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Death
Who Are They Crying For?
Questioner: Despite having the knowledge of
reincarnation, why do people cry when someone in the family
passes away?
Dadashri: They cry for their own selfish reasons. The
closest relatives cry genuinely, but the rest cry because they
remember their own dead relatives. That is a wonder in itself!
These people bring the past into the present. These Indian people
are amazing! They know how to bring the past into the present.
By such intense grieving one will create karma that lead too
much wandering in future lives.
Let Not the Matter to be Contained in the Mind Leak Out
Questioner: When Narsinh Mehta (a poet devotee of
Lord Krishna) was given the news of his wife’s death what did
he mean when he said, “A beneficial event has occurred, the
shackles of marital life have been broken:
I can now devote all my time to the Lord in peace.”
Dadashri: That statement was made on impulse. One
should keep such profound awareness within the mind and not
express it. It must not leak out in words. People, who openly say
things, which are best kept within, are called whimsical or
impulsive.
Discretion Of The Gnani
Gnanis are not whimsical or impulsive; they are very wise.
From within they may feel the same sense of relief as did Narsinh
Mehta, but outwardly they will say that a terrible event has
happened. They may even say, ‘I am lost, what will I do? How