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of the time cycle, in which equanimity is unattainable even when
one undergoes tremendous penance. Therefore, it is a mistake
to look for happiness and harmony in this era of the time cycle.
[2] Complete Benevolence
Two Most Important Activities in Life
What is the purpose of the human life? It is to free
yourself completely from the bondage of rebirths. It is to
become Absolute, the pure Self, but if you have not acquired
the knowledge of the pure Self, then live your life for others. It
is only for these two tasks that one gets a birth in India. Does
anyone follow these two goals? Instead, people have discovered
an art of going from a human form into the animal form by
resorting to corruption and deviousness!
Benevolence Creates Merit Karma
Until you achieve liberation, only your merit karma
(punya) works as your friend and your demerit karma (paap)
as your enemy. Now you have to decide whether you want a
friend or a foe and then ask me how you can encounter a
circumstance of a friend or a foe. If someone likes the foe of
demerit karma, then I will tell him that he can do whatever he
pleases, he can live at the expense of others and go wherever
he wants and that he can worry about the consequences later.
If however he wants a friend in merit karma, then I will tell him
to learn from the trees. Do the trees enjoy their own fruits?
Does a rosebush enjoy its own flowers? Not even a little?
Maybe when we are not looking? Do they eat their own fruits?
Questioner : No.
Dadashri : These trees are here to serve humans and
provide them with fruits. Now how do the trees benefit from
that? They progress into a higher life form. The human beings