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

Previous | Next

Page 389
________________ as much as you want to! Even Hiraba says, 'You are naïve bhoda.' I tell her, Yes that is fine." People suffer because they compete. They enter competitions. Just watch the competition to 'see' which horse comes first. The one who continues to 'see' joya kar then the jonaar the 'seer' has no pain or suffering. Those who enter a 'racecourse' gets the pain. So it not worth entering a 'raceourse." Criticism stains the clothes, the body and the heart Secondly, you should no criticize tika anyone; the one who criticizes, hurts himself. Whatever anyone does, the one criticizing him will 'stain his own cloths', then he will ruin his body as he goes deeper into the criticism. If he goes even deeper, he will ruin his heart. So criticism is a tool that ruins a person. You should not get involved in it. Know things for the sake of knowing but do not get involved in anything. You have not attained this life to criticize others and it is not worth making an intense mental note nondha of the one who criticizes you. Questioner: The who criticizes tika does so because he is now interested in what I am doing, no? Dadashri: To criticize tika is the main attribute of the ego. It is an attribute of competitiveness spardha so that is why criticism remains. Besides, competitiveness is always there in this worldly life. When competition leaves, there is liberation. Some of the fasts that people undertake is due to the effects of competition also, 'He did fifteen fasts so I will do thirty.' Still, it is not worth criticizing anyone. When you criticize other people, you ruin your 'clothes' first, then your body and then your heart. That is it. So do not get involved with anyone because is everyone not an owner of his world, his space, inner and outer? The ownership titles are his own. How can one criticize or violate that? When you do, you are trespassing. The escape from the racecourse Now all of this going to carry on for sure. One is verily not the doer of anything. This is because one has developed a habit of tasting the

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515