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[12] Defeating Addictions with Gnan
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Very rarely do ‘we’ have physical suffering. There was an
entire month after the car accident when it seemed that this light
was going to extinguish.
Questioner: Nothing like that is going to happen, Dada!
Dadashri: No, not like that. But did Hiraba (Dada’s
wife) not pass away? Would the same not befall this body?
What kind of karma was it that brought the suffering (vedaniya)?
Questioner: The karma of suffering (ashata-vedaniya).
Dadashri: People assume that ‘we’ have suffering, but
vedaniya (suffering) does not touch ‘us.’ It does not touch the
Tirthankars either. ‘We’ felt no sorrow when Hiraba passed
away. ‘We’ are not affected by anything. People think that ‘we’
have suffering, but suffering has not touched us for the last twenty
years. That is precisely the Science that ‘we’ have given you. So
if you fall short because of your weakness, then that is your loss.
If you understand this Science, you will not face any suffering.
Do you fall short on some days? For a few minutes?
Questioner: No.
Dadashri: Then that is good.
Questioner: Dada Bhagwan is not affected by the
vedaniya karma, but it affects Ambalalbhai, does it not?
Dadashri: No. Neither one of them are affected. That is
the energy of this Science. One would go insane if it affected
him. It is because of ignorance of the Self that suffering occurs.
If there is understanding, then it would not even touch this file
number one (‘Chandulal’; the relative self). It will not affect
anyone. Whatever suffering there is, is due to lack of
understanding. How could there be any suffering once this Gnan
is understood? In the presence of Gnan, there is no suffering of
pain or enjoying pleasure.
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