Essence of All Religion

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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The essence of all religion
Questioner : Is there a chance for turning around for the aparaadhi?
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Dadashri: He neither turns around nor does he make any progress. He has no rank. He does not move forward, nor does he move backwards. Whenever you see him, he is still there, at the same stage. That is called aparaadhi
Questioner: What is the definition of aparaadha?
Dadashri : Viradhana occurs without awareness and aparaadha occurs with full intent and awareness.
Questioner: How can that happen, Dada?
Dadashri : In some circumstances the one who knows that viradhana is wrong still ends up doing so because of heavy egoism on his part and a total unwillingness to let go. Such a person is committing aparaadh. The one who does viradhana can be liberated, while the one that does aparaadha will not. A person with a big ego will end up doing aparaadha.
This is why you should tell yourself, 'Listen here. You are very conceited. People may not know it, but I know you. You walk around in arrogance. You have to come up with some kind of a solution for this.
These situations in life where we interact with other human beings are the result of an account of additions and subtractions of past life. We cannot change them. When we hurt others, we are multiplying the accounts. Therefore, appropriate divisions of these multiplications have to be done through the correct understanding of these kalams. This will ultimately result in a zero balance in your account.
Questioner: Where does ninda (slander, gossip,
The essence of all religion backbiting) fall in this?
Dadashri Ninda comes under viradhana. But with pratikraman its results can be negated. It is like avarnavaad. That is why I tell you not to slander anyone but even then people talk about other people behind their back. This must never be done. The whole atmosphere is full of parmanus (subatomic particles) and these vibrations reach the person who is the subject of slander. It is very dangerous to speak even a single reckless word about others. If you must say something, say something nice. Praise people but do not disgrace them.
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So do not slander anyone. It is fine if you cannot praise them, but do not slander them. What do you gain from this? There is tremendous loss in it for you. The greatest loss in this world is through slander. Therefore there should be no reason to slander anyone.
Here there is no such thing as slander. We are merely having a discussion about what is right and wrong! God has said that one should know wrong as wrong and right as right. One should not have the slightest of aversion to that which one knows is wrong and the slightest of attachment to that which one knows is good. If one does not see wrong as being wrong, then he will not see good as being good. One needs to understand this exactly from the Gnani.
AVOID DISLIKE AND CONTEMPT
Questioner: Hae Dada Bhagwan! Mane koi pan dehdhari jivatma pratye, kinchit matra pan abhaav, tiraskar, kyaareya pan na karaaya, na karavaaya, ke karta pratye na anomodai evi param shakti aapo.