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Questioner: What if someone pressures you into lying? What if you are pressured into telling a lie for the good of someone?
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Dadashri : Then you should tell the person pressuring you that you will mimic exactly the words taught by him, just as a parrot would since you are being pressured. Do not volunteer to say anything of your own.
Before I attained this Gnan, I was once called to testify in a courtroom as a witness. An attorney told me to speak the way he instructed me to, but I refused to do so. He became upset with me, saying that if I did not want to follow his instructions, then why did I chose him to represent me and through my non-cooperation, he would end up losing the case and his reputation would be ruined. I asked him whether he had any other solutions and he told me that I had to speak only as much as he told me to. I told him I would think about that. Later that night the answer came to me from within: that I should become like a parrot; my inner intent should be, 'I am only saying this as advised by my attorney."
Otherwise, when you are doing something for anyone, if possible avoid telling a lie. Do not steal or commit violence for the benefit of others. You will have to bear all the responsibility yourself.
a lie?
Dadashri : Do you have even the slightest desire to tell
Questioner: No.
Dadashri : Even then, is it not a fact that you occasionally will lie? As soon as you realize that you have lied, you must immediately ask for forgiveness from 'Dada' by saying, "Dada I do not want to tell a lie and yet I did. Please forgive me. I will not lie again." If it happens again do not worry, just continue to ask for forgiveness. In doing so, your mistakes will not be
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'recorded,' they will not go on record if you ask for forgiveness.
Questioner: Everyday I tell myself that what I did was wrong and that I should not have spoken this way. Despite this Dada, why does it happen even against my wishes?
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Dadashri : It is because of the excessive intellect that you have brought with you. I never caution anyone against doing anything but when I do, he will listen.
Questioner: I will bind karma if I lie, will I not?
Dadashri : Yes definitely! More than the actual lie, the intent to lie is what binds the karma. To tell a lie is really the fruit of your past karma, but it is the intent and the resolution to lie that binds the karmas. Do you understand this? Will this statement be of any help to you?
Questioner: So we should stop lying.
Dadashri : No, but you should let go of the intent to lie. If you happen to lie, you must repent and tell yourself, 'What should I do? I should not tell a lie.' The actual lying cannot be stopped, but your opinion about lying can be. Resolve that, 'From now onwards, I will not tell a lie. To tell a lie is a great sin. It causes great suffering and causes bondage (karmic)'. With such an opinion, the sins of your lying will cease and all that will remain will be the reactions of your intentions that were not stopped in your past life. The account will still be there and as a result you will be forced to tell a lie. For telling a lie you will have to repent. But even if you repent after you lie, you will still have to suffer the fruits of the fruit of your karma, i.e. the effect of the effect of karma: you will disgrace yourself in the eyes of others. People will be astonished and say, 'Huh! Chandulal, such a well-educated man like you would stoop so low as to lie.' So even if you repent, you will have to suffer the fruits of disgrace again. But if the causes were to be stopped from now on, then you will
