THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

emembers. He has no experience of anything but has only empty imagination. Shree Samarth says
that while you read any book you should accept only those things which are written out of the
authors own experience.
Go after the experiences only after you have totally discarded the
visible universe. If you mix the visible and the invisible it is mere foolishness. You shouldn’t tell
others what the original preacher doesn’t mean. Otherwise you will land into problems with
knowledgeable listeners. Again Shree Samarth stresses the importance of having the experience
first and then talking about anything. Throughout he has done it and again he says that if you talk
without any experience your talk is not only foolish but a mere waste of words and time.
You should talk and behave in such a way that everyone will be
pleased with you. While explaining about the principles of spirituality you should first know the
principles to the core yourself and then only expand upon them. If you solve the problems of the
audience then they are pleased with you otherwise they blame you for wasting their time. For this
constant listening to the preaching of the Saints and deep thinking over it is a prime requisite. Shree
Samarth again says that don’t talk without experiences.
Falsehood is sure to harm your cause that is why you should be
truthful all the time. If you are confused there isn’t any possibility that you can be of any help to
anyone. Just understand that if a powerless man tries to fight he is bound to be defeated. Whatever
truth you experience should be imbibed. Without experience truth or untruth are the same. The God
has himself made the things like this so that if someone hugs the untruth for his own gains he will
have to suffer some time or the other. It is neither heard nor seen that injustice has helped anyone.
You should firmly remember that the real self is nothing but the truth. All the doings of man are
because of Maya. Without Maya there would be nothing except the endless yet the most
meaningful silence. Your endeavor should be to go to the root of that silence which again is the real
self. For that you have to go beyond the visible. First understand the meaning of the words and then
go beyond that. Then think deeply over the meaning of everything that is said and done which is
nothing but the real self. When you are able to do this then you have won over the confusion and
know the real self.
Get over the eight faceted nature and concentrate on the abstract
Parbrahma. Keep your mind firmly there for ever. This is possible for the one who is very careful in
everything and ever ready for any eventuality. For knowing the microcosm you have to think of
what is Atman and what isn’t. For knowing the macrocosm you have to think of what is the real
thing hidden inside the external ones. Accept the filtrate and get drenched in it. Where the Maya
ends, the thoughts and imagination end too. Discover the principles one by one. Then get unified
with the religious commandments and then get the bliss by explaining to yourself your own real
self. Go into the most micro to get there where bliss awaits you.
END OF THE FIFTH SAMAS
THE SIXTH SAMAS – UTTAMPURUSHNIRUPAN (ABOUT THE GREAT MEN)