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Aptavani-4
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Questioner: Absolutely, from all sides.
Dadashri: All your life you have practiced religion. Hey! You have practiced it throughout your countless past lives, but it never became your relative (sago; someone helpful to you). Religion that abandons you, even before your pocket is picked, cannot be called religion. That which stays with you at each and every minute is called religion. Religion gives you protection, it gives you peace and it gives you samadhi (unaffected in mental, physical or externally induced problems). It will not make you worry. If you have worries, then it is not called religion.
What do you worry about? Do you worry about your daughter growing up? Your daughter has matured, because of her own body, so why are you making such a big deal over it? Do girls not mature? Even these plants grow with age! In this case, your anxiety increases as your daughter is growing up. One man, whose daughter had not grown at all, complained that she was too short! This is what he was worried about. These are how worried people become. Now how do you deal with such people? They have nothing but anxieties! If a girl is really smart, they will say that she is over-wise', and if she is not that smart, they will call her dumb. You cannot please them in any way!
Does your religion abandon you when someone insults
you?
Questioner: Yes, it does.
Dadashri: Although you worship God every day, the instant someone insults you even the slightest bit, it abandons
you?
Questioner: While I am in the act of worship and doing my prayer beads, if someone were to insult me, it would certainly leave, Sir.
