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owes the money to Nagindas tells him, ‘I have told Chandubhai
and he has sent you the money.’ That is when I feel, ‘I have
never had this discussion with Rameshbhai. He has not called
me, and he is lying in this manner!’ How should I act when this
happens to me?
Dadashri: Yes, a person will tell lies, but why did he say
such things? Why did he tell you a lie and not anyone else?
Therefore, you must be guilty; you must have made a mistake
sometime in the past life. The fruition of our karma is verily the
mistake.
Questioner: But how should I behave here?
Dadashri: This world exists on attachment-abhorrence
(raag-dwesh). The main cause of all this is raag-dwesh. Why
do raag-dwesh occur? They occur because one interferes
(dakhal) with others. Even if he steals from your home, if you
believe that he is a thief then your raag-dwesh will arise. This
is because you believe that he is a thief, and that is worldly
knowledge. Real knowledge (alaukik) is not like that. Real
knowledge says just one thing and that is, ‘It is fruition of your
own karma.’ He took the money due to the fruition of his karma,
and the fruition of your karma came together with his. In all that,
why are you binding the opinion that he is a thief?
If there is a rabid dog running loose, ‘we’ tell you to be
careful and you should immediately close your doors. But if you
go around saying this dog has rabies, then you are considered
to have formed an opinion.
Questioner: You know, Dada, instead of closing the door
because the dog may get into the house, I am likely to react so
angrily that I will bang the door and hurt the dog!
Dadashri: This is all worldly (laukik) knowledge. Lord
Mahavir’s real (alaukik) knowledge says, ‘Do not blame anyone.
Do not form opinions about anyone. Do not have any kind of