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his work. All these rules are agreed upon.
Dadashri: There is no problem in taking steps within the
rule on paper, but your scolding is done through your mouth. So
when you do that, do you ‘weigh’ your scolding or do you do
it without weighing it?
Questioner: But, Dada, if he does not do the work he
has been assigned and the task remains unfinished, should I not
scold him?
Dadashri: Yes, you have to scold him.
Questioner: Sometimes the scolding has to be done, or
else I have to let him go; I have to dismiss him from work. Then
I feel bad that his children will go hungry.
Dadashri: But it is like this. You have to warn him that,
‘I will have to dismiss you, so make sure that you do your work
carefully.’
Questioner: We warn him, we give it to him in writing
that he is not doing his job, that his work is not satisfactory and
that he will be fired. We give him all that in writing.
Dadashri: What after that?
Questioner: After that, we have to let him go if he does
not improve. Then when we let him go, his poor children come
here to my home crying. We feel hurt and they feel hurt.
Dadashri: If you want to stop feeling hurt, then you should
let go. Finish the work yourself.
Questioner: If I do not take these steps, then I get scolded
by upper management.
Dadashri: Take those steps, but do it with the awareness
of, ‘I am Shuddhatma and ‘Chandubhai’ is now taking all the
steps.’ There is no problem in that. The entire ‘Chandubhai’ is
a discharge. Therefore, ‘You’ are not liable for ‘Chandubhai’