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violent; it is really his previously created intent of ‘not to kill’ that
is currently at work.
No one saves lives and similarly no one kills either. It is
only the coming together of circumstances, such as one’s intent
(bhaav) of wanting to kill and the timing for the bugs to die.
Every creature has its own time to die; no living being can die
before its time. If a person or any living being could kill another
before its due time, then it can be said that they are killing. But
no, that is not the case because no one can kill before the due
time of death. Furthermore, only when it is time for a living being
to die, will he encounter his ‘killer’ (nimit). Only when it is time
for the bugs to die, will they encounter ‘Chandulal’. An
unfortunate (akkarmi) one will encounter another unfortunate
one who made an unfortunate intent (bhaav) and the fortunate
(satkarmi) one will encounter one with a fortunate intent.
Questioner : Yes, but Chandulal becomes the instrument
(nimit) in the process of the violence, does he not?
Dadashri : Yes, Chandulal becomes a nimit, but only a
nimit. In his past life he had made the intent to kill and hence he
becomes instrumental in the process. Insects have a pre-
determined karmic account as to when they will die even before
they are born. This is the case with every living being. It is
merely the ego which makes one say, “I killed, I saved.”
The Lord says, “No living being can kill another living
being. All one does is killing of one’s own soul (bhaav maran).”
To say, “I want to kill whatever bugs there are”, is bhaav maran.
Say there are four snakes in your farm and you want to kill
them. You may or may not have the opportunity of killing them;
there is no way of telling. The killing may or may not materialize,
but from the moment you made the intent to kill, you are killing
your own self through your intent. The snakes will die when it
is time for them to die. That is why ‘we’ have said that one’s
timing of death has been decided even before one is born. If you