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Dadashri : Then stop dating altogether. Get married. After
all, we are humans, not uncivilized!
After marriage you should live sincerely with each other. If
you want to live sincerely, then you should not be involved with
any other man from the very beginning. You should be very strict
in this matter. If you want to date someone, do so with the idea in
your mind that you will marry him. Tell your parents that you have
decided to marry him and no one else. An insincere life is a wild
life.
(P.532)
Would you tolerate it if a person had a bad reputation and
had many addictions?
Questioner : Absolutely not.
Dadashri : And what if his character was good but he had
an addiction?
Questioner : I would only tolerate it if that addiction were
for cigarettes, nothing else.
Dadashri : You are right. Smoking is tolerable. Alcohol is
not to be tolerated. You have said well. Good character is very
important. Do you believe that?
Questioner : Of course! How can one live without it?
Dadashri : Yes, if Indian girls and women understood just
this much, a lot would be accomplished. To understand the
importance of character is enough.
Questioner : Our noble thinking has developed as a result
of reading good literature.
Dadashri : Very good. I am pleased.
(P. 536)
Deception and insincerity is rampant everywhere. You do