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will I live?’ and will mourn the dead. They will perform their worldly role very convincingly. They will even dab a little water on their eyes to show tears. Even an ordinary person would be discrete and not say things that would offend those who are around. For that matter even a person’ s worst enemy would maintain solemnity and respect. The Gnani never mourns, but he will play out his worldly role with sincerity.‘ The world is a drama itself.’ All you have to do is play the role. Perform this role with sincerity.
Does The Soul Wander For thirteen Days?
Questioner: It has been said that after death there is a rest house for thirteen days, where the soul rests. Is it true?
Dadashri: The Brahmins( Hindu priests) devised these thirteen days and the rest house. What do the dead have to do with it? The Brahmins call it a rest house. They say that the departed soul, sits on the rooftop of the house, the size of a thumb, and observes everything. What foolishness! What will it be observing? And people even believe this and so they do not perform the ritual ceremony of saravani till the thirteenth day after a person’ s death.( In the ritual of saravani – the family members buy a new bed on which they put new blankets, bed sheets, items of clothing, shoes, an umbrella, food etc., as an offering for the departed for his journey to the next life).
Questioner: It has been written in Garuda Purana( one of the 18 books in Hindu mythology) that the soul is only the size of a thumb.
Dadashri: Yes that is why it is called Garuda Purana! It is a long fabricated old story, which says the soul is the size of a thumb. It is no wonder that people make no progress! They never move ahead. In their rituals, the aim was scientific, but their