THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

the seeker or the Sadhak unifies with the Brahma but for others he is like anyone else. This can be
understood only by those who have experienced it. Your endeavor should be to be like them. At
this stage there is no place for the imagination. One should never forget that he is the Brahma but
do Sadhana without ever dissociating from the Brahma. This is akin to doing everything but
remaining totally aloof. You should allow the Sadhana to go on effortlessly. The implied meaning
of it is, Sadhana remains as such till you are aware of the body mind intellect conglomerate but
when it finally is got rid of you don’t have to do any efforts for the Sadhana which still goes on
continuously. The one who becomes totally doubtless after unifying with the Brahma is unaware of
the conglomerate and the Sadhana. He remains in a state without body despite being in the bodily
form.
If someone acquires the unification with the Brahma without much
Sadhana he is likely to be again enveloped by the conglomerate and become idle. Under the garb of
spirituality then there is selfishness, one sleeps while he pretends to be meditating and because he
feels that he is finally freed he goes on doing anything he fancies. He pretends to preach but in fact
criticizes most of the times, rather than having a dialogue he engages in heated debates trying to
prove himself right in everything which is nothing but pride. Such a person even goes to the extent
of saying that after getting the knowledge of the Brahma what is the need for Sadhana? This is
utterly ridiculous and despicable. It is like using your weapon for your own destruction. The
remedy in these people becomes the disease again. By leaving Sadhana he himself converts his
Mukti into the bound state. He is foolishly afraid that if does Sadhana even after getting Moksha he
will lose the highest pedestal. Many fall in this trap and lose all what they have earned by doing
unimaginable Sadhana. He is also afraid that if he does Sadhana people will say that, hey, he is not
a Siddha but a mere Sadhak. He doesn’t know that all those who have finally and ultimately unified
with the Brahma never lose the track of the Sadhana. These are all manifestations of the mind body
intellect conglomerate which hasn’t still been vanquished. It is the simple principle in all walks of
life including spirituality that knowledge will follow those who indulge in strenuous studies. Only
Sadhana or the persuasion of the real knowledge will accrue the Brahma. The disciples here ask
Shree Samarth how and what to study and to tell about the Sadhana to be done for achieving the
ultimate goal. This is discussed later by Shree Samarth.
END OF THE SEVENTH SAMAS
THE EIGHTH SAMAS – SHRAVAN NIRUPAN (LISTENING TO THE PREACHING)
The five most important things for the spirituality are, doubtlessness,
vanquishing the desire about the visible, extreme desire for the acquisition of the God, the rise of
the intuitive feeling of the self and attaining the art of concentrating your mind on your real self.
Shree Samarth says that you can have all these things if you hear about them from the Saints or the
Guru.
He says that listening to the preaching of the Guru yields bliss. It
makes you capable of acquiring worship, Vairagya, the power to make your mind pure to the core,
the state of intellect which is directed totally towards your inner self and also makes you capable of
finally losing your desire for the visible and the greatest enemy of yours, the pride.