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and in doing so, your mind will change. Otherwise, the mind will not change.
Many people have speech which is completely ruined; that too is because of opinions (abhipraay). The speech will come out harsh and tantili (associated with a link of dwesh kashay). He speaks with such tantili speech that even the other person will add fuel to the fire and will not let go.
This cause of the karmic stock is a consequence of having done everything according to others (loksangnya), for infinite past lives. And, therefore, the whole problem lies with having filled this stock of opinions. There is no problem with the opinions you have not kept. Do Penance without Paying a Commission
You have to do penance (tapa) but only the penance that presents itself to you naturally. You don't have to go looking for it. People with great merit karma (punyashadis) will receive everything just sitting at home. Sometimes, when you are traveling in the train and someone comes to you and fights with you, realize that it is penance (tapa) that has come to you, on its own. You have to say, 'Great! It came looking for me,' so then 'do that penance. Lord Mahavir only did the penance that came directly to Him. He did not do any other penance. The penance that comes directly in front of you, you must not push aside.
then it is not considered penance (tapa). When the other person learns about your problems, he will sympathize with you and thus take away part of your penance. You have to do the penance. What good is it when someone else takes away part of your profit as a commission? Just by listening to your complaints, he shares in your profit. Who would want to give up his profit by accepting sympathy from others?
On the way back to Baroda from Bombay, the moment 'we' sat in the car 'we' told Ambalal Patel (Dadashri's worldly name), 'You will have to sit in the same place for seven hours. Penance has come to you.' While 'we are talking to you, 'we' also have our own inner conversation with our relative-self. We tell him, "Today, penance has come directly in front of you, so do not say a word.' People try to console or comfort 'us' with, *Dada, are you comfortable or not?' so I tell them, 'I am very comfortable.' But I will not give anyone any commission because I go through the penance completely. That is considered doing penance. Premature Fruition of Karmas - Udirana
Questioner: Is this udirana not considered penance?
Dadashri: Udirana (energy that makes possible the premature fruition of karmas) is considered a spiritual effort (purusharth). But it is a purusharth after one becomes the Self (purush). Actually, it falls into parakram (extraordinary spiritual effort). Anyone below the seventh spiritual level (gunasthanak) of the attributes of the pure Self cannot do that. Now that you have attained this Gnan, You can do' all the udirana. If some karmas are due to unfold after twenty years, then You can destroy them today.
Questioner: But how does one know that a particular karma is due to unfold after twenty years?
Dadashri: Why not? Once that tuber (gaanth) dissolves,
But, instead, what people do is they invite penance by deciding to fast for three days and yet they push aside the penance which comes in front of them naturally. One will say, "How can I do samayik (introspection process when one remains the Self and sees the non-Self evidences) when my leg hurts? My leg hurts so much... it feels like this or like that.' He will even curse his leg. He will want to tell everyone around him about the pain in his leg. Whenever you tell others about your problems,
