Adjust Everywhere
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even thrice, it will maintain your reputation, but if you
keep provoking it, then it will bite you. Even the dog will
come to realize that the one who provokes daily is worthless,
is shameless. This is worth understanding. Do not create
any problems, adjust everywhere.
The one who has learnt the art of adjustment, has
turned from the world and onto the path of liberation
(moksha). When an adjustment is made, that is considered
Gnan. The one who has learned to take adjustments has
sailed free. You are bound to suffer whatever suffering
comes your way, but the person who has learnt to take
adjustments will not have any problems; the accounts will
become clear. If you encounter a robber and you ‘disadjust’,
then he will beat you. Instead, you should decide that, ‘I
want to adjust and get my work done.’ Then you can ask
him, “Sir, what is your wish? Look here, I have set out on
a pilgrimage.” You have adjusted to him.
When your wife has cooked a meal, it is a blunder
to find fault with it. You cannot find such faults. You talk
as if you do not make mistakes! How to adjust? Adjustments
should be made. Should you not take adjustments with the
one you have to spend the rest of your life with? If someone
is hurt by you, then how can you call that the religion of
Lord Mahavir? And family members should not be hurt
whatsoever.
The Home is a Garden
A man once told me, “Dada, in the home, my wife
does this and does that.” Then I told him, “If you were to
ask your wife, what would she say? She would say, “My
husband has no sense.” So, why are you looking for justice
for yourself alone in this?’ So he said, “My household is
ruined. My children are spoilt; my wife is spoilt.” So, I