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Aptavani-2
There are people who justify their anger by saying, “It
was necessary to get angry.” Defending your anger is doubling
the raudradhyan! Raudradhyan occurs when you get angry and
by defending and supporting your anger, you double the
raudradhyan. If you feel remorse after getting angry, your
repentance reduces raudradhyan to artadhyan.
A bhaav (inner intent) of making money is raudradhyan
because it is the intent of taking money away from others.
Therefore, the Lord has said, “Do not have intent for making
money at all.” What one gets in this life is correct.
Dadashri : Do you have to do dhyan in order to take a
bath everyday?
Questioner : No Sir.
Dadashri : You still get water for your bath, even when
you don’t do dhyan for it, correct?
Questioner : That is correct.
Dadashri : Just as you get water for your bath it is a rule
that each person will get money necessary for him or her. But
people needlessly do dhyan for money.
Do you worry all daylong whether you will have a
mattress to sleep on? But as soon as the morning comes, you
think about nothing but money, money, and money. What kind
of a guru did you have? Which foolish guru has made you run
after money? The morals in your family have declined, your
health is deteriorating, your blood pressure has increased and
you are preparing for a heart attack. Which guru has taught you
to run only after money?
When a person does not find a guru, the worldly peer
pressure (lokasangnya) becomes his guru. One believes as the
world believes that happiness comes from money. If this disease
of chasing money is caused by worldly influence, then which