Life Without Conflict Life Without Conflict | Page 12

Every morning you should pray sincerely and repeat five
times, “I do not want to hurt any living being in the slightest
extent, with this mind, speech, or body,” Despite doing this, if
you happen to hurt anyone, then you should sincerely repent
and take a vow that you will not hurt anyone again. By doing
this, you will wash away your bad deeds and your life will
become peaceful.
The bickering and quarrelling between parents and
children can only be resolved through understanding. It is
primarily the parents who must understand. Excessive attachment
will result in a lot of friction and suffering, creating more
problems for both the parties involved. You have to fulfill all of
your worldly obligations, but by no means are you to
perpetuate the cycle of attachment. Dadashri has shed light over
parent-children interactions and given us tremendous
understanding and insight into this topic. This in turn has
improved tremendously the quality of the family life .
Despite the love that exists between husbands and wives,
inner conflicts and overt quarrels occur between the two. They
are so trapped by their need for security in each other that
despite their internal conflicts and quarrels that they continue to
live as husband and wife. Through a very informal and jovial
approach, Dadashri gives us ways by which husband and wife
can attain ideal interactions with each other.
Dadashri also gives us the keys to prevent conflicts
between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, master and servant,
a business owner and his customers, and between business
partners.
Many aspirants who seek true knowledge do not attain
it because they give importance only to the soul, and disregard
their worldly life. This one-sided approach renders their
knowledge infertile. Real Gnanis, like Dadashri have traversed
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