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being destroyed and in its place a new one is taking hold. Otherwise, you would not hear anything about moksha now.
As this movement develops, people will put away their old books and they will eventually become waste paper. They will be needed till the new path is established. Now will come people who will understand the Gita and the Vedas. The development is taking place. The English have been instrumental in this process, they have been instrumental in a very positive movement.
Questioner: Were they instrumental in spreading knowledge?
Dadashri : No, not knowledge. But they brought normality to the abnormality' that had taken over in India. Our people claimed that the English had come to destroy our culture and religion. It is because the English destroyed our culture and religion that normality is being restored in India! Our people used to say, "These English are going to destroy our religion and our culture; they will destroy us completely!" No! On the contrary they lightened the burden. We had reached a peak of 85 degrees of abnormality, with 50 degrees being a normal level. They came and taught and influenced people into drinking alcohol, eating meat and becoming more fashion conscious and materialistic, and in doing so people forgot their evil ways. Their contemptuous attitude was broken as a result. This was one very good thing the British did!
Spiritual revolution in India When the British came to India, they brought with them, their language and its parmanus (subatomic particles). Each language (bhasha) always carries with it, its parmanus. These parmanus with reference to the British were punctuality, order, discipline etc. So all these traits started everything afresh. The Indians had become extremely selfish; they were only concerned about their own. If someone else's home were on fire, they
would continue to sleep without fretting. Frauds and deceivers! They had become contemptuous and useless in all aspects.
The Brahmins used to say, "We, the Brahmins are the face of God. The Kshatriyas are the chest, and the Vaishyas and Shudras represent the lower parts." They completely abused their powers. The power that was meant to be used properly and righteously was completely misused. 'We are the voice of God; therefore you cannot take objection to whatever we say.' They used their power of veto and because of this, they have had to suffer terribly. Whatever misfortune they are doomed to face will be but at the moment they don't even have slippers to wear. They have lost all credibility with people and people no longer regard them as being worthy. They have lost their slippers (bare minimum; have become poor) and their reputation. Just look at their current pathetic predicament and it is all because of their depraved conduct.
People suffer and take a beating because of gluttonous greed (lalacha). Why should a human being be gluttonous? Gluttony brings such degradation and wretchedness to man that it will cause him to lose his birth right as a human.
If a girl was born, they would kill the baby the instant she was born. Amongst Rajputs and other classes where there is a tradition of paying a dowry to the groom, the female infants were murdered. They were all illiterate, the women as well as the men yet they believed themselves to be everything. They have done tremendous injustice to others!
If a cat happens to stick her mouth in their milk pot, they will make do but why can't they make do here also, and let the little baby girl live?
The head (thakor) of the village would exercise such power that his relatives and his descendants were forbidden to come through their town riding a horse. They were made to dismount the horse and walk. Would he lose anything if he were
