On a June evening in 1958 at around six o’clock, Ambalal
Muljibhai Patel, a family man, a contractor by profession, was
sitting on a bench on the busy platform number three of Surat’s
train station. Surat is a city in south Gujarat, a western state in
India. What happened within the next forty-eight minutes was
phenomenal. Spontaneous Self-Realization occurred within
Ambalal M. Patel. During this event his ego completely melted
and from that moment onwards he became completely detached
from all Ambalal’s thoughts, speech and acts. He became the
Lord’s living instrument for the salvation of mankind, through the
path of knowledge. He called this Lord, Dada Bhagwan. To
everyone he met, he would say, “This Lord, Dada Bhagwan is
fully manifest within me. He also resides within all living beings.
The difference is that within me He is completely expressed and
in you, he is yet to manifest.”
Who are we? What is God? Who runs this world? What is
karma? What is liberation? Etc. All the world’s spiritual questions
were answered during this event. Thus nature offered absolute
vision to the world through the medium of Shree Ambalal Muljibhai
Patel.
Ambalal was born in Tarasali, a suburb of the city of
Baroda and raised in Bhadran, Gujarat. His wife’s name was
Hiraba. Although he was a contractor by profession, his life at
home and his interaction with everyone around him was exemplary
even prior to his Self-Realization. After becoming Self-Realized
and attaining the state of a Gnani, (The Awakened One, Jnani in
Hindi), his body became a ‘public charitable trust.’
Throughout his whole life he lived by the principle that there
should not be any commerce in religion, and in all commerce there
must be religion. He also never took money from anyone for his
own use. He used the profits from his business to take his devotees
for pilgrimages to various parts of India.
His words became the foundation for the new, direct and
step-less path to Self-Realization called Akram Vignan. Through
his divine original scientific experiment (The Gnan Vidhi), he
imparted this knowledge to others within two hours. Thousands
have received his grace through this process and thousands continue
to do so even now. ‘Akram’ means without steps; an elevator
path or a short cut, whereas ‘Kram’ means an orderly step-bystep
spiritual path. Akram is now recognized as a direct shortcut
to the bliss of the Self.
Who is Dada Bhagwan ?
When he explained to others who ‘Dada Bhagwan’ is, he
would say:
“What you see here is not ‘Dada Bhagwan.’ What you see
is ‘A.M.Patel.’ I am a Gnani Purush and He that is manifest within
me, is ‘Dada Bhagwan’. He is the Lord within. He is within you
and everyone else. He has not yet manifest within you, whereas
within me he is fully manifest. I myself am not a Bhagwan. I too
bow down to Dada Bhagwan within me.”
Current link for attaining the knowledge of
Self-Realization (Atma Gnan)
“I am personally going to impart siddhis (special spiritual
powers) to a few people. After I leave, will there not be a need
for them? People of future generations will need this path, will
they not?”
~ Dadashri
Param Pujya Dadashri used to go from town to town and
country to country, to give satsang and impart the knowledge of
the Self as well as knowledge of harmonious worldly interaction
to all who came to see him. In his final days in the fall of 1987, he
gave his blessing to Dr. Niruben Amin and bestowed his special
siddhis upon her, to continue his work.
After Param Pujya Dadashri left his mortal body on January
2, 1988, Dr. Niruben continues his Work, traveling within India
to cities and villages and abroad in the USA, Canada, UK and
Africa. She is Dadashri’s representative of Akram Vignan. She
has been instrumental in expanding the key role of Akram Vignan
as the simple and direct path to Self-Realization for modern times.
Thousands of spiritual seekers have taken advantage of this
opportunity and are established in the experience of the pure Soul,
while carrying out their worldly duties and obligations. They
experience freedom, here and now, while living their daily life.
Powerful words in scriptures help the seeker in increasing
the desire for liberation. The knowledge of the Self is the final
goal of all one’s seeking. Without the knowledge of the Self there
is no liberation. This knowledge of the Self (Atma Gnan) does not
exist in books. It exists in the heart of a Gnani. Hence the knowledge
of the Self can only be acquired by meeting a Gnani. Through the
scientific approach of Akram Vignan, even today one can attain
Atma Gnan, but it can only occur by meeting a living Atma Gnani
and receiving the Atma Gnan. Only a lit candle can light another
candle.
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