Non-Violence
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and the negative are recorded. If the positives and negatives
negated each other, you would not come across a single unhappy
person. And if that were the case, no one would seek liberation,
because everyone would be perfectly content here.
The whole world is binding both sin and merit karma. Merit
karma takes place alongside sin. But the Lord has said that one
should do the kind of business where the profits outweigh the
losses.
Special Pratikraman for Farmers
Questioner: In your book we have read the prayer: “Let
no one be hurt in the slightest degree, through the medium of my
mind, speech and body.” But we are farmers. We grow tobacco
and to get a good crop, we have to break off the tips of every
plant. Thousands of plants are cut in this manner. How can we
avoid this kind of sin?
Dadashri: In your mind you should be repenting. That is
all you have to do. As you snap the tender leaves, you should
repent from within as to why such a task has befallen upon you
and why you are engaged in such an occupation. That is all.
Questioner: But will the sin not occur anyway?
Dadashri: That is true. But you do not have to worry about
that. You do not have to worry about the sin that is occurring.
From within you must repent and inquire how you ended up with
such a profession involving violence. Maintain the inner intent of
non-violence and be resolute in that.
Unless you have this understanding you will not be able to
repent. On the contrary, you would happily throw away the cuttings
without a second thought. Do you understand this? If you do your
work the way I tell you, your liability becomes mine. There is no
problem when you throw away the plants, but you should always
repent for it.