Book Title: Aptavani 09
Author(s): Gnani Purush Dadashri
Publisher: Gnani Purush Dadashri

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________________ Where would she take shelter? You should tell her, 'Come. Sit. Go to sleep There is a rule that you have already suffered damage but now just make sure that you do not suffer double the damage. The girl had already done harm by her actions and it will be a disaster if you were to throw her out of the house. When you have incurred a loss of a hundred thousand dollars, would you do something to reduce the loss or increase the loss? Should not there be a solution for the loss you are incurring? So do not incur any more loss. Let her go to sleep and the next day explain to her that she should come home on time and that you when she comes home late, it makes you so anxious that you may get a heart attack. You have to reason with her one way or another. He then realized the consequences of what would happen to her if he were to kick her out. Other people would take advantage of her and that would be the end. If you throw her out at one o'clock in the morning, how helpless would that poor girl become? Should you not think about what the people of this time cycle are like? So do not be suspicious even if your daughter ever comes home late; how much benefit is there in getting rid of your suspicions? What is the point of worrying unnecessarily? Nothing is going to change in one lifetime. Do not cause your sons and daughters any unnecessary misery. You have to tell them, “Daughter, you should not come late when you go out. Our family is very honorable so it does not suit us. So do not come home late.' Talk to them and reason with them this way. But you cannot afford to worry about who she may be going with and what must she be doing. And when she comes home at midnight you still have to tell her, 'Daughter, this should not happen again.' You do not know where she will go if you throw her out. Do you understand that? Where is the gain? Is it not better to have the least amount of harm? That is why I have told everyone to let their daughters come into the house even if they come late at night; do not throw them out. Strong headed people will throw them out, will they not? How strange is the current era! How anxiety filled this era is? This is the Kaliyug, so sit down with them and explain things to them. Free from kashayas on the path of moksha So what 'we' tell you to do is settle your files with equanimity. These are all files. They are not your daughter or wife. These daughters and wives are all 'files'. Settle matters with all your files, with equanimity. When you become paralyzed, no one will stand by you. On the contrary, they will get irritated if it goes on for long time. Even the person with paralysis will

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