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mind must not spoil towards that person; that is prapta tapa. The
Lord has forbidden all other penance, but even then just look at
all the different kinds of penance people are putting themselves
through. You foolish people! At least try to understand this!
What is the point when a guru gets angry with his disciples
throughout the day but fasts the next day for the anger? He will
say I want to fast two days. The reality nowadays is, if some
day the disciples are not able to get food and cook for the guru,
the guru should make do with whatever food there is. Why not
make do with just rice that day? Make adjustments here and
there as the situation calls for. Instead of completely abstaining
from food for one day, why not adjust to whatever there is on
a day-to-day basis? If some day the food is not ready on time
or when there is nothing to eat, adjust to the situation and suffer
it quietly. The stomach is such that it will stop complaining if you
put a little something in it. Even when you eat a little khichadee
and vegetables at night, does it complain? No it does not. And
you are able to meditate if you want you. The stomach is not the
problem and neither is the mind, it is he, the one with the passion
(kashaya) who is at fault. He is the culprit, the uncivilized one!
He is the obstinate and misadjusting one. He suffers and spreads
the suffering. What stupidity!
People call each other anadi (primitive). It is impossible
to find a person who is not anadi in the entire city of Bombay,
which is why they call each other anadi. You cannot speak this
way because the kind of anadi people the Lord was looking for
are to be found in your very homes! That is why ‘Dada’ says,
eat, have fun and when penance presents to you, suffer it calmly.
There is no need to go seeking for penance; people are
constantly dishing it out to others. Those who seek penance do
not suffer the penance that comes to them, but they go seeking
for penance that does not come, they create it and then suffer
it. They undergo so much penance, that if someone were to say
even the slightest thing to him or her, they explode! People