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still naive.’ Yes it is better to be naive and escape than to be
smart and get caught in his prison (karmic consequences). One
day my partner told me, “You are very naive.” I replied, “Naive
is the one who thinks I am naive.” “But so many people cheat
you,” he argued. So I told him, “I allow them to cheat me on
purpose.”
My interactions are completely ideal. If there is even a
slightest weakness in a person’s interactions, he is not
considered completely worthy of liberation.
Questioner : Is there any partiality in the Gnani’s
interactions between two people?
Dadashri : There is never any prejudice or bias in the
way the Gnani sees things. There is vitaragata in my vision;
I see them only as pure Souls. There is difference in the way
I interact with them. If a wealthy businessman were to come
here with his chauffer, and I made the businessman sit across
from me and ask the driver to sit beside me, it would infuriate
the businessman. That is not ideal interaction. And if the
President were to come, I would get up and welcome him. I
cannot dismiss the appropriate interactions needed towards
him. I would seat him higher, out of respect. If he is interested
in acquiring Gnan from me, then I would seat him down on the
floor, otherwise I would ask him to sit on a chair. That which
is commonly acceptable to people, is referred to as ‘vyavahar’
and that which is acceptable for liberation is called ‘nischaya’.
Therefore you have to accept the vyavahar suitable to people,
as vyavahar. If I do not get up to welcome the President, he
will feel hurt and I become responsible for that.
Questioner : Should we revere those who are bigger
than us?
Dadashri : Bigger does not necessarily mean older in