Aptavani-9
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Education and wisdom
What would you do if someone were to insult you? What
‘we’ are saying is where you do not have any authority and the
power (satta) to change anything; you simply have to say ‘I like
it’. What do you have to do when you have no energy (shakti)
or control? If you say ‘I do not like it’, it will gnaw away at you
from within. It will eat away at you all nightlong, do you
understand? Has this ever happened to you?
Questioner: It will bite and bother me the whole
nightlong; it feels like I am being beaten!
Dadashri: Alas! Just look at the way people spend their
days! Education is bhanatar. Reasoning ability, wisdom is
ganatar. Educated people will reduce their upadhi (externally
induced difficulties and pains). If they can, they will completely
get rid of their difficulties (upadhis); they will leave nothing
pending. But if a person is not able to do anything, he becomes
entangled. Educated people who do not have a reasoning power
(ganatar) will get entangled; they have education (bhanatar)
but they do not have the wisdom of reasoning (ganatar).
Reasoning is a different thing. I have not learnt education
(bhanatar) but I did learn very good reasoning (ganatar). I
failed my matriculation grade but I have tremendous reasoning
energy and wisdom (ganatar).
Pratikraman for the attack
Questioner: What should I do when I do not like being
insulted?
Dadashri: No problem with that, but you do not attack
(humlo) the person who insults you, do you?
Questioner: Attacking speech does come out; the attack
is done through words.
Dadashri: But that is not your inner intent (bhaav), is it?
Questioner: Absolutely not! I feel bad after speaking