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pamper them and take them to moksha. What compassion you
must have at the time!
Dadashri: They all look like children. It is exactly like
when a child is upset and non-communicative (risavu) but I
have to pamper them and make them progress.
Questioner: I have even seen you asking them for
forgiveness as you pamper them.
Dadashri: I have to take them to moksha so do I not
have to proceed with vigilance? What do they stand to lose?
There was a man who said, ‘Dadaji, here is your Gnan and here
are your books. I am giving them back to you.’ I told him, ‘Yes,
you did a good thing. I am obliged to you.’ He could have
thrown the books away. Should I not appreciate the fact that he
came to our home to return the books? Is that not a virtuous
quality? ‘I am giving you back your Gnan!’ he said. Only I
would take it back calmly!
Questioner: With calm, and that too with a sense of
obligation!
Dadashri: Yes, He is a wise man because he did not
throw them away. He did a good thing.
Questioner: It is because you are a Gnani Purush that
the other person’s obstinacy leaves.
Dadashri: It goes away quickly. Otherwise, it leaves after
he takes a lot of beating and through bitter realization. As one
suffers bitter experiences, he learns from them and the obstinacy
begins to leave. Otherwise, it takes many, many lifetimes.
It should not be so
Questioner: For the mahatmas who have taken Gnan,
what hinders them more; their obstinacy (aadayee) or their
insurmountable inner obstacle (atkan)?
Dadashri: Insurmountable inner obstacle (atkan)! The