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were to acquire a superior over me? When I did not want any
material things, why would I put up with someone who would
boss over me? It may be acceptable to those who desire a
materialistic lifestyle, but I was not for it. I would rather own a
small paan (beetle leaf) shop than be censured under any
circumstances. So I decided to fail my matriculation exams so
that my brother and my father would stop entertaining the idea
of me becoming a collector. That is why I was so lax about my
schooling.
Questioner : So you planned to fail?
Dadashri : Yes, I did. I planned to fail. So I am a person
who failed his matriculation. People ask me about my academic
achievement when I use words and statements like: scientific
circumstantial evidences, or ‘The world is the puzzle itself; there
are two view points… etc.’ People think I must have been at
least a college graduate. I tell them there is not much joy in
divulging my qualifications and when they insist, I would tell
them, ‘I am a metric-fail person!’.
When I failed, my brother told me, ‘You do not know
anything’. I replied, ‘ My brain is not working.’ He asked me,
‘How come before you were learning so well?’ I replied, ‘That
it may be but now my brain does not function.’ So he asked
me, ‘Would you like to join our business?’ I told him I didn’t
know how to work the business but I would do what they told
me to. After a year and half in the business, my brother was
impressed with what I had done. I developed an interest in that
business and learned how to make money.
They wanted me to be a collector but when they realized
that I had gone off on the wrong track, they decided it was
better to get me involved in the family business. Then I knew
that my fortune had turned. My stars, which were unfavorable,
had changed. I learned the business very quickly and at the