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Aptavani-5
Dadashri: Do you ever tell a lie?
Questioner: I do.
Dadashri: What harm is done by lying?
Questioner: It does cause harm.
Dadashri: People will lose faith in you; they will not trust
you.
Questioner: We tell lies thinking the other person will not
catch on.
Dadashri: Yes, but they will lose their trust in you and
you lose your qualities as a human being.
Have you ever stolen anything?
Questioner: No, I have not.
Dadashri: Haven’t you? Do you not like stealing?
Questioner: I do, but I am scared.
That Which Lights Has to Be Put Out
Dadashri: Why do you put food in the stomach?
Questioner: To satisfy the hunger.
Dadashri: When you are hungry, do you have a burning
sensation or a pacified one?
Questioner: One is bound to feel hunger pangs, surely?
Dadashri: Does it not die down?
Questioner: No, only after eating does it die down.
Dadashri: Then hunger can be considered a ‘fire’, can it
not? What do you eat when there is ‘fire’ in the stomach? Petrol
is the fuel for the car and clarified butter and oil is fuel for the
stomach. Does just hunger arise (‘becomes alight’) within your