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The Essence of All Religion
single reckless word about others. If you must say something,
say something nice. Praise people but do not disgrace them.
So do not slander anyone. It is fine if you cannot praise
them, but do not slander them. What do you gain from this?
There is tremendous loss in it for you. The greatest loss in this
world is through slander. Therefore there should be no reason
to slander anyone.
Here there is no such thing as slander. We are merely
having a discussion about what is right and wrong! God has
said that one should know wrong from right and that he should
not have the slightest aversion to that which one knows is wrong
and the slightest of attachment to that which he knows is good.
If one does not see wrong as being wrong, then he will not see
good as being good. One needs to understand this exactly from
the Gnani.
AVOID DISLIKE AND CONTEMPT
Questioner : “Hae Dada Bhagwan! Mane koi pan deh-
dhari jivatma pratye, kinchit matra pan abhaav, tiraskar, kyaareya
pan na karaaya, na karavaaya, ke karta pratye na anomodai evi
param shakti aapo”.
“Dearest Dada Bhagwan! Give me the infinite inner strength
not to, nor cause or encourage anyone to dislike or hate any
living being, even to the slightest extent.”
Dadashri : Yes, that is true. When you are sitting in your
office and someone walks in, you may feel abhaav (a sense of
dislike) or tiraskaar (contempt) for that person. Later you should
think about it and feel regret that it should not be this way.
One can never be free as long as he has any kind of
contempt. Contempt towards anyone results in that person
harboring revenge towards you. Even if you have tiraskaar