The Unique Effects of Space!

is nothing in comparison to me, I will really straighten him out.’ As such an intent was made, he will encounter a hostile location; even the time will be filled with hostility, meaning that he will encounter the person in the evening and he will even have such an [hostile] intent arising, moreover, he will come across a [hostile] person too, then oh...a physical fight will break out in the evening time.

Questioner: Why did you say ‘in the evening time’ (sandhya)?

Dadashri: Of all the times [in the day], the evening time is the most disagreeable. The junction point between lightness and darkness is called sandhya.

Every person has to become prepared to such an extent that no place seems burdensome to him. The place may grow weary of the person, but the person himself should not grow weary of it. One has to become prepared to this extent. Otherwise, there are infinite places; there is no end to the locations. There are infinite locations.

The Aura and Influence of Even the Location!

Questioner: Dada, however many places there are on this earth, those verily are all the locations, aren’t they? For us human beings, all of these are the locations, aren’t they?

Dadashri: There are many locations for human beings, and there are some locations that are so frigid and so scorching that it is not possible for humans to live there. There are such locations too.

Questioner: But in terms of this location over here; for example, this man lives here and You have come and stayed here, so this location certainly has a lot of merit karma, doesn’t it? Can we say that?

Dadashri: It certainly has a lot of merit karma!

Questioner: Is it because You stayed here?

Dadashri: No, because even if I hadn’t, all these people are indeed living here, aren’t they?

Questioner: Yes, but this [location] is considered special, isn’t it?

Dadashri: Yes, merit karma of the location, of the place, definitely exists. People can also benefit there.

Questioner: It can also prove to be beneficial?

Dadashri: Yes. Say someone does not believe in God and he ends up going there, then he will start thinking and will say, “It seems true, there must be something like God. I feel some kind of bliss.”

Questioner: Yes, we feel bliss. So wherever You go, that location becomes pious.

Dadashri: That is why these Tirthankar Lords have been referred to as a Tirthankar; because wherever They go, that place becomes a place of pilgrimage (tirth). ‘We’ do not have the kind of influence that the Tirthankar Lords have; it is less.

The karmic account of a location is very…a very small shop in a jewelry market would be very valuable, whereas of what value would a shop anywhere else be, no matter how big it is? Therefore, the value is of the location, of that place only.

Questioner: Should we mahatmas not have intents for the time and the location?

Dadashri: They certainly are doing that; those are all discharge intents actually. Intents can only be charged as long as [there is the belief that], ‘I indeed am Chandubhai.’ Otherwise, intents cannot be charged, can they!

When can the location change? It is when one’s inherent nature (swabhaav) changes. If one has a dusham swabhaav (nature of the relative self that is characterized by anger, pride, deceit, greed, and a lack of unity in thought, speech, and action), then he will come to this location [Bharat Kshetra; one of the three locations in the universe where human beings reside, the other two are Mahavideh Kshetra and Airavat Kshetra]. Mine must also be a dusham swabhaav, that is why I had to come here. Now if One’s swabhaav changes [after Gnan], then the location can change; One can go to Mahavideh Kshetra (one of the three locations in the universe where human beings reside, the other two are Bharat Kshetra and Airavat Kshetra).

From Within the Boundary Towards Becoming Boundaryless...

Questioner: Once You had put in different words somewhere that, the developing I (pote) has created a boundary.

Dadashri: Everyone is certainly within a boundary. One cannot come outside of the boundary, and the One who comes out of the boundary, for Him, it has become complete. Otherwise, one cannot come out of the boundary, one does not come out of the boundary, one cannot come outside of the circle. [The intellect has a boundary, it is limited. The Gnan is boundaryless; It is unlimited.]

Questioner: One is trying to gain the understanding [of beyond the boundary] while remaining within the boundary. Does he attain that understanding by remaining within the boundary, or is the understanding of beyond the boundary encompassed in this?

Dadashri: The One who comes into the periphery of the boundaryless, for Him, the [spiritual] work is done. However, there is only one way; it will happen through the One who has Himself become boundaryless.

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The Mystery Behind Different Faces

Who Molded Everyone?

One person asked me, “God has made all the faces different. How must He have done that? What must He have made them in?” I replied, “Oh mortal one, God has not made them.” Then he asked, “But how must all of these people have been molded differently without God doing it?” I told him, “All types of different molds must have been used!” He responded, “How many such molds!” Hey mortal one, this has not happened through molds. He then asked, “So on what basis are they all different?” I said, “If ever God were making them, then they would look as if they all came from the same mold in a factory.”

Questioner: Just as all the roses look like roses.

Dadashri: The very same! They would all have looked the same, but that is not the case. So he asked, “How does this happen? What is this? God has made different faces for everyone. How must He have made them?” I told him, “Not one living being is the same.” They cannot become adjustable at all. The reason for this [all faces being different] is a completely different thing.

Who created this design? That raises a dilemma,