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absolute contentment (trupti) from within, so that you do not
experience external desires.
Questioner: What will become of those who go around
pillaging?
Dadashri: Those who are being robbed are really
making an ‘earning’. Being robbed in the ‘relative’ would be
considered as an earning in the ‘real’.
Questioner: What is maha-mohaniya (greatly deluding)
karma?
Dadashri: Any misuse in matters of religion is maha-
mohaniya karma, and such a karma will bind terrible lifetimes
to come. Any money-related business in religion, is not
considered so bad, but if there is immorality, then one will bind
horrendous karma. Misuse in worldly matters is called deluding
(mohaniya) karma, and misuse in matters of religion is called
maha-mohaniya (greatly deluding) karma.
…Therefore a Return Ticket to a Lower Life-
Form!
In the worldly religion, if you say to the guru, ‘Sir, do this
for me,’ he will be well pleased. That is perfectly fine. Because
how can one live without the ego? But money and sexuality
should never enter into religion. If I accepted money, then it
would mean that people are beggars and so am I. Then what
would be the difference between a Gnani Purush and other
people? Therefore, the Gnani Purush does not have any
beggarly desire for anything. He desires nothing. I do not have
any desire for respect, any desire for money, any desire for sex,
any desire for fame or any desire for disciples – No desire of
any kind. Wherever there is even a trace of desire, Bhagwan
(God) and bhakta (devotee) remain separate. And in the
absence of desire, it means that Bhagwan and devotee
(bhakta) have become one. Not everyone quarrels in religion;