Non Violence

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

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Ahimsa
Ahimsa
own past deeds. What fault is it of the instrument (nimit)?
Therefore, walk with caution. This is a very different kind of world altogether. By nature it is absolutely just and exact. Throughout my life, I have assessed the real nature of things and events. I have arrived at a wonderful conclusion which when known to the world will bring lasting peace and harmony.
The right To Life For All Living Beings
find ants annoying, but in nature, such a nuisance will last only a few days and when the time comes, they will disappear. So just keep the room closed. You can even discover this on your own, if you were to analyze everything, whether this nuisance is permanent or temporary.
Think about why a cat preys on mice and other insects, but it will never touch a mole, even if it is hungry! Why is that?
Questioner: Most of the time the ants head for the kitchen, so how can we keep the kitchen closed?
Dadashri : That is just a false belief. Understand that you must move away from wherever the nuisance is. Keep two separate cooking areas in your home if you can. Keep a spare stove in your home. Can you not forego a fully cooked meal for one day? Killing is a very serious matter.
Questioner: We only kill them if they get in our way. We do not go out of our way to kill them.
You receive food without any effort because of your punyas (results of good deeds in your past life). A laborer, on the other hand, has to toil for money to buy food. Therefore, from now on make sure that you do not hurt any living being whether it is a human, an animal or an insect. On the one hand people pray to The Lord while on the other, they continue to hurt the very beings within whom The Lord resides. How much courage does it require to kill animals or insects? People go around killing snakes and insects too readily, yet is it such a brave thing to do? You can only destroy that which you are capable of creating.
Dadashri : For those who want to kill insects, such a situation will present itself to them. Those who do not want to kill will come across circumstances that will accommodate their intent.
A bedbug is a bedbug by the relative viewpoint, but by the real viewpoint it is a Pure Soul (shuddhatma). Do you want to kill a Pure Soul? If the bedbug is intolerable, pick it up and put it outside. Man looks for his happiness through killing. How is it possible to kill and find happiness at the same time?
If you make an effort to not kill for a while, your circumstances will change. Unless you understand the law that operates this world, the practice of killing will not cease and as a result you will not be able to break away from the habits of this worldly life. If you accidentally kill an insect, do pratikraman and ask for forgiveness.
Questioner: Will the use of insecticides affect us?
Questioner : What should we do if we have an invasion of ants in the house?
Dadashri : Just keep the door of that room shut. People
Dadashri : The very moment you kill anything, a change occurs in the subtle subatomic particles within you. Innumerable living organisms within you die. The killing you do externally is