The Practice Of Humanity

SR No.: 034336
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust
Total Pages: 44
Language: English
Classification: Book_Other
File Size: 1 MB

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The Practice of Humanity
Such an awareness should definitely prevail, only then is it considered the practice of humanity.
The practice of humanity means that whatever you do not like, you should not do to others. What you yourself do not like, you should never do to other people; that is called the practice of humanity. The practice of humanity has limitations; it is not beyond limits. But if you do just this much, then it is enough.
Say someone has a wife and a mistress. Now the Lord has said, “The world has accepted that you are married. Your in-laws have accepted it, your family has accepted it, the people in your town have accepted it.” Will anyone point a finger at you if you take your wife to the movies? And what if you take another woman to the movies?
Questioner: In America, there is no objection to that.
Dadashri: There may not be an objection in America, but there would be an objection to it in India, wouldn't there? This statement is correct, but those people do not have the same understanding. However, they do raise an objection to it in the country in which you were born [India]! An objection is raised; that in itself is a fault. In America, there is no objection to it. Over there, not many people are headed towards an animal life-form [in the next life]. Over here, eighty percent of humans are headed towards an animal life-form. Eighty percent of people here. This is because they come into the human life-form and what do they do? They sell adulterated goods and enjoy what is not rightfully theirs, they steal what is not rightfully theirs, they have desires to take what is not rightfully theirs, they have thoughts about that which is not rightfully theirs, or they look at other women with a sexual intent. A person has the right to indulge in [sexual] pleasure with his own wife, but he should not even look at another woman with a sexual