therefore the link of every birth begins with the previous birth.

Questioner: But what is the relationship between this birth

and the previous birth?

Dadashri: This current birth is the result of previous birth

and the cause of the next birth.

Questioner: Yes, that is true but is there anything that

occurs in the previous life that has any relationship to this life?

Dadashri: A tremendous relationship! Seeds sown in the

previous life, result in a full-fledged fruit in this life. So is there not

a difference between the seed and its fruit? When we sow a seed

of wheat, that is the previous life, and the plant, which grows from

it, is this life. Now from this plant, the seeds that are shed is the

current life, will grow as a plant and that will be the new life and so

on. Did you understand this or not?

Questioner: From many that are walking a snake bites

only one person. Is that the result from a previous life?

Dadashri: Yes, that is precisely what I am trying to explain.

That is reincarnation. And that is why the snake bites him. If it

were not for reincarnation, the snake would not have bitten him.

In essence, the man is being paid back from the account of his

previous life in the same way that a debt gets paid off. Through

spiritual development we can understand all these accounts and

their repayments. This is why people in India believe in

reincarnation, but they are not able to categorically state that indeed

there is reincarnation. They cannot prove that it does in fact exist.

But based on the experiences in their lives, their faith in reincarnation

has strengthened.

A woman may ask why her friend was blessed with such a

nice mother-in-law, whereas she is not so fortunate. So there will

be all kinds of circumstances based on accounts of previous life.

What Else Carries Forward?

Questioner: When life enters another body, do the five

senses and the mind go with it?

Dadashri: No, nothing like that whatsoever. The senses

become exhausted and die; the senses do not carry forward. Only

the anger, pride, attachment and greed carry forward. Only the

causal body, which is the subtle body and it includes anger, pride,

attachment and greed, is carried forward. It remains with the soul

wherever it is born, until final liberation is attained.

The Electrical Body

The soul alone does not leave the body. The causal body

composed of all the karmas and the electrical body leaves together

with the soul at the moment of death. As long as there is worldly

life, the electrical body will be present in every living being. The

electrical body is always present when the causal body is formed.

Every living being has an electrical body, which carries out the

natural bodily functions, such as digestion and circulation etc. The

electrical body is also responsible for your vision and other

physiologic activities. The soul does not have any anger, pride,

attachment or greed. These anger, pride, attachment and greed

are all mediated through the electrical body, although they are

carried forward through the causal body.

Questioner: So is the electrical body active in the process

of charging karma?

Dadashri: Karmas are only charged if the electrical body

is present. Nothing will work in the absence of the electrical body

and the same applies to the soul. Even if the soul was absent, but

the electrical body was there, it would not work either. These are

all a collection of causes.

When Does Life Enter a Womb?

Questioner: Life only comes into existence when it takes

a breath. That is what is written in the Vedas.

Dadashri: No, such statements are not based on

experience. They are not true. That understanding is a worldly

understanding. An embryo never develops without the presence

of a life. Prior to that it is like an egg, it remains in a state of

dormancy.

Questioner: Does life enter the egg of a chicken through a

hole?

Dadashri: No, that is all worldly thinking. Such statements

are written because of inadequate understanding. For the embryo

to form multiple evidences are necessary, including time. These

are all scientific circumstantial evidences.

Life matures during the nine months it lives in the womb. At

seven months, it is considered premature; the brain, the limbs and

all other organs are inadequately developed. So a baby born at

seven months is considered premature because it has not

developed fully. And those which are born at eighteen months –

they are something else! They have extraordinary brains. Those,

which go beyond nine months, have a very highly developed brain.

What’s wrong? Did you not know that? Why are you not

saying anything? Have you heard the saying, ‘This baby is eighteen

months old’? Have you not heard such a saying? They’ll say he

is very smart; he would not come out of his mother’s womb – for

eighteen months he carried on pompously!

Time Between Births

Questioner: How long does it take for the soul to leave

one body and enter another?

Dadashri: No time at all. As it is leaving one body, it is

also simultaneously present in another womb. This occurrence is

in concurrence with the moment of the union of the sperm and the

egg. When the time comes for the soul to depart from one body,

the circumstances and the event at the other end is also taking

place the reception of the soul. Therefore after the body’s death

the soul goes directly into another embryo. So there is no need to

worry about what may happen in the time ahead. After death

another womb is acquired and upon entering that womb, all the

nourishment and everything necessary for its life there is

immediately provided for.

The Three Travelers

The world is full of illusion and it always looks at external

actions. It does not consider the inner intentions or meditation.

The inner meditation is the real endeavor (purushaarth), for the

next life and will bring forth fruits in the next life. During meditation,

the subatomic particles of matter from the outside are pulled inwards

into the body. They take on the form of whatever kind of meditation

is in progress and accumulate subtly. This is how the causal body

is created. Because of connections from the past life, it enters the

mother’s womb and this is where the effective body forms. Upon

death, the soul, the subtle body and the causal body all go together.

The subtle body is the same for everyone, but the causal body is

different for each person, depending upon his causes from his

current life. The electrical body is the subtle body.

The Chain of Cause and Effect

There is birth after death and death after birth. Why

does this cycle continue relentlessly? It is because of ‘causes and

effects, and effects and causes’ that the cycle perpetuates. If causes

were destroyed, effect too would come to an end and another

birth would cease to occur.

A person creates causes during his entire life. What

becomes of these causes? Once the causes are created, there is

no escaping from its ensuing consequences of its effect.

Causes are created in every action. If someone insults you

by saying, ‘you are stupid’, it is an effect. He has said this within

the laws governing the science of karma. It is your past account.

During this occurrence of insult, the negative reaction that occurs

within you like, ‘your father is stupid’, is your cause for the next

life. This may even spill out in reactionary words. These words

are an effect of past life. The deep inner intent in any event is the

cause. All else is an effect.

What was dealt to you was well within the laws of karma.

Your reaction transgressed that law.

Did you understand this? Why are you silent?

Questioner: Yes, I understand.

Dadashri: So the causes are created in this life, and the

effects of these causes will have to be endured in the next life.

People erroneously believe the effect to be the cause and

they try to change the effect. In anger they believe, ‘I became

angry’. This is an illusion. The anger exists as long as this illusion

exists. Really there is no anger. It is only an effect. And when the

cause stops, only the effect remains and one is not responsible for

these effects. These effects will not refrain from manifesting their

intrinsic nature.

Can Causes be Stopped?

Questioner: There is a relationship between the body and

soul, is there not?

Dadashri: This body is the result and effect of the ignorance

of the Self, the Soul. It is the effect of whatever causes that were

created. If someone were to give you a lot of respect, you would

feel happy and if someone were to insult you, you would become

angry. The outward expression of your anger or happiness is not

important; it is your internal bhaav (deep inner intent, meditation)

that charges or causes new karma, which will then discharge in

your next life. The discharge will be in the form of an effect at that

time. Your mind, your speech and your body are all an effect.

Any suffering or enjoyment experienced during the discharge of

an effect, leads to new causes, which in turn will become ‘effective’

in the next life. In this manner, the cycle of ‘cause and effect’,

‘effect and cause’ perpetuates.

Causes of new karma can only be stopped in the human

life. There is only effect in all other life forms. In human beings

there is both causes and effects. When I give you the knowledge

of your real Self, Gnan, new causes will stop, and no new effects

will occur.

Until Then The Wandering Continues…
The effective body refers to the three charged batteries of

the mind, speech and the body, which create new causes. So in

this life, these batteries continue to discharge while simultaneously

new batteries are being charged. The Gnani Purush puts a stop

to the charging and so only the old ones continue to discharge.

After death, the soul enters another womb. Until one

becomes Self-realized, it continues to wander from womb to

womb. One becomes one with the mind, with the intellect and this

is the reason why new causes are created and the worldly life

continues over and over again. To become one with the mind and

the intellect is to plant a seed in a womb. Lord Krishna has said

that as the seeds fall into the womb, the worldly life continues.

When the sowing of new seeds ceases, the worldly life will cease.

Horrible Death Every Second As ‘I am Chandulal’

Questioner: Can we not say that it is the body that dies?

Dadashri: Those who are not Self-realized, face two kinds

of death:

The first one is the one that takes place every moment of

his life when he says, ‘I am Chandulal’. This is called bhaav maran.

Then the worldly death takes place when the body dies.

That is why Krupadu Dev, Srimad Rajchandra wrote,

‘Why oh why are you so absorbed in this worldly life, where

horrible death is occurring every moment of your life as ‘I am

Chandulal’?’

Death In Samadhi – I Am Pure Soul

You can tell death, ‘Come whenever you want to, early or

late, but come as samadhi death.’

Samadhi death means that at the time of death the dying

one remembers nothing but his Soul. His chit, the component of

the mind that has knowledge and vision is focused on nothing but

his Pure Soul. His mind, his chit, his intellect, and his ego are

completely still. This is eternal bliss. Even problems created by

external forces on his body (upaadhi) have no effect on him. Is

the body not full of problems?

Questioner: Yes.

Dadashri: It is full of not only physical but also mental

ailments. Neither physical nor mental suffering touches the Gnani

or the Self-realized one. The non-self-realized person will invite

mental suffering even when it is not there. Samadhi deathmeans

there is a constant awareness of, ‘I am the pure Soul (Shuddhatma).’

So many of our mahatmas who have passed away, did so with

the awareness of being the pure Soul.

Where Will He Go After Death?

Questioner: At the time of death, is it possible for us to

know whether the departed soul has acquired a higher life form?

Dadashri: If the dying old man says, ‘Alas I could not get

my fourth daughter married’; he will bind a life in the lower life

form. If a person has anxieties and worries about his family in the

final moments of his death, we should realize that he is bound for

a lower life form. This is all invited misery. But if his awareness is

fixed on the Soul, he goes to a higher life form.

Questioner: But what if he remains unconscious for a few

days?

Dadashri: Even if he is unconscious, if he remains in Gnan

(the awareness of the knowledge of the Self), then there is no

problem. It does not matter if he is unconscious, as long as he has

taken Gnan.

Fear of Death

Questioner: Why do people fear death?

Dadashri: It is the ego that fears death, not the Soul. It is

the ego that has the fear of ‘I am going to die, I am going to die’.

Death From The View Of The Enlightened Lord

What is God’s vision about death? In God’s vision, no one

ever dies. If God were to give you this vision, some day, then no

number of deaths would affect you in this world. This is because

of this right vision (Gnan).

From Death To Immortality

Sooner or later, you will have to resolve the issues behind

life and death. In reality one does not die nor does one live. This

is all just a mistake in one’s belief. He believes that he is living, a

mortal (jiva), but in reality, he is immortal (Shiva).

Questioner: This world would not function if everyone

had this understanding!

Dadashri: Yes, it would not! But then, this is not something

that everyone would understand. This entire world is a puzzle. It

is very mysterious. It is because this deep mystery has not been

understood, that this world is in such a state of chaos.

Who Is Born, Who Dies?

The Soul does not take birth nor does it die. The Soul is a

permanent entity. This phenomenon of taking birth and dying is of

the ego. It is the ego that is born and it is the ego that dies. In

reality the Soul does not die at all.

Death Will Not Occur Without Your Signature

The law of nature is such that no one can be taken away

from here. Without the endorsement of the dying person he cannot

be taken away from here. Does anyone endorse such a thing?

Have you not heard people say, "God, please end my misery and

suffering. Take me away from this world." They say this because

they are suffering and by saying this, they are making a signature

for their death.

Before Planning Suicide, Remember ‘Me’ First

Questioner: Dada, is it true that when a person commits

suicide, there are seven such future lives for him?

Dadashri: Whatever samskara (subtle impression left on

the mind from one’s longing, actions, etc. or effect of deeds of

past life or lives) is created within, take seven or eight lives to

exhaust. Therefore do not allow any negative impressions or inner

intents to take place. Run away from such impressions. Do not

attempt to take your life, no matter how much you are suffering.

Endure it. As far back as 1951, I told everyone who met me in

Baroda that if ever they felt suicidal, they should think of me and

come to me and then they can do it if they wish. I would explain

everything to them and they would cease from such tendencies. I

would explain to them the kind of causes such acts create and

discuss with them the severe after-life consequences of suicide. I

would succeed in changing their minds.

Consequences of Suicide

Questioner: What life form does one take when he or

she commits suicide? Do they take the form of a bhoot (ghost)

or pret (spirit without body after death)?

Dadashri: After committing suicide, one’s spirit or soul

wanders around. In fact, by committing suicide one invites more

problems. If a person commits suicide just once, the repercussions

of this act are such that he will have to do the same for several

lives to come. When a person commits suicide in this life, it is not

a new suicide. The suicide of this life is the effect of suicide

committed in the past. It is because of such effects, that one

continues to commit suicide, life after life. When one commits

suicide, he has to wander around without a body.

A ghost is a different thing altogether. It is not easy to

become a ghost; it is an incarnation in the celestial life form. One

becomes a ghost when one has performed severe penance and

austerities in ignorance.

One Cannot Live Without a Sense of ‘I am’

Questioner: Why do thoughts of suicide occur?

Dadashri: A person is alive because of his sense of being

and self worth. His awareness of ‘I am Chandulal’ is called vikalp.

‘All this is mine’, is his sankalp. This sense of ‘I and my’ is the

basis of his worldly life. Once he loses this sense of being, he

loses all worldly awareness and that is when thoughts of suicide

arise. So this sense of ‘I am’ is necessary and helpful.

When natural and spontaneous thoughts cease, negative

thoughts begin. He becomes immersed in complete internal

darkness and is not able to ‘see’ anything. Sankalp means ‘my’

and vikalp means ‘I’. When both these stop, a person will think

about dying.

Reasons for Suicide

Questioner: What is the cause behind a person’s

tendency to contemplate and complete a suicide?

Dadashri: The root cause of suicide is that in one of his

past lives he had committed suicide, the effects of that act is

carried forward through seven more lives. When you drop a

ball from a height of about three feet, it will bounce back up and

with each subsequent bounce, the height it bounces up is reduced

and eventually the ball ceases to bounce. That is a natural process,

a natural principle of motion. Similarly if a person commits suicide

just once, then this act is perpetuated for seven more lives. The

intensity of the effects carried forward is not visible but they

decrease each time and eventually coming to an end.

In The Final Moments…

At the time of death, a balance sheet of the dying person’s

entire life’s activities arises in front of him. As he reads this summary

of his life in 45 minutes, his new body for next life is formed. In

this duration, he may become a fodder eating animal or a bread

eating human being. This is the great importance of Kaliyug and

this effect of the current time cycle is such that it is extremely

difficult to acquire a human form again!

Questioner: In the final moments of death, who knows

when the ears stop receiving the holy messages uttered in the

dying man’s ears?

Dadashri: Many people will whisper in the dying person’s

ear and tell him to recite Lord Rama’s name. The fools! Why do

they ask him to recall Lord Rama when he is no longer around

and is in a Siddha State, without a body?

of the life of a dying man.

Dadashri: In the ultimate end, whatever has been

‘deposited’ (into one’s karmic account) thus far will carry forward.

In the final hour of his death, his next life is decided based on his

spiritual evolutionary status, which is determined by the result of

the final analysis of his balance sheet. This balance sheet is not an

accounting of his entire life’s activities, but his coming life form

and the middle portion. The middle represents the last hour, the

current final event. For example, if he is preoccupied with the

welfare of his young unmarried daughter, a dominant theme in the

last hour of his life, he will bind a life in the animal kingdom. This

preoccupation is part of the balance sheet.

People have been taught to utter holy words and scripts in

the ears of the dying man but in reality the dying person will only

be able to make a positive use of this if he has bound the merit

karma to do so, otherwise he will be preoccupied with worries

about his daughter who he leaves behind.

The summary of the balance sheet will carry forward. In

this regard, the good done in older age is much more effective

and carries more weight compared to the same done in youth.

The First Photograph Of Next Life

The law of nature is very precise in what it sends forward,

nevertheless the Vitarag, the Omniscient Lord, cautions us to

maintain awareness as we approach the age of fifty.

If a person is to live seventy-five years, the first imprint,

photograph (for next life) will be created at age fifty. For a life

span of sixty years the first snap is taken at the age of forty. For

a life span of eighty-one years, it takes place at age of fifty-four.

Until the time of this first photograph, your life is free; it does not

cost you anything. The first two-thirds of your life is free. It is the

last third that is consequential; your actions during the last third of

your life are imprinted on the balance sheet, which will come in

front of you in the last hour of your life. Is this a fair or an oppressive

law? It is not oppressive is it? It is fair, is it not? It says that we

have no objection to your reckless ways during the first twothirds

of your life but you had better shape up during the remaining

third of your life, before you die.

The Dead Are Not Affected With Rituals

Questioner: Should we sing devotional songs or say

prayers for the dying? What good does it do?

Dadashri: The dying person has nothing to do with it.

Questioner: So are all the religious rituals carried out during

the time of someone’s death right or wrong?

Dadashri: Nothing about these rituals is right. Those who

are gone are gone. People do these rituals without much thought.

When asked to do something that is meaningful for their spiritual

progress, they would complain about lack of time. They would

refuse to do this for the sake of their deceased parents. However,

because of societal pressures they do all these rituals grudgingly.

Questioner: So what is the significance of reading the

Garuda Purana?

Dadashri: The reading sessions are to console people in

mourning and to make them feel at peace.

It Is All A Display Of Pride

Questioner: How significant are the rituals and dinners

held on the twelfth and thirteenth day after a person’s death? And

why are gifts of kitchen utensils distributed to everyone attending

the dinner?

Dadashri: It is not mandatory. They simply do it to be

ostentatious. For some, if they did not spend money in this way,

their tendency for greed would increase. The son would be

preoccupied with trying to accumulate his money, but when he is

made to spend the money on such rituals, at least his mind would

begin to purify and his greed would lessen. But all this is not

mandatory. One should only do so if he can afford to.

The True Understanding Of Shraddha

(Ceremonial Offerings Of Food To Ancestral Spirits)

Questioner: Is it true that the spirits of one’s ancestral

fathers (pitrus) are summoned in the ritual of Shraddha?

Dadashri: Who can be called an ancestral father? It is the

son, the father and the grandfather – they will become the ancestral

fathers eventually. The fact that a father dies is because his ties are

completely over with the son or anyone else in the family. The

current body is discarded when all accounts with current relatives

are settled. They never meet again. If, however, a new relationship

has been established in this life, they will take birth in situations

where they may meet again.

Questioner: So are all these rituals created to remember

the dead?

Dadashri: No, they were not devised for remembering

the dead. They were devised because people were not otherwise

prepared to spend a dime on charity and that is why they are told

to do something in the memory of their late father. They are told

that whatever they do in their father’s name will benefit their father.

It was a way to pressure them into spending money in their father’s

name. If it were not for their father, they would not spend a single

penny. This is all done in blind faith.

When people fast, it is done for health benefits according

to Ayurveda. The practice of fasting is established for the benefit

of everyone. Even fools will benefit from this. That is why several

different days have been established for fasting, one of them being

the Shraddha. So the ritual of Shraddha is for a very good reason.

Questioner: Dada what is the purpose of the ceremonial

offerings of vaas - dinner with kheer (rice pudding) etc. on the

anniversary of the death of a relative? Is this done out of ignorance

also?

Dadashri: No, that is not ignorance. There is a long history

behind this ceremony of vaas. Shraddha lasts for period of sixteen

days, beginning on the eleventh month from the bright half of the

lunar month. Now, why did people start such a ritual? These people

were indeed very clever! It is a very scientific ploy and this was

discovered many years ago.

In India the rainy season occurs during the eleventh month

of the Indian calendar. During this time, malaria is widespread

because of the increase in mosquitoes. At least one person in

every household would contract it. The inflicted person would

become bed-ridden and lie on the cot outside his home with fever

and other symptoms common to malaria. The fever due to malaria,

is the fever of pitta (the forces that stimulate bile production) and

not that of kapha or vayu (excessive mucus or gas respectively.

Pitta, kapha and vayu are Ayurvedic terms, which denotes the

three main bio-physiologic compositions of human beings.) During

a bout of malaria, one produces an excessive amount of pitta,

which attracts mosquitoes. People realized that the disease of

malaria would destroy half the population, so they had to come

up with a solution to fast. In order to bring down the fever, they

discovered that a diet high in milk products reduces the excessive

production of bile. That is how kheer and other dishes made

from milk became popular during shradhha. Ordinarily people

could not afford to make kheer everyday.

In reality, the dead do not benefit from these rituals at all.

But people have so much greed that they are not willing to give

even a dime to charity. That is why the ceremony of Shraddha

was contrived so that they would spend their money indirectly

and feed people to honor their late father. And this is how people

became convinced. If an obstinate person like myself does not

follow the tradition, people around him will nag and pressure him

to do so.

Throughout the sixteen days of Shraddha, beginning with

the full moon, families would take turns to feed everyone and this

is how eating kheer for fifteen days became a common practice.

This tradition became convenient because the responsibility to

prepare the meals fell on everyone equally and so people did not

object. At that time people would even say that if a sick person

lived through the sixteen days of Shraddha, he would be fortunate

enough to welcome in the Navratri (festival of the worship of

goddesses during the nine days of the bright halves of Chaitra and

Ashvin months)!

Anniversary of Death

Questioner: What should the family members do on the

anniversary of the death of their loved one?

Dadashri: They should pray to God and ask God to bless

their loved one wherever he or she may be.

Where Has The Loved One Gone?

Questioner: How can we know where a person is after

his death?

Dadashri: You need a special kind of knowledge for that.

Even if you were to know this, it has no use or value. If you were

to send deep inner prayers and messages, it will reach him.

So you want to know someone’s whereabouts? Have you

lost one of your relatives?

Questioner: My dear brother passed away very recently.

Dadashri: He does not think about you and you keep

thinking about him? Do you know what it means when a person

dies? It means that all accounts (karmic), his and yours, are now

closed. So all you can do whenever you remember him is to ask

the Lord to grant him peace. Whenever you remember your

brother, you should pray for his peace, wherever he is. What else

can you do?

Under God’s Trust

Ask whatever questions you have. Ask about a way to

reach God and how to get rid of any obstacles on that way, so

that I can get rid of them for you.

Questioner: My son died in an accident. What is the cause

of that accident?

Dadashri: Whatever you see happening around you in this

world with your naked eyes; whatever you hear with your ears, is

all relative truth; it is not the absolute truth. How can your son be

yours when even this body of yours does not remain as your own?

It is only because of social and worldly interactions that he is

considered your son. He is not your son in reality. In reality, not

even your body belongs to you. Only that which remains with you

eternally is considered yours. So your belief that your son is really

yours makes you unhappy and creates problems. Now that your

son is gone, it was God’s will, so you have to let go.

Questioner: That is true. What I had was God’s property

and he took it back.

Dadashri: Yes, this is all God’s estate.

Questioner: Is it because of our bad karma that he died

in such a way?

Dadashri: Yes, your son’s bad karma, and your bad karma.

If your karmas are good then the results will be good also.

The Inner Vibrations Reach The Dead

When parents worry and grieve for their children who have

died, their unhappiness reaches the children wherever they are

now. People, who grieve after the dead, do so because of

ignorance, therefore it is important for them to know the facts and

live peacefully.

 What is the point of worrying unnecessarily? Death

is inevitable for all. These young ones who die are your accounts

from your past life’s interactions. These are all accounts of give

and take. I too had a son and a daughter, but they both died.

They were guests in our home. They came and they left. They

were not our property anyway. We too will have to go some day,

will we not? So do not worry about the dead. Instead give peace

and happiness to those who are still alive. Our duty is to those

who are living and dependent upon us. Those who are gone are

gone. Stop even remembering them. What foolishness is it to recall

those who have gone and grieve after them instead of taking care

and giving peace to those who are still living? Instead people

dwell in the past, oblivious of those present and living. In doing so

they are not fulfilling their duty.

Those who have departed from us become unhappy

wherever they are because the effect of our unhappiness reaches

them. Nothing is in our hands. Even the scriptures tell us not to

worry about loved ones that have departed. The rituals of prayer

and scriptural readings are practiced in order for people to forget

their loved ones. You too went through such rituals, did you not?

Questioner: But I cannot forget. I was very close to my

son.




Dadashri: Yes, it is not easy to forget, but if you do not, it

will make you both miserable. As a father you have to ensure that

you do not hurt him any more.

Questioner: In what way is he hurt?

Dadashri: When you grieve over him, your unhappiness

reaches him exactly and for sure. It is akin to a telephone or a

television in terms of its remote effects. This is the nature of

vibrations created within, in this world. Will your grieving bring

him back?

Questioner: No.

Dadashri: Is there anyway that he will come back?

Questioner: No.

Dadashri: When you grieve, your grief reaches him and

when you pray for him, your prayers too reach him and he will be

at peace. Is it not your duty to give him peace? You can even

distribute some sweets to the children at school in your son’s

memory.

Whenever you remember your son, you should say a prayer

for the liberation of his soul. Uttering the names of Self-realized

beings like ‘Krupadudev’ or even ‘Dada Bhagwan’ will help

you. That is because both ‘Dada Bhagwan’ and ‘Krupadudev’

are the same as far as the Soul is concerned. They are different

beings, but in their elemental form they are the same. Even when

you say the name of Lord Mahavir, it is one and the same. Your

only desire should be for the liberation of his soul. You pray for

the good of others, so why must you not do the same for those

who are very close to you? You lived with him and shared

everything with him and now your only desire should be for his

salvation.




Who Are They Crying For?

Questioner: Despite having the knowledge of

reincarnation, why do people cry when someone in the family

passes away?

Dadashri: They cry for their own selfish reasons. The

closest relatives cry genuinely, but the rest cry because they

remember their own dead relatives. That is a wonder in itself!

These people bring the past into the present. These Indian people

are amazing! They know how to bring the past into the present.

By such intense grieving one will create karma that lead too

much wandering in future lives.

Let Not the Matter to be Contained in the Mind Leak Out

Questioner: When Narsinh Mehta (a poet devotee of

Lord Krishna) was given the news of his wife’s death what did

he mean when he said, “A beneficial event has occurred, the

shackles of marital life have been broken:

I can now devote all my time to the Lord in peace.”

Dadashri: That statement was made on impulse. One

should keep such profound awareness within the mind and not

express it. It must not leak out in words. People, who openly say

things, which are best kept within, are called whimsical or

impulsive.

Discretion Of The Gnani

Gnanis are not whimsical or impulsive; they are very wise.

From within they may feel the same sense of relief as did Narsinh

Mehta, but outwardly they will say that a terrible event has

happened. They may even say, ‘I am lost, what will I do? How

will I live?’ and will mourn the dead. They will perform their

worldly role very convincingly. They will even dab a little water

on their eyes to show tears. Even an ordinary person would be

discrete and not say things that would offend those who are around.

For that matter even a person’s worst enemy would maintain

solemnity and respect. The Gnani never mourns, but he will play

out his worldly role with sincerity. ‘The world is a drama itself.’

All you have to do is play the role. Perform this role with sincerity.

Does The Soul Wander For thirteen Days?

Questioner: It has been said that after death there is a

rest house for thirteen days, where the soul rests. Is it true?

Dadashri: The Brahmins (Hindu priests) devised these

thirteen days and the rest house. What do the dead have to do

with it? The Brahmins call it a rest house. They say that the departed

soul, sits on the rooftop of the house, the size of a thumb, and

observes everything. What foolishness! What will it be observing?

And people even believe this and so they do not perform the

ritual ceremony of saravani till the thirteenth day after a person’s

death. (In the ritual of saravani – the family members buy a new

bed on which they put new blankets, bed sheets, items of clothing,

shoes, an umbrella, food etc., as an offering for the departed for

his journey to the next life).

Questioner: It has been written in Garuda Purana (one of

the 18 books in Hindu mythology) that the soul is only the size of

a thumb.

Dadashri: Yes that is why it is called Garuda Purana! It is

a long fabricated old story, which says the soul is the size of a

thumb. It is no wonder that people make no progress! They never

move ahead. In their rituals, the aim was scientific, but their

thinking has been ruined. People carry out such rituals and before

they do so, they give alms to the Brahmin priest who performs the

ritual. The Brahmin priest used to be worthy of receiving alms at

one time, and the people of the household would bind merit karma

in doing so. But now everything has become a farce. The Brahmin

priest will have already made a deal with a shopkeeper who will

buy the bed, the blankets and everything else from him! How do

people think these things are going to reach the departed soul?

Questioner: Dada, nowadays people will tell the Brahmin

to bring all these things to their homes and they will pay him a preagreed

amount.

Dadashri: It is not just now days. They have been doing

this for years. The priest will bring a bed given to him by someone

else! Even then people believe in such rituals, and they continue

to practice them. The Jains on the other hand do not practice

such rituals; they are very shrewd. They do not believe in such

things and in reality these rituals are bogus. As soon as the soul

leaves the body it goes straight to its destination; it acquires its

place of creation, the womb.

Caring for the Loved Ones at the Time of Death

Questioner: What should the extended family and those

around, do when their loved one is about to die?

Dadashri: You have to be extremely careful when attending

to the care of the one who is on his deathbed. Graciously accept

everything that he utters. None of his sentences should be negated

and all his requests should be fulfilled. Do everything to keep him

happy, and even when he is mean, be kind in return. He may ask

for some milk. Give it to him immediately. If he complains about

the milk being too thin and watery, bring him a glass of good milk

promptly. Do whatever it takes to make him comfortable.

Questioner: So there is no need to be concerned about

what is right or wrong?

Dadashri: There is no such thing as right or wrong in this

world. Continue to do what you are doing to keep him happy. Be

gentle and patient with him as you would be with a child.

The Right Meditation At The Time Of Death

Questioner: There are certain rituals people are made to

practice in the last hour of their life. Some Lamas are made to

carry out certain activities in the last hour of their life. The Tibetans

Lamas say that when a person is on his deathbed, they tell the

soul of the dying person how to depart. Some people recite from

the Gita so that good words are spoken to the dying in his final

hour. 

Do these rituals have any effect?




Dadashri: No, such last minute rituals achieve nothing. Is

it possible for one to make up for all the losses one incurs during

the course of the entire year by simply making a profit at the end

of the year?

Questioner: No, it will not work.

Dadashri: Why not?

Questioner: The balance sheet will reflect all the

transactions for the entire year.

Dadashri: In the same token, it is the end sum of all the

activities of one’s entire life that is brought forward. In performing

these rituals, people are deceiving the dying and all around him.

They are making fools out of them by giving false promises.

Questioner: Dada, when a person is on his deathbed and

at the end of his life, he is conscious and if at that time someone

recites the Gita or any other religious scriptures in his ears ……

Dadashri: It should be done only at the request of the

dying. One can read to him only if he wishes to listen.

Euthanasia: Mercy Killing

Questioner: When a person is suffering from a chronic

illness for which there is no cure, it does not seem right to prolong

their suffering. What is wrong with helping them end their suffering?

In this respect it is hard to believe that if we help him by mercy

killing, that his suffering will continue in the next life.

Dadashri: No one has a right to do that, whatsoever. We

have a right to treat them and take care of them, but not to kill

them.

Questioner: Where is the benefit for us in prolonging

their suffering?

Dadashri: What is the benefit in killing, then? When you

kill a suffering man, you will lose your birthright to be born as a

human again. It goes against the principles of humanity.

Companion Only till The Funeral Pyre

The cover on this pillow will keep changing, but the pillow

remains the same. When the pillow cover becomes ragged, it will

be discarded. In the same way this covering of ours, this body

too is discarded.

This whole world is hollow and without any substance. But

one cannot say so openly in this world. People go to the cemetery

with their loved ones, but they are not so overcome with grief that

they never return home. They all return home, including the grieving

mother who has just buried her son.

Questioner: If the deceased has not bequeathed anything

to the family, they will cry and complain. But if he leaves them

enough, they will remain silent.

Dadashri: Yes, they shed tears because he leaves them

nothing. In their minds they blame him for leaving nothing behind

and ruining them. It is because of the family’s own lack of punya

– meritorious deeds - that he did not leave anything behind for

them and it is because of the deceased’s bad karmas that he is

being cursed and blamed.

All who go to the funeral home, return, do they not? Does

anyone accompany the dead one? Really, all this is a show. People

criticize the ones who do not cry or grieve as being heartless. And

they accuse those who cry as being emotional and melodramatic.

So whatever one does, there is a problem either way. The world

will criticize either way.




In the rest area near the funeral pyre you can see them

sharing snacks even as the cremation is going on. Have you not

seen this?

Questioner: They actually take snacks along with them!

Dadashri: Is that so? What is one to do in a world like

this?

People bind relationships in routine words like ‘welcome

or good bye’ but do not take responsibility for them. Do you take

any responsibility? Not even for your wife?

Questioner: No.

Dadashri: What are you saying! A man dotes on his wife

and tells her he cannot live without her and yet he would not go

into the funeral pyre with her!

What Happens After Death?

Questioner: Which form of life will there be after death?

Dadashri: During the time of death a balance sheet of all

one’s deeds throughout life arises. This happens one hour prior

to death. If one has accumulated in his life by taking what does

not rightfully belong to him, be it money or woman, he will go to

the animal kingdom. Anything that he acquired by devious use

of intellect will take him to the animal kingdom. If he has been

decent and humane, he will come back in a human form. After

death, there are only four different life forms that one can be

born into. Those who destroy people’s homes and lives for their

own gain will go to hell. Those with super-human qualities, who

despite being hurt by others, do not retaliate and remain

benevolent, go to heaven.




Total Engagement In Service Of Others

Use your mind, speech, body and soul for others. If you

use them for your own self, you will reincarnate in lower life form

as a tree. In your imprisoned form you will be forced to serve

others. People will enjoy your fruits and use your wood. You will

suffer as a tree for hundreds of years. That is why God tells you to

use your mind, speech, body and soul for others. Having done

this if you have any problems, turn to Him.

Other Life Forms To Visit

Questioner: After leaving the body do you have to come

back here?

Dadashri: There is nowhere else to go. Right here around

us, all these oxen and cows, dogs and cats are none other than

our own uncles, aunts and other relatives from our past life. See

how they stare at you and sometimes even lick you with love? So

do not hurt or harm them. Take good care of them.

Return Ticket

Questioner: Why is the animal life form, for example,

cows and buffaloes an integral part of the cycles of birth and

death?

Dadashri: For endless lives people have passed through

animal kingdom as they rise towards human birth. Of these only

about fifteen percent will rise higher. The rest have come here

with a return ticket to go back to the lower life forms. People who

cheat their customers by selling adulterated goods and those that

take enjoyment from things that do not belong to them, all earn a

return ticket. All such tendencies will lead to life in the animal

kingdom.

Awareness Of Past Lives

Questioner: Why do we not remember anything from our

past lives and what would happen if we did?

Dadashri: Those who have no suffering at all at the time of

their death are the ones who may remember their past lives. Those

with virtuous thoughts and conduct may also remember. There is

tremendous suffering in a mother’s womb and this suffering coupled

with the suffering at the time of death, renders one unconscious so

that they remember nothing.

Take Stock of Baggage of Next Life At The Time Of

Death

An eighty-year-old man was approaching his death in a

hospital. Even though his time was limited, all he could think about

was who had and had not come to visit him at the hospital. The

foolish man! Instead he should be thinking about his body, which

was about to leave him very shortly. He should be thinking about

the ‘baggage’ that he was going to take with him to his next life.

Of what use will it be to him whether this friend or that friend

came to visit him or not?

Keep It Simple

An old man dies after a lot of medical care and attention.

People who come to his wake ask detailed questions about the

events leading to his death. The old man’s nephew tells them that

the doctor thought it was the flu but he died of a fever from malaria.

They ask him who the doctor was and the nephew tells them.

When they hear the doctor’s name, they immediately pounce on

the nephew telling him he was foolish to call that particular doctor.

Others too start to criticize him for making a bad decision. People

are like this; they’ll take advantage of those who are simple.

Instead it would be better to tell them nothing unusual had taken

place and that the old man came down with a fever and died.

Give them a cursory explanation or else they will create more

problems.

Life Is A Prison

Questioner: What is life in your enlightened view?

Dadashri: Life in my enlightened view is a prison. There

are four kinds of prisons: Those who are in heaven are in the

prison of simple surveillance with all the comforts. The human

beings are in a simple prison. The animals are in a prison of intense

labor and hardship. Those in hell are in a prison of hell with life

long pain and torture.

The Saw Is Cutting This Log (Life) From The Moment Of

Birth

The body is slowly dying every second, but do people realize

this? It is not until a log completely falls apart in two pieces that

people say the log has been cut. Nevertheless it was in the process

of being cut from the moment the saw first touches it.




Fear Of Death

There is constant fear in this world. The world is never void

of fear for even a moment. And for whatever time one does not

have any fear, he is living in ignorance of the real nature of this

world. This happens because people are asleep even when their

eyes are open (i.e. people are in a state of ignorance of the reality

of this world).

Questioner: It is said that the Soul never dies. It is eternal.

Dadashri: The Soul never dies, but as long as you have

not become the Soul (Self-realized), you will experience fear.

Do you not fear death? If something were to happen to your

body, you will begin to have fear about dying. It is because of

your conviction and belief that you are this body and that you

are Chandulal, that there is death. But if that focus and belief

was not one with the body, then death cannot touch you.

Yamraj - God of Death or Destiny?

I want to get rid of all these superstitions and false beliefs

in India. Our entire country is plagued and ruined because of

superstition, false beliefs and rituals. I assure you that there is no

such being as Yamraj (God of death). When people ask me

what it is, I tell them that it is simply destiny, the law of karma,

which results in death. I say it exactly as I see it in my Gnan. It is

not based on anything that I have read. I am saying this through

my vision of Gnan, not through these physical eyes.

Freedom From the Cycles of Birth and Death

Questioner: How can one escape the painful cycles of

birth and death?

Dadashri: That is a very good question. What is your name?

Questioner: Chandubhai.

Dadashri: Are you really Chandubhai?

Questioner: Yes.

Dadashri: Chandubhai is only your name, is it not?

Questioner: Yes.

Dadashri: Then who are you? We all agree that Chandubhai

is your name, but who are you?

Questioner: I have come here to know all that.

Dadashri: Once you find the answer to this question, you

will break free from the painful cycles of birth and death.

Until now everything you have done, has been done in the
name of Chandubhai. Should you not have kept at least something
for yourself (pure Soul)? Beware and be prepared to face the
great betrayal.
At the time of death, nature strips you of your name and all
that belongs to that name: your bank balance, property, family
and even the clothes on your back. Everything. So then if you
ask, ‘What will come along with me?’

 The answer is ‘All the
conflicts you created with those you met in this life will accompany
you.’ Everything is confiscated by nature when you die, therefore
should you not do something for your real Self: your Soul?

Send Gift Packages For Your Next Life

When you do things for people other than your own
relatives, when you give them happiness through your donations
of food, medicine, or knowledge, you bind merit karma (punya)
and will reap the rewards of such deeds in your next life. If you
have lived a life of non-violence such that no single being
experiences fear from you, this again will reap great merit karma
for your next life.
If it were possible for anyone to take material things with
him into his next life, people would take everything. They would
even take out a loan of millions of dollars. So it is a good thing that
no one can take anything with him or her.

The Illusion Called Maya

Maya makes you take birth, get married and it also causes
your death. Whether you likes it or not, you do not have a choice
in this matter. But it is certain that it is not maya that dominates.
You are the owner and so everything has been played out
according to your own wishes. This life is the net result, balance

sheet of all that you had wished for in your previous life and based

on that, maya is now running everything. So there is no point in

complaining now. You had endorsed this final balance sheet and

placed it in the hands of maya. Maya is the force that makes you

forget the Self.

death - a lot of question need to be answered

Many people have fear of death. Death makes people
melancholy and they sink into misery. Everyone has to witness
death some point in time during his or her life. During such a
time hundreds of questions regarding the true nature of death
may arise in a person’s mind. When he does not find any answers,
he becomes perplexed. People have an ardent desire to discover
the mystery surrounding death. A lot has been written on the
topic, but it is all mere intellectual exercises.

What is death? What was before this death? What is
happening in the dying process? What happens after death? Who
can talk about the experience of death?

The dead cannot speak of their experiences. Those who are born do not
 have knowledge of their prior existence. No one knows what happens before
birth and after death. That is why the mystery of how one passes
through the time before, during and after death remains unsolved.
Dadashri, through his Gnan, has exposed all the mysteries of
death exactly as they are.
When one learns about the facts surrounding death, his
fears will be eased.

What should one do when a beloved one is dying? What
is our real duty? How can we improve their next life? What
should we do after the death of our loved one? With what
understanding should we remain calm and balanced?

What is the truth behind the people’s common belief of
ceremonial offerings to the dead relative? What is the significance
of the various socially prescribed ceremonies after death? Will
all these rituals benefit the dead? Should one perform such rituals?


When the mysteries of death, which create fear in people,
are exposed, one finds an unfailing consolation when facing such
situations in life.
A Gnani Purush is someone who remains separate from
his body and every event related to the body, separate from
birth and separate from death. He constantly remains the ‘knower
and observer’ of his body. He experiences the eternal state of
the Self, free from the bondage of birth and death. Gnani Purush,
through His Gnan, sees it all as it is, and candidly tells us about
the mystery of life and death and freedom from both.
The Soul is eternal. It is beyond birth and death. It is
Absolute Knowledge. The Self is the absolute knower and
observer. The Soul has no birth or death. Despite this, through
his intellect, man perceives and experiences the cycle of birth
and death.

  Naturally then the main question that arises is how
do birth and death occur? During birth and death, what other
things besides the Soul are present? What happens to them all?
Who is it that goes through rebirth? How does it happen? Who
is it that goes and comes? How are the sequences of ‘cause and
effects’ and ‘effect and cause’ established? How can that be
stopped? How is life span determined? What does life span
depend on? Who except the Gnani Purush can give exact
scientific answers to such eternal questions?

Furthermore, what are the laws governing the entry of a
worldly soul into various other life forms? What are the causes
and consequences of suicide? What are spirits? Are there such
things as ghosts? What are the laws governing the change of
place of worldly life? What supports all the different life forms?
How can one attain liberation from a particular planet? Where
does the soul that attains liberation go? What is Siddha Gati?

No one other than the Gnani is able to explain with such
exactness and detail, the understanding and qualities of the Soul
and the ego.
One can achieve a state free from birth and death through
clarification of all mysteries of life and death. Such facts are to
be found in this booklet and it will benefit the reader from worldly
and spiritual aspects.