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mamata go with? It goes with‘ Chandulal’. It did not come with You, so Your problem is solved.
This is a museum. It is like a hotel so we drink tea and so do others. But what do other people do in the museum? They give all kinds of opinions‘ This tea is very good, the other one was not. This tea is strong, the other was weak.’ We( the Gnani and His mahatmas) on the other hand, do not do this. We deal with whatever comes our way, with equanimity.
Mamata( my-ness) such as the one in a drama
The Lord has not forbidden one to keep mamata; you can have mamata but it should be like the one played out in a drama; it should be perfunctory. Just like the mamata an actor would show in a play. Do actors in a play not show mamata( attachment or my-ness)? In the play, King Bhartruhari will come and then Queen Pingda will come. King Bhartruhari will cry, but it is all a drama( for the sake of the play). So there is no bondage or liability from that mamata. Similarly; you should carry out your part of‘ acting’; eat, drink and enjoy yourself but do it dramatically.‘ We’ too do the‘ drama’, do‘ we’ not?
Questioner: Can you find anyone with‘ dramatic mamata’ in this day and age?
Dadashri: There cannot be any dramatic mamata. But I do the drama. How I inquire about Hiraba’ s( Dadashri’ s wife) welfare! Once a fortnight she would tell my nephew,‘ Please ask Dada to come and have dinner today.’ And so‘ we’ have to go,‘ we’ have to make the time, no matter how busy‘ we’ are and go there for dinner.‘ We’ have to please her.‘ We’ would lose whatever little respect there was, if she were to get upset. But‘ we’ make sure she never gets upset. So‘ we’ go to Hiraba’ s home for dinner. If Hiraba tells‘ us’‘ Come tomorrow’, then‘ we’ would go again. Everyone will also comment,‘ Dada