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Aptavani-2
What kind of a creature are you?
A butcher and a sanghpati (administrative head of a
religious organization) approached the Lord. The sanghpati told
the Lord, “I rescued ten cows from being slaughtered by the
butcher.” The Lord said, “You are right, you saved ten cows.”
The butcher says, “Sir, I killed ten cows. Now which one of us
will achieve liberation first?” The Lord replied, “Neither of you
should talk about liberation. You are both egotistic and not fit for
liberation. You have an ego of killing cows and he has the ego
of saving them. Why don’t you save your aging father? Why are
you saving the cows? You are letting your eighty-year-old father
die; why are you letting him die? If you are the savior, if you can
save lives forever, then why don’t you save your own father?”
This is nothing but over wise-ness. This is over-wise madness.
Do not interfere with worldly entanglements; remain within
boundaries. These are all over wise people looking for fame.
What are they looking for? They want fame and in due time they
may get it here in the worldly life but over there (in the laws of
karma); they will make minced meat out of them! There is
nothing but pure justice in nature’s hand and absolutely no one
has any influence over that. The Lord has said, “You have the
ego of saving ten cows and you have the ego of killing ten cows.
Neither of you should come here to listen to talks of liberation,
because you will get the fruit of saving ten cows and you will get
the fruit of killing ten cows. The lives you have saved will return
the favor through benevolence towards you and those you have
killed will verily be the ones who will torment you. This is the
only account there is. I do not interfere in that and it has nothing
to do with liberation.”
If you pass a few college students in their exams, when
they grow up, they will say, “He is the professor, who passed
us,” and they will appreciate you that way. Naturally, it is the
same for all living beings you save. The Lord has not said that
in order to attain liberation it is necessary to save lives. People