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accommodate your friend’s prakruti? In the same way you have
to look at their prakruti and understand them and deal with them
accordingly. Then you will not have any conflicts in the home, but
parents nowadays go to extreme to make their children just like
themselves.
(P.243)
The entire world is in search of knowledge that deals with
worldly interactions. This is not a religion, but a way that shows
you the art of living in this world. It shows you how to adjust with
your wife, your children and everyone else.
These words are such that they bring about a solution to
domestic conflicts and bring harmony into people’s lives. People
search for words that take away their pain, comfort them and
help them in their lives. No one has ever shown them such simple
and applicable solutions.
(P. 247)
SUFFERING DUE TO SUSPICIONS
I had cautioned a man once about his daughter. I told him
that the present time is such that living in today’s environment has
negative effects on people and that his daughter was no exception.
He understood what I told him, so when his daughter eloped with
someone, he remembered me. He came to see me and told me
that whatever I had told him turned out to be true and that had I
not explained things to him, he would have killed himself over the
matter. This is what the world is like. It is haphazard and people
should accept that whatever happens is justice. Is a person to
take his or her own life over such matters? No, that would be
foolish. People merely hide behind their façades and claim to be
noble.
(P.249)
A relative of mine had four daughters who were going to
college. He was well informed about everything and expressed
his concern about his daughters. He told me that since his daughters