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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Ahimsa
Ahimsa
Questioner : Then do you advise eating such vegetables?
awareness is especially needed after you acquire The Lord's path and if your awareness becomes dull, how will you achieve liberation?
Dadashri : The Lord has forbidden it, and this should remain in your belief. However, if you still end up eating them, then it is as a result of your past karmas. In spite of this, it should not affect your belief about what The Lord says.
Whatever The Lord has said is true. If you cannot abide by his teachings, do not worry, but simply do your best. It is good if you are able to follow The Lord's teachings.
Kashaya: The Ultimate Violence
Questioner : Why is it forbidden?
Dadashri : The root crops prevent the brain from becoming alert.
Questioner : Is it not because of the violence against the one-sensory life forms?
Dadashri: People think that it is for the sake of protecting the life forms within the roots, and that is why root crops are forbidden, but if you like potatoes, do not become overly concerned about this. Nowadays people do not like the taste of other foods allowed. What would happen if they were to stop eating even potatoes?
People have completely botched up everything. On the one hand they obsess about observing Ahimsa towards life forms in the root crops and yet at the same time they do kashavas. This is tantamount to making a profit of three rupees on the one hand and a loss of ten million rupees on the other! People remain adamant about trivial issues and yet commit endless violence through their kashayas. Kashayas are the greatest of all violence in the world. There is more sin involved in kashayas than in killing a life form.
Understand This...
Questioner : But they say that there is sin in eating potatoes
Dadashri : You bind sin whenever you hurt any life form, whether it is your husband, wife, child or neighbor. But by eating potatoes your mind and intellect become dull. The reason for this is that there are infinite subtle life forms in root vegetables. In fact root crops are nothing but a storehouse of life forms, which is why when root crops are eaten, there is violence against these life forms, and as a result dullness and laziness sets in. This lack of awareness results in an increase in one's kashayas (anger, false pride, greed and illusion). It is better if you do not eat these vegetables because they dull your awareness. That
Whatever The Lord has said is intended for your understanding and not to be taken dogmatically. Do the best you can. The Lord does not tell you to go beyond your limits.
The Gnanis, the Enlightened Ones do not tell you to be rigid in practicing your beliefs. Only the ignorant people will tell you to be uncompromising. The Gnani will tell you to look objectively from the perspective of overall profit and loss. If eating onions has a benefit of twenty-five percent and a loss of five percent for the subtle violence, there is a net gain of twenty percent. This is how the Gnanis assess the situation, whereas nowadays people have ignored this notion and have become