How Many Times Should We Bow Down to Dada?

Questioner: How many times do I have to bow down to Dada Bhagwan in order to make a daily connection with you?

Dadashri: Counting will take a lot of time. If I tell you to do it a hundred times, then you will keep counting.

Questioner: But Dada, we do have to count forty times for Simandhar Swami.

Dadashri: Count for Him. Dada should constantly remain with You.

Questioner: It is true that He should constantly remain with us. That will happen.

Dadashri: For Simandhar Swami, if you want to count forty times, then do so, “One, two, three, four…”

Questioner: When we recite the Namaskar Vidhi ( The Vidhi of Salutations), we bow down with reverence to the Panch Parmeshthi Lords ( fi ve levels of enlightened beings, ranging from the Ones who have attained Selfrealization to the Ones who have attained final liberation), the Om Parmeshthi Lords (those who have gained entry on the path to liberation), the Tirthankar Lords (the absolutely enlightened Lords who can liberate others), the shaasan dev-devi (the celestial beings who protect the spiritual reign of a particular God); at that time, what should be visible in front of us?

Dadashri: A statue of Dada should be in front of your eyes.

Questioner: A photo?

Dadashri: A photo.

Questioner: All the attachment ( raag) we build up towards Dada, that attachment will once again discharge in our next life, won’t it?

Dadashri: The attachment towards me reaches Simandhar Swami.

Mahatmas: Jai Sat Chit Anand!

Questioner: But Dada too is going to be like Simandhar Swami, isn’t He?

Dadashri: Why do I need to be like that; He is certainly around, so why do I need to be like that?

Questioner: Dada, you are as good as having become like Him, aren’t you?

Dadashri: ‘Our’ only intention is that these people attain salvation.