Non Violence

SR No.: 007551
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation
Publication Year: 2004
Total Pages: 61
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 53 KB

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must remain that of non-violence. You should not have an opinion to kill.
Questioner: The inner intent is to prevent disease. If the water in the tank remains contaminated, the people who drink it will become ill.
Dadashri : Yes, but nevertheless, the wrongful deeds continue. If you take into account such wrongful deeds, then such deeds are constantly taking place in the world.
You have to take care of yourself and not worry about anyone else. Each individual must look after himself. Every living being has brought with him, his life and time of death. That is why the Lord has said that no one can kill anyone. This statement however, cannot be declared publicly otherwise people may abuse it.
Who do you suppose will clean the contaminated watertank in the household of ten people? It will be the person with the ego. He will say that he will clean out the tank because he is the right person for the job. All the liability without doubt will fall on that person - the one who takes on the doer ship.
Questioner: But he is doing it out of compassion.
Dadashri : Whatever it may be, he still commits a sin for which he will have to repay in the next life.
Questioner: Then what should one do? Drink the contaminated water?
Dadashri: You cannot alter the circumstances. The person with the ego will not refrain from taking on the doer ship of cleaning up the tank. You will still continue to get clean water. You will always find someone with ego that will clean the water
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for you. Yes indeed, everything in this world is at your disposal, but it is your merit karma that falls short. Your obstacles in life will be proportionate to the amount of ego you exercise. When this ego is uprooted and its support is destroyed, the whole world will be yours. You will not lack anything. The ego is your only obstacle.
Violence In Educational Institutions
Questioner: Students of agriculture have to catch and kill butterflies in order to study them. If they do not carry out their assignments, they will be given a failing grade. So what should they do? Is there sin in what they are doing?
Dadashri : Before starting their assignment, they should pray to The Lord for an hour and ask for forgiveness for having to face such a task. They should maintain the intent of nonviolence and keep wishing that they did not have to carry it out. *Dear Lord, I ask for your forgiveness. Let my circumstances be free of all violence'.
Questioner: It is really the instructors that give such assignments, so should they not be held liable for the sin?
Dadashri: Yes the binding of karma gets distributed sixty-forty percent. Sixty percent of the liability goes to the instructor who instigates the deed and forty percent goes to the students, who carry out the deed.
Questioner: Is everything not under the control of vyavasthit? These people are merely the instruments (nimit), so why do they end up binding demerit karma?
Dadashri : Such violence should not unfold in your life, but it still does. This is the result of past demerit karma. Would