Aptavani-6
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Settling a File with Equanimity
Questioner: What is our duty, role (dharma) as human
beings?
Dadashri: Our dharma is to see how our mind, speech
and body can help people of the world. Run errands for others;
give others right understanding through your words, hurt no one
through mistakes; that is dharma. Do not hurt any living beings
(jiva). Take a vow to abstain from hurting all living beings; if this
is not possible, then take a vow to abstain from hurting human
beings. And if you have taken a vow to abstain from hurting
human beings, then take a vow, ‘Let no living being be hurt
through my mind, speech and body.’ This is all the dharma you
have to understand.
Otherwise, when one gets married, the mother-in-law gives
pain and misery (dukh) to the daughter-in-law and vice versa.
Thus they bind karma for a life in hell. If a woman is to become
a mother-in-law, she must first understand that she should get
her son married only if she is willing to lose her son, only if she
is willing to let go of him.
Has your ‘wishing well’ given results? Have your
expectations been fulfilled?
Questioner: After taking your Gnan, we feel that we too
should flow away just like the holy River Ganges.
Dadashri: Yes, You should flow without affecting (asar)
or hurting anyone. It is not possible to hurt anyone and attain the
ultimate liberation (moksha). If you hurt anyone, he will throw