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[15] On The Path of Cause Ahimsa
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Questioner: I cry from within that I have done so many
bad deeds. I think of that every day and I can see them.
Dadashri: Make it lighter by doing pratikraman. You
should have asked someone before you did all that, should you
not?
Questioner: But I did not find anyone then.
Dadashri: You should have asked someone at home or
in your village.
Questioner: At home, our practice of killing them still
continues.
Dadashri: Is that so? Both of you together?
Questioner: I killed them my way and she killed them
her way.
Dadashri: Were you killing two hundred to five hundred
a day?
Questioner: Yes. We would kill however many there
were. But we have not killed since we met Dada.
Dadashri: You should not have a single thought about
killing. If you cannot tolerate the insects, take them outside. The
Tirthankars eliminated the word ‘kill’ from common usage,
because it is laden with liability and risk. That is how non-violent
(ahimsak) one should become. One should not have a single
atom of violence. Thoughts about killing are laden with violent
subatomic particles. Each and every atom of your body should
be completely ahimsak.
Questioner: Otherwise, will change of becoming non-
violent occur in the intent?
Dadashri: Yes. No one should be hurt in the slightest,
because no one at all is at fault in this world.