Spirituality in Speech

SR No.: 007559
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation
Publication Year: 2006
Total Pages: 45
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 252 KB

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Spirituality in Speech
Spirituality in Speech
world; in fact it is very destructive. You do not take note when someone praises you, similarly you should not take note when someone insults you or swears at you. Why get into this destructive hassle? Let the other person take mental notes if he wants to. You should not do that.
If your daughter-in-law's friend has come to visit her and the two are talking. Your daughter-in-law thinks you are in another room and cannot hear her and she tells her friend, 'My father-in-law is mentally slow and lacks intelligence,' and you happen to overhear her comment. Once you hear this, it will plague you. How should you handle this? You should realize that if you were away in another room, you would not have heard this conversation and therefore it would not have bothered you. It was the mistake of coming too close that now plagues you. You should now destroy that mistake by accepting that you were in that room and pretend that you did not hear her.
If, when your son grows up and challenges your authority, you should consider him to be your thermometer (gauge). A thermometer is needed to see the degree to which you have attained parenthood. Where else can you find a thermometer that measures this?
that you now have to do pratikraman. Pratikraman would not be necessary if you had not believed them to be yours. Attachment and abhorrence start from the moment you believe the relative to be real and pratikraman liberates you from that. Your liberation will only come through aalochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan (confession of wrongdoing, apology and repentance) as taught by Dada.
I lost my temper with a man one day and I started telling him off in the middle of the street. A gentleman around me cautioned me and told me it was not appropriate for me to get into an argument in the middle of the bazaar. So I calmed down and thought about what I was doing. I explained to him that I was getting angry at the man because he was saying all kinds of things. He told me that it was not right for me to scold that man even if he was talking negatively. He went on further to explain, and told me, 'What is the point in kicking the toilet door just because the toilet smells bad? It is the nature of the toilet to smell bad. Who will be the loser in such a situation?' At that time I did not have Gnan and what I was told has been very enlightening to me because I realized my mistake. I have not repeated this mistake. How can a toilet ever smell good?
11. Grave Dangers Of Poking Fun Questioner : When does one attain efficacy and power of speech (vachanbud)?
Dadashri : The power of speech arises when one does not use a single word to make fun of others, does not use it for his own selfish gain, does not misuse his speech, and does not use it to increase his prestige.
Questioner : I can understand the reason for not using speech for personal gain and validation of prestige, but why is it wrong when it is used to poke fun at others?
Dadashri : It is very wrong to make fun of others. It is
If your son hits you and you do not experience any kashaya (anger, greed, deceit and pride), realize that you are on your way to liberation. Understand that he is the thermometer to measure your kashaya. Where else would you find such a thermometer?
This world is a theater and you have to perform your role in the drama. In the drama would it work if you make your child and wife in the play, your real child and wife? Just as it is acceptable in the play for you to say, 'This is my eldest son; may he live to be a hundred years old' but you say this in a make-believe and superficial manner, without any attachment. It is because you have believed your children to be truly yours