Dada Bhagwan - A.M. Patel, Gnani Purush & Dada Bhagwan

A.M. Patel, Gnani Purush & Dada Bhagwan

Dadashri explained that, as a result of his awakening, three distinct facets of the Self clarified within. At the gross level, A.M. Patel’s relative self (body-mind complex) remained. At a subtler level was Gnani Purush (see Dadashri’s definition below). Finally, at the subtlest level was what his followers referred to as “Dada Bhagwan,” an absolute divine embodiment.

Dadashri describes these three facets of Self in the following interview-excerpts:

"For whom is “Dada Bhagwan” used?

Dadashri: It is used for Dada Bhagwan, not for me. I am a Gnani Purush…. Dada Bhagwan…is within you too, but is not yet manifest, and here, within me, he is fully manifest and is ready to give results….

What is the real nature of Dada Bhagwan?

Dadashri: He is…one who has no attachment, no ego, and no intellect….

Why do you allow yourself to be addressed as Bhagwan (Godly divine embodiment)?

Dadashri: I, myself, am not God. I too bow to Dada Bhagwan within me. I (as Gnani Purush) am at the level of 356 degrees of spiritual achievement, whereas Dada Bhagwan is at 360 degrees. He is absolute. I lack the four degrees and therefore I too bow down to Dada Bhagwan (within me)."