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deceit-greed on your own, they will not go away. On the contrary, two more will sneak in. Therefore, if you go to the One whose own weaknesses have gone away, the Gnani Purush, then you will find the solution. There is no solution for the worldly life. The whole world keeps on wandering; it is caught up in the cycle of birth and death because one has yet to meet a person who has swam across the ocean of worldly life and can help others swim across it too. You have decided you want to swim to the other shore, have you not? A Life without Conflict is the Path to Moksha
Dadashri: Now what do those weaknesses of angerpride-illusion-greed and attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh) do? What role do they play?
[24] The Weakness of Anger Questioner: Should one suppress the anger that arises or let it out?
Dadashri: Anger is not something that can be suppressed even if one wants to. You can suppress it today, then tomorrow, but what happens if you suppress a spring too much? One day, it will recoil. For now, it is fine to suppress anger temporarily but in the long run, it is harmful. Lord Mahavir has said to thoughtfully analyze the anger. Mind you, it may take you many lifetimes to think it through. One becomes angry even before he has time to think about it. You can prevent anger only when you have the awareness of your real Self. Such awareness arises only after 'we' give you this Gnan. Then anger-pride-deceit-greed will come within a boundary. Awareness (jagruti) arises. Before becoming angry, the awareness arises and shows you 'who is at fault' and 'what is the reality.' You will understand all this and so you will not become angry, will you?
Getting angry is tantamount to banging your head on a wall. There is no difference between the two. These anger, pride, deceit and greed are all considered weaknesses. The supreme Soul (parmatma) manifests when these weaknesses go away. These are veils of ignorance in the form of anger-pride-deceitgreed. There are many prejudices. If you believe a person to be a certain way, then you will see him that way all the time. One is never the same forever. There is a change occurring every second. The whole world is constantly changing.
If you try to get rid of these weaknesses of anger-pride
Questioner: They create give-and-take. Anger without ego base and violent intent (gusso) occurs, and then the awareness
jagruti) comes that he (the relative-self) has done something wrong. Then, is it necessary to do pratikraman for it?
Dadashri: If the other person feels hurt because of your gusso or if it causes him harm in any way, then tell 'Chandulal," "Hey, Chandulal, do pratikraman. Ask for forgiveness.'
If the other person is egoistic, and if you ask for his forgiveness by bowing before him, he will tap you on the head and tell you, 'Now you have finally come around!' The heck with such 'big' men! You should cut down your interactions (vyavahar) with such people. But you must forgive his mistake (guno). Regardless of whatever intent (bhaav), good or bad, he has come to you with, you have to decide in advance how you deal with him. You should not bother with the other person if he has an awkward and difficult relative-self (prakruti).
If you have seen someone stealing for the last ten years, if his prakruti is that of stealing, just because he comes and bows down to you and asks for forgiveness, do you have to
