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or have you kept it? Have you kept it? You are saying ‘yes’. If
you say ‘no’ would obstinacy not leave?
Questioner: It will leave when we say ‘yes’.
Dadashri: Is that so? Would it not leave if you say ‘no’?
Questioner: No, it will become stronger if one says ‘no’.
Dadashri: Do people not say ‘no’? They say, ‘I do not
have any obstinacy in me.’
Obstinacy: Common and Uncommon
Who does not have the experience of obstinacy? The
greater the buddhi (intellect), the greater is one’s obstinacy.
Those who have wisdom (samaj - right understanding) are less
obstinate. Those with heavy veils over spirituality are very
obstinate. They will not let go of their obstinacy. Now what do
you call such obstinacy? What is the difference between their
obstinacy and that of an average person? What is the difference
between common and uncommon obstinacy? Uncommon
obstinacy is unshakeable (gaaddha) obstinacy. Such obstinacy
cannot be rid of, just like this state of gaaddha samkit
(gaaddha - unshakeable. Samkit - right belief and right vision
of ‘I am pure Soul’), which can never leave; neither can the state
of gaaddha mithyatva i.e. unshakable deeply entrenched
wrong belief of ‘I am Chandulal’ ever leave. No matter how
much you make a person understand, he will not let go of his
position. Such is the uncommon obstinacy; it will not leave its
position.
Obstinacy in men and women
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