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called kashay . That is what the Tirthankar Lord has said . Nevertheless , if gusso ( anger without violent intent ) still occurs , and you happen to say something that hurts someone , You have to tell ‘ Chandulal ,’ ‘ You are seventy-four years old now , why don ’ t you behave yourself ? Do pratikraman and repent and ask yourself why you had to do that .’ Can you tell him this much or not ?
Questioner : I can . I should say it .
Dadashri : No matter how important a government official he (‘ Chandubhai ’) is , do not be shy here in telling him off . Tell him , ‘ You need to smarten up now ; you are seventy-four years old .’ So apologize in this manner if you hurt someone . There is no problem with kraman ( neutral actions ) but the problem is with atikraman . Even the government considers atikraman breaking of law . Do you understand ? There is nothing wrong in saying what all the others are saying , normal conversations . But he will say the strangest things . Even others listening will wonder , ‘ Oh no ! Why should he say such things ?’ That is atikraman . If a person has dishonest intention or ulterior motives , it is atikraman .
When the taanto goes away , recognize that anger , pride , deceit and greed are no longer there . You have now become shuddha ( pure ); you are the Knower-Seer and in eternal bliss . ‘ You ’ have to continue ‘ Seeing ’ what ‘ Chandubhai ’ is doing . Who will run ‘ Chandubhai ’ s life ? The energy known as ‘ scientific circumstantial evidences ’ ( vyavasthit shakti ) will run his life and it will run it very well .
If gusso ( anger without violent intent ) occurs and it hurts the other person , even if it is not krodh ( anger with violent intent ), if it hurts the other person , You may now believe that you are Shuddhatma but You have to make the one who did atikraman , do pratikraman . Therefore , ‘ Chandulal ,’ the doer of atikraman , should be told to do pratikraman . ‘ You ’ do not