Aptavani-6
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Only Gnan Can End Suspicion
Questioner: There are many people who are such that
opinions like, ‘He is a good man, he is useless, he is cunning and
greedy, and he is here to cheat and take my money away,’
abound for them.
Dadashri: Opinions that become bound are verily the
bondage. If a person had taken some money from ‘our’ pocket
yesterday, and if he comes here again today, ‘we’ will not have
an opinion or suspicion about him as being a thief. This is because
yesterday the fruition of his karma was like that and who knows
what the fruition of his karma will be like today?
Questioner: But the saying is that life force (praan) and
the inherent nature (prakruti) go together.
Dadashri: We do not have to look at praan and prakruti;
we have nothing to do with that. That poor man is under the
influence of the fruition of his karma. He is suffering his karma
and we are suffering ours. We have to remain aware.
Questioner: At that time, we may or may not be able to
maintain equanimity.
Dadashri: If you do everything according to what ‘we’
tell you, that everything is karma-dependent, then your work will
be done. That which is ours will go only if it is meant to. Therefore,
there is no reason for you to fear anything.
On a dark night, in the light of an oil lamp in a village,
you see a snake enter the room; will you be able to sleep,
then?
Questioner: No, I would be afraid.
Dadashri: How will others be if you are the only who
knows about it?
Questioner: They will sleep peacefully.