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ways of Samsar ! This is what you want to do. Keep up your habit if you want to continue to wander aimlessly in Samsar. If you do not want to wander thus, at once, endeavour, with all your might to destroy that habit. Will you do so? Will you think of your soul ? No. You are so deeply immersed in thinking of others that you do not have the time for thinking of your soul and its development. Discard thinking of others since it is useless. Begin thinking of your soul since it is useful to think of it.
From the Audience : How can we give up the habit of thinking of others ?
Maharajashri : Do you feel that thinking of others is bad? Have you understood the horror that can result from thinking of others ? If you feel that thinking of others should be discarded you should discard it. There is some relish in thinking of others; some people cannot have any peace of mind if they do not think of others. Poor fellows! They are ignorant and infatuated. Who can say that for such people thinking of others is a loss? Give up thinking of others since it is useless. PRECEPTS SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO IMPOLITE PEOPLE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE NO DEALINGS WITH SUCH PEOPLE
Do not say anything to those who do not pay heed to your words or advice meant for their own welfare and progress. Have compassion for such people "What has happened to this poor man? How terribly he has ruined himself by his wicked actions ! May he attain sense by the grace of the Paramatma !" You must think thus compassionately of such a man and you should not give him any precepts. This attitude is called the attitude of neutrality deeply interfused with the sublime emotion of compassion. You should not have any dealings with such a man.
I have already told you that this attitude of neutrality is to be adopted especially by those elders who have the respon
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