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eating its fruit is a good man or a crook? The mango is there for whoever takes it. True benevolent living is the life lived by the trees.
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Questioner: But people accuse the very people who help them. Do we still have to continue helping them?
Dadashri: Yes that is the very thing worth noting. Benevolence towards ingratitude is true benevolence, but where can people acquire such an understanding? If a person understands this much, he is truly blessed. Benevolence is a very high state and it is the ultimate purpose of the human life. And in India the second aim of a human life is to achieve liberation from the cycle of birth and death.
Questioner: Does ego co-exist with benevolence?
Dadashri: The ego of the person who practices benevolence is always within the norm; that ego is always appropriate. The ego of a person who charges a fee for helping others will become very inflated; his ego is so inflated that he really cannot afford to have it inflated any more.
The law of nature is such that it will take care of those who give their fruits to others. This is the hidden science. This benevolence is relative religion, and then comes real religion, which is the religion of the Soul (Atma dharma). The essence of a human life is to use your mind, body and speech for the good of others.
[3] Does Suffering Really Exist?
There Is No Suffering Where There Is The Right Belief
Questioner: Dada, tell us something about suffering. Where does it come from?
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Dadashri: If you are the Self, then there is no suffering. If you are 'Chandulal' (the relative self) then there is suffering. If you are the Self then there is no unhappiness, on the contrary all suffering will dissolve. 'I am Chandulal,' is a wrong belief, 'This is my wife, this is my mother, my father, my uncle,' are all beliefs; these wrong beliefs give rise to suffering. If the wrong beliefs go away and the right belief arises, then there is no suffering. People like you whose basic needs are taken care of should experience no suffering. All suffering is the result of wrong beliefs and misunderstanding.
Definition Of Suffering
True unhappiness is when you are hungry and you do not get any food to eat for hours on end; it is when you do not get any water to drink when you are thirsty. Would you also not be miserable if you were desperate and were not allowed to go to the toilet? Such miseries can be considered true suffering.
Questioner: That is all fine but if you look at the world, nine out of ten people are suffering.
Dadashri: Not nine out of ten but possibly only two out of every thousand are somewhat happy. The rest all continue to suffer from inner turmoil day and night. If you roast sweet potatoes, how many sides will they roast from?
Questioner: How can one take advantage of this constant suffering?
Dadashri: If you analyze the nature of suffering, then it will not feel like suffering. If you do precise and exact pratikraman (the process of recalling mistakes, asking for
