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be ten years old but she has foresight. Therefore women have greater foresight, home administration skill etc.
Lack of practical understanding
I asked one lady,‘ Why do you not get along with your husband?’ She told me,‘ He is so smart and intelligent; you cannot even begin to talk about it.’ I said to her,‘ It is good for you if your husband is smart.’ She then says,‘ But he is not practical.’ So what she is saying is that he does not have commonsense and so he fights over the most trivial things. Then she tells me,‘ What should I do, he does not have any commonsense?’ I told her,‘ I understand everything; you don’ t have to say any more.’ How can one have reconciliation here! Should a person not have at least some commonsense for worldly interaction? Should a person not be practical?
So what do I tell the women? I tell them,‘ Listen dear. What will become of you if your husband turns out to be someone without practical commonsense? Will you like living a“ nonsense life” with someone like that? Nevertheless, you will not be able to escape your prarabdha( the effect of past karma; one’ s destiny; karma effect), and yet you cannot do as you wish either. Such is this world, so if you get a husband without commonsense, come and tell me immediately and I will‘ repair’ him and give you the keys to have a harmonious life.’ This is how I solved that woman’ s problem.
Your worldly interactions are at their best when your ego is down
A man without commonsense will not have even an hour of harmony with his wife! Problems arise because there is no commonsense. What happens when such a man gets married? Today he will get a wife; they get together at night and separate within an hour. To begin with they do not know how to deal with each other. They do not even know where to begin. Should one not have the art of how to live in harmony?