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The Science of Karma
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Questioner: Yes, they do.
Dadashri: They burn in the mouth. That is exactly how
it all is. It is the pudgal (the body complex) that pushes you
around, not the pure Self. The pure Self is simply aware that it
is the body that is doing it. It is not the chilies that make us
suffer, but that the fault is of the person who eats them, the
sufferer. The peppers themselves are in their own natural state.
The sufferer is in the unnatural state (“I am Chandulal.”).
Questioner: What should we do if we push or shove
someone and it hurts him?
Dadashri: You must do pratikraman (apology). You
have to keep your clothes clean, don’t you? You cannot keep
them dirty. Ultimately your behavior should be clean as well; it
should be such that it does not hurt anyone, even slightly. If
someone gets hurt and you do pratikraman, you will progress
towards liberation.
Can Anyone Take On Another’s Misery?
Questioner: Two years ago a renowned saint was in a
hospital suffering a terrible sickness. I asked him why all this
was happening to him and he told me that it was because he
had taken upon himself the miseries of many people. Can anybody
do such a thing?
Dadashri: No one can take someone else’s misery. These
are all excuses for him so that people would continue to worship
him as a saint. It was all a result of his own causes. He was
simply trying to promote himself. How can anyone who does
not even have the strength to evacuate his bowels at will, take
on someone else’s misery?
Questioner: Even I don’t believe that. Miseries cannot
be taken away.
Dadashri: Of course not! He is simply making fools out
of people, so that he would be worshipped. It is impossible for