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young son to call me when the collector came to his house. I
went to his house and sat outside listening to the collector. He
was calling the man all kinds of names. I then entered the home
and asked the collector if he was the collector and he replied
that he was. I told him that he and the other man had a contract
between them; the man was going to return the money and he
was going to accept it, but the abuse he was hurling at the man
was not part of the contract. It was an extra item. This extra
item had a price. I told him that he would be charged forty
rupees for every abusive sentence he uttered. The contract did
not include the provision for abuse, and he was breaking the
contract. When we say it like this, they will be sure to behave
and not become abusive. I say things with such intensity that the
other person will stop swearing and cursing and straighten up.
This is for his benefit.
If a person does not return the two hundred and fifty
dollars you had given him, and that money is gone, whose fault
is it? The fault is yours. The fault is of the sufferer! You will be
able to practice true religion through this knowledge, and you
will stop blaming others, and your kashayas (anger, pride,
attachment and greed) will come to an end. That is why the
sentence ‘Fault is of the sufferer’, is capable of liberating you
completely. This sentence has come forth exactly.
Questioner : Before this Gnan manifested within you,
you must have been prepared and ready.
Dadashri : Nothing of the sort! I did not know anything
and that is why I failed my metric examination. One thing I did
notice was that my strength of character was very high but even
then I committed dishonest acts. I used to go with other boys
to eat berries, which grew in people’s farms. Is that not stealing