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in the mud? Is it going to mess up the mud? The mud is already
soiled, but you will get splattered. Hence the Vitarags were
very clever indeed; they would move around without contempt
for any living being.
Tarchhod closes all the doors. The person you dismiss
with contempt (tarchhod) will never again open his door to you.
Questioner: We experience both, tarchhod and tiraskar,
in each and every moment, of our worldly life.
Dadashri: Yes, isn’t everyone experiencing the same
thing? They are responsible for the world’s misery. A person’s
speech may be so vile and negative that he will even say things
like, “Let there be famine”!
Questioner: Nowadays there are ‘kings’ of such negative
speech.
Dadashri: From what ‘we’ have seen of the past lives,
‘we’ are incredulous about the amount of damage that tarchhod
can do! That is why we should behave in a way that shows no
scorn, even for the simple laborer. Ultimately, to take revenge
for the contempt, one may even bite you as a snake. Tarchhod
will take its revenge at any cost!
Physical scars may heal, but the scars caused by speech
do not heal throughout a person’s entire lifetime. Many scars will
not heal even after a hundred lifetimes.
What Is the Solution for Tarchhod?
Questioner: What should we do to make sure that we
do not have to suffer the consequences of tarchhod (dismissing
with contempt)?
Dadashri: There is no solution for that other than to keep
doing pratikraman. You have to do that until the other person’s
mind comes around. And should you come face to face with