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way, what is wrong in simply standing here with dignity? I will not enter into competition in such a racecourse. I am better off standing here than sitting in the middle and taking number nine seat and feeling insulted.' I did not say this directly to him, but I came to the conclusion that only the horse that comes in first, wins the prize and not others. I do not like such races. The one who comes first gets the prize and others who ran just as hard and came in second get nothing. So, he said, 'That is very shrewd of you.' I told them, 'Call it what you want but that is my way.' He said, "You have found a very shrewd way of getting out of it.'
This is our art kada of tackling all situations. We eat, drink and enjoy icecream with leisure. I see' which horse comes first while I smoke a cigarette leisurly. But I will not run in that race. I will remain the knower and the seer gnata drashta of the race. Why would I want to run with those horses?
Still, I did try it once. I have callouses on my feet where the nail poked through the sole of my shoe. (Dada is referring to his self-imposed penance that he subjected himself to before Gnan. Following the philosophy of the kramic path, in search of the Soul, he thought physical penance was necessary. When a nail in his shoe was poking his heel, he sufferd it, entering the race course of penance in the Kramik path seekers).
There is no winner when there is jealousy
Wherever you look there is a racecourse. All these people have entered the racecourse. At home, there is a racecourse even with the wife! If two bullocks are walking side by side and one tries to get ahead of the other just a little, then the other one with him also exerts more.
Questioner: Why is that?
Dadashri: It is because they have entered the racecourse. If the two are walking side by side and one of them gets a bit ahead, the one left behind will feel jealous irsha and that jealousy is, how and when can that other person fall behind?'
There is no winner in this race of jealousy irsha. I would never even enter into such a race. It is a race where one will die huffing and
