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The Essence of All Religion
is wrong. The one who is at 360 degrees sees everyone as
correct at their own degrees.
So we cannot say that Islam is wrong. Every religion is
correct. We cannot tell anyone that his religion is wrong. How
can we tell someone who eats meat that he is wrong? He will
say that his religion allows eating meat. Therefore we cannot
negate it. That is his belief and his conviction. We cannot hurt
anyone’s belief. However, if our own people eat meat, we should
tell them gently that it is not good. We cannot object if they still
want to continue doing it. We should explain to them that this
is not going to help them.
Syaadvaad means not hurting the foundation of any
religion. Whatever portion is true, can be called true and whatever
portion is false, can be called false. That is what is meant by not
hurting the foundation. One should not hurt the foundation of
Christianity or Islam or any religion, because they are all contained
within 360 degrees. The Real is at the center and all these
others are relative views. For the one who at the center, all the
relative views are correct.
This is the syaadvaad path. Every religion has to be
accepted. We have to accept slaps from the other person
because no one is at fault. If you see fault in someone, it is your
own fault. Our intellect makes us see faults in others.
AVARNAVAAD, APARAADH, AVINAY
(Criticize, offend, insult)
Questioner : Can you explain the exact meaning of the
word ‘avarnavaad’ in, “Hae Dada Bhagwan! Mane koi pan
dehdhari, oopdeshak, sadhu, sadhvi, acharya no,
avarnavaad, aparaadh, avinay na karvaani param shakti
aapo.”
“Dearest Dada Bhagwan! Give me the infinite inner strength