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should not do that.’ I told him, ‘No, let her act up. Let us have
our tea and you can watch her. It is something to watch. It is
great!’ The woman stopped immediately when I said this and
asked me ‘Are you doing my taipho (exposing me)?’ I told her,
‘You are doing a taipho, so we have to see the taipho, don’t
we? What else can we do?’
Questioner: If we use the word taipho to the one doing
a taipho, then we will get double the beating.
Dadashri: If that is the case then you should not use the
word taipho. You should take it a little slow at first. I too took
things very slowly at first, and then I became increasingly stern.
I tightened the screw as she started to say more unwarranted
things and so she mellowed down later.
People can be saved from a taipho but not from a tragu.
Many people have been destroyed because of tragu. Even
some men do tragu.
Tragu for salvation of the world
A person does tragu when he cannot have his way.
Anything you do to make others do things your way is a tragu.
When one resorts to whatever it takes, including scare tactics to
achieve his will and desired result; is all tragu. Throwing things,
creating a commotion, fighting and beating,