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Questioner: How can one become nishkaami (doing without expectation)?
Dadashri: Do your work without thinking about the results. Continue working without worrying, whether or not your boss will reprimand you or get upset with you. If you decide to take an exam, then do it without worrying or thinking about whether you will pass or not.
They have not understood a single word of what Lord Krishna was saying to them and they go around accusing Him of indulgence in worldly pleasures. Heavens! Who do you think was indulging in pleasures? Was it Krishna or is it you? Krishna was Vasudev, from human He became God!
The Atma and Karma Are Always There
The Vitarag have said that karma and the Atma have been in existence since time immemorial. Neither of them have a beginning (aadi). Therefore, it is karma that gives rise to inner intent (bhaav), and inner intent (bhaav) that gives rise to karma. And this is how it continually carries on. The Atma remains exactly where it is. To Do, to Make Others Do, and to Incite Others
to Do!
Questioner: What is the difference between doing something yourself (karavu), making others do it (karavavu), and encouraging and instigating others into doing it (anumodana)?
Dadashri: The greatest fault (dosh) falls on those who do anumodana (instigating and encouraging others into doing something). The secondary and lesser fault, befalls on the one who makes others do something (karavavu). The one who does (karavu) it himself, is guilty of a lesser fault. The butcher who chops up goats and sells the meat, commits a lesser fault (dosh) than those people who say, "We should eat meat,
