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Dadashri: All you have to do is have such an inner intent, nothing else. Your intent should be, 'My abhimaan should not hurt anyone but it should make them happy. And if someone still gets hurt, then do pratikraman and move on. What else can you do? Do you have to sit there the whole night? You cannot sit there even if you want to, so what can you do?
Nevertheless you should proceed in way that it does not hurt anyone.
Questioner: Is the worldly life not supported by the result of the ego, 'I am Chandulal'?
Dadashri: But that ego is gone after attaining this Gnan. If the ego remained it would continue to produce results, would it not? New results do not arise after attaining this Gnan. The old ones will dissipate; only the old ones will dissipate. So then the problem is solved. Nothing new is being filled in the tank. One person may have a fifty-gallon tank and another may have a twenty-five hundred thousand gallon tank. The bigger the tank the longer it takes to empty out, but it is emptying all the same. So what does it matter for the one whose tank is emptying?
Questioner: But while it is emptying, it will sweep one away like floodwater; it will topple him over and hurt him.
Dadashri: Yes, but all those are ‘his consequences; it is a result. What do You have to do with that? However, you should do pratikraman if someone is hurt in the process.
Swamaan and ego with rich material
Questioner: What is the difference between maan pride and pride within limits swamaan ?
Dadashri: Maan means 'ego with rich materials and swamaan is confined to having pride over one's own qualities; it is associated with one's own personal attributes, such as, 'I am a graduate' – that is the extent of his pride. That is pride within limits swamaan. He asks to be recognized for what he has achieved and nothing more. When that is violated then he feels, “Why are they doing this when I am a graduate?' so his expectations are
