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Aptavani-1
When a cloth merchant cheats his clients by stretching the
material as he measures it with the dhyan of, ‘how proficient I am
in my business, I am earning a lot of money’, he does not realize
that he is really binding karma for a life in hell. This is raudra-
dhyan. Another merchant cheats his customers in the same way
but while doing so, his dhyan is, ‘this is a wrongful act on my part.
A disciple of Lord Mahavir would never do such a thing’; if such
repentance exists in his dhyan, he will be born in the animal
kingdom. The actions of both the merchants are the same but the
difference in their dhyan binds different life form.
No one in the era of this time cycle has the knowledge
of the Self. If people at least understood dharma (relative worldly
religions), then dharma-dhyan would be possible or they would
be able to practice it. The religions of today are not based on
their original foundation and that is why people do not have
dharma-dhyan. They only have aarta-dhyan and raudra-dhyan.
People will praise a person who makes a donation of fifty
thousand rupees. The donor while making the donation feels
that had the mayor not coerced him into making the donation,
he would never have done so. Those who give against their will
are in raudra-dhyan and will therefore bind a life in hell. While
the person who has no money feels that he would make a big
donation if he had the money, binds for a higher life form without
even giving a dime. The other person, who donated fifty thousand
rupees, binds a life in hell.
Acceptable Use Of Intellect
People, who use their intellect to trick and deceive others
in order to make money, create grave liability for themselves.
Every such use of intellect, every trick is severe raudra-dhyan.
To use your higher intellect to take advantage of another with
lesser intellect is a trick.
Intellect binds one to the worldly life and will never allow