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Hard raudradhyan Another aspect of dhyan is hard raudradhyan which has also increased in the current time cycle. Hard raudradhyan means to take advantage of people with lesser intelligence using one's higher intelligence. People take advantage of other people and hurt them through their intellect; they 'suck the blood' out of people leaving them with only skin and bones' and yet they claim to be ahimsak (practicing non-violence towards other living beings). They claim 'Ahimsa is the highest religion.' These sheths have made such arrangements that they sit comfortably on their soft cushions all day while their farmers toil day and night. The cream of the crop comes to the sheth's home while the workers have barely enough to eat with whatever is left. The sheths use their higher intellect to take advantage of those with lesser intellect; they kill their workers slowly and gradually, and that is hard raudradhyan. Instead it would be better if they were to kill their workers by cutting them in two, at least that way if they see blood, they would come to their senses! 'What have I done?' that would be raudradhyan not hard raudradhyan. But in hard raudradhyan, the mind never falters, instead it becomes worse. In hard raudradhyan the sheths suck the blood of their workers without shedding a drop. Now how can anyone tackle something like this? There is absolutely no end to this. The consequences of hard raudradhyan are very grave indeed not even the seventh hell is befitting for such hard raudradhyan. So, is it not important to understand hard raudradhyan and updhyan in great details? What do you think? Or do you think it is not necessary to understand?
Questioner: One will have to understand, Dada.
Dadashri : The current time cycle is that of the dusham kaal (aka Kaliyug - an era of destruction), 2500 years after Lord Mahavir. So everyone has made mistakes. All ascetics and alike have erred too. With the exception of just a few, all ascetics continue to do artadhyan, raudradhyan and updhyan
whole daylong. If you ask them why they became ascetics, they will say in order to get rid of their artadhyan and raudradhyan. They will tell you it is better to become an ascetic than to live at home. Rather than face quarrels and conflicts at home or conflicts over money, or worries about getting married and making a living, they prefer the life of an ascetic. They believe that by getting rid of such problems, they also rid themselves of artadhyan and raudradhyan. But today the ascetics have more artadhyan and raudradhyan than do married people. Everyone wants to abide by the Lords' agna. Everyone has the earnest desire to remain within the Lords' agna, but what can they do if they cannot find the right path?
Dhyans that were never present during the time of the Lord have arisen in the present time cycle.
Here, you will find solution for everything. Since the departure of Lord Mahavir, the 'furnace' of the worldly life has continued to burn for 2500 years. Now the 2500 years have come to an end and so has the 'furnace. A new era is starting now and everything else is starting anew.
Cause of the worldly life Artadhyan and raudradhyan are the cause of the worldly life and that verily is that which perpetuates life after life, the origin of worldly life (adhikaran kriya). You would not have to wander in the worldly life if there was only dharmadhyan and with dharmadhyan you may someday even attain shukladhyan. With artadhyan and raudradhyan one will create difficulties for others (kadhapo) and inner turmoil and restlessness (ajampo) the whole daylong. Quarrel is raudradhyan and restlessness is artadhyan. However, if others can see or sense your restlessness then it becomes raudradhyan.
What is raudradhyan? Do you recognize artadhyan and raudradhyan?
