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

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________________ go to anyone's home for dinner if they felt the slightest of insult. They paid too much importance to insults. So 'our' intention is to give people such a knowledge that wherever they go, whichever countries they visit, no one can depress them; no one will be able to depress them. Any one who causes depression to others will become depressed himself. This is for sure. No matter how important a man is or even the whole world for that matter, how can anyone shake us? Nevertheless, if the fear of being insulted goes away in a person, who is not Self-realised, then that person will become shameless naffat. People have some shame due to the fear of insult. Would they have any bounds otherwise? And for the one who is Self-realized, when the fear of being insulted goes away, one becomes liberated. Here, in our satsang, you will be liberated if the fear of insult goes away. Maya: the illusion and her six sons Is everyone not concerned about respect and disrespect? Questioner: But Dada, has this not been the case from the very beginning? Dadashri: This is the same old stock from endless time. Respect and disrespect begins from the time one enters the human life form. There is nothing like this in other life forms; it is only here in the human life form and the celestial life form that there is a lot of it. Questioner: Does one forget about respect-disrespect when he goes into another life form? Dadashri: He forgets. He forgets the moment he leaves from here, he does not remember. Do you remember what you ate four days ago? Questioner: No. What I am asking is a soul jiva 'remembers' revenge-enmity very zher, respect-disrespect maan upmaan so why does it forget all this? Dadashri: No, he does not remember even that. He only 'remembers' anger-pride-deceit-greed. These four remain constantly as sangnya subtle

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