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Siddha säkhā āloyena Mujja vaira na bhāva.”
"I forgive all souls, May all souls forgive me, May the Siddhānam, the Perfect Souls, be my witnesses That truly I bear no animosity toward any living being."
Whenever there was any friction between him and someone else, Munishree would go to the person and ask his forgiveness. If, however, a memory reminded him of an unresolved situation, he would do one of two things. If he could locate the person, he would write him a letter to clear the matter and offer or ask for forgiveness. If the person was not available, he would meditate on the person and send him good will and forgiveness vibrations. In this way, he could start the night afresh in a clear state of consciousness.
For example, one night he remembered a small incident that had happened the year he went to work for Gandhiji in Calcutta. At that time, he had had a small trunk of belongings from his college days which he had left in safe keeping with a college friend in Bombay. In it were the accessories of his youth, an English suit, a camera, some colognes and rings collected over the years.
Once he had become fully engrossed in the Freedom Movement, he had had the idea to sell his belongings and give the money to the cause for which he was working. So when he passed through Bombay again, he had asked his friend to return the box he had left with him.
"What box are you talking about?” his friend had asked him, pretending to know nothing about it. Rup had seen his pretense and at first he felt himself getting tempted to confront his friend with being a liar. But having been under the guiding influence of non-violence, something in him stopped him from reacting. He had spent a few minutes talking it over with his friend, without quite reaching the verge of arguing when he had had an insight.
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