Questioner: What is the difference between darshan (vision as the Self) and gnan?
Dadashri: Darshan is the main vehicle for moksha. Gnan is the extension (vishesha) of darshan. When gnan and darshan come together, it gives rise to conduct (charitra). What is gnan? It is that which has been known and understood through darshan (understanding through the vision as the Self). When that understanding “fits” within, and when one is able to make others understand; when such a state arises, it is called gnan. The real work is done by darshan.

Questioner: Is there a relationship between gnan and shuddhatma?
Dadashri: Shuddhatma is really the gnanswaroop (the gnan; the state of the Self). Absolute gnanswaroop is parmatma swaroop (the absolute state of the Self).

Questioner: Who binds the karma if the atma (the Self) does not do anything?
Dadashri: The ego that says, “I did this”, is itself the one that binds karma.

Questioner: What is the difference between the knower (gnayak) and an inquisitive person (jignyasu)?
Dadashri: There is a tremendous difference. You cannot make a connection between the two. Gnayak is one’s Self that has become Parmatma (absolute Self); whereas jignyasu has to make a guru, and he has to keep searching. Inquisitiveness has arisen within and, therefore, he becomes a purusharthi (one making the effort), but the gnayak is verily the God.

Questioner: What is the difference between mumukshu and jignyasu?
Dadashri: Mumukshu is the one who only desires moksha and jignyasu means that one still has a desire for happiness, and so, one gets it from wherever one can.

Questioner: What does it mean to see within the universe and outside the universe?
Dadashri: One is said to be inside the universe, when one is tanmayakar (to become one) with the gneyas (that which is to be known). And when one is outside of the universe, it means that one just sees the gneyas as gneyas.

Questioner: What is ‘absolute’ science?
Dadashri: Science that is nirlep (absolutely detached) from agnan (ignorance of the Self) is ‘absolute’ science.

Questioner: Has the word “atma” been in existence from time immemorial?
Dadashri: Yes, since time immemorial. Gnan and its ways have been the same since time immemorial.

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