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religions and four dhyans in Jain religion too, then how can we call it the religion of the vitarag Lords? Aside of these four dhyans, there is not a fifth type of dhyan. Should there not be something extra and special in the religion of the vitarags? A person may ask what this extra thing is and the answer is how many durdhyans have been eliminated? Of the four dhyans, which have you reduced? The Lord will let go if your raudradhyan has stopped and artadhyan still remains. One is said to have attained the vitarag dharma when there is a slight decrease in both artadhyan and raudradhyan.
Questioner: What kind of dhyan is it to think about the future?
Dadashri: That falls under artadhyan. A thought of the past that causes problems is artadhyan. If a person thinks about his son who died over a year ago and cries, is artadhyan. A person does artadhyan and raudradhyan during his suffering. Excessive grieving over the loss of an only son will cause one to wander until the end of a kalp. One will have to wander a hundred million( one crore) years.
‘ We’ ask the cloth merchants who cheat their customers,“ Do you not wish to attain moksha?” They wonder why‘ we’ ask such a question. So‘ we’ have to tell them,“ What dhyan are you doing when you are cutting the cloth short?” At least understand Lord Mahavir’ s words about dhyan. What you are doing is raudradhyan. Depriving others, even in the slightest, is raudradhyan. If your customer asks,“ What is the price of this terylene cloth?” You may quote him eighteen and a half instead of eighteen, if you want to. Having said so, you have to give the full length. In other words, charge them more but do not give them less material than what they pay for. And even if you don’ t give them less, even the mere intent of doing so is raudradhyan also. And if you inadvertently give them more than you meant to give, there is no one up there keeping tabs either.