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Brahmcharya
Dadashri: Man only is responsible. To keep a woman
as a woman is man's doing.
Whatever happens, if the husband is not there, if the
husband has died even then she does not give in to another
man. No matter what the other man is, even if God himself
comes down as a man, she will still say no, “ I have a husband,
he is my Lord”. This is called a sati. Can any one be considered
a sati these days? It is not always like this, is it? Times are
different now days aren’t they? In Satyug times there were
some satis.
This is for one who wishes to be a sati. This way they can
one day become a sati. Today, do you know that sex is being
sold at the price of bangles? Do you not understand what I am
saying?
Questioner : Yes, it is being sold at the price of bangles.
Dadashri : At which market? In colleges? At what price
is it being sold? Sex is sold at the price of gold. Some is sold
at the price of diamonds. Not everywhere. Some do not even
accept gold. No matter what you offer them, they will not
accept it. But other women sell sex these days, if not at the
price of gold then at some other price.
A sati is a chaste woman. Sati is a woman who has one
husband. Through mind, body and speech other man does not
attract her. One may not be a sati to begin with, but she too can
become a sati, even if she has been corrupted by sex before,
from the moment she makes a firm decision to be so.
Questioner : Will the deceit begin to dissolve as that
chastity and the resolve for it is preserved?
Dadashri : Once the chastity through thoughts, speech
and acts begins, the deceit begins to leave. You do not have to