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The Practice of Humanity
that, the distribution of wealth in this world is a natural distribution. In that, whatever my share may be, you will have to give it to me, so there is no need at all for me to become greedy. Therefore, when greed does not remain, that is called practicing humanity. However, a person may not be able to practice humanity to such a great extent, but it would suffice even if one were to practice it up to a certain extent.
Questioner: So this means that as a person becomes free of anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashay), it falls under the practice of humanity.
Dadashri: No, if it is put like that, then such a person has come into the religion of the absolutely detached Lords (vitaraag dharma). However, the practice of humanity in short, is just this much; live with your wife, live with your children, do whatever it is that you do, become engrossed, get your children married, do all of that. There is no question of becoming free of anger-pride-deceit-greed in this; however, carry out interactions with the assumption that whatever hurts you will also hurt others.
Questioner: Yes, but that is the same thing. Say we are hungry. Hunger is one form of pain. We have the resource for that. We eat, that is the resource. We should give to those who do not have that resource. The pain that we feel, to do something so that others do not have to endure such pain, that too is a form of humanity, isn't it?
Dadashri: No, that is not humanity. What you believe is actually causing tremendous damage. Nature's law is such that it delivers their food to each and every one. There is not even a single village in India where a person goes to give food to another person or to give clothes. There is nothing like that. It is only in the cities that they have started this kind of thing, where those people have turned it into a business to take other people's money. Where does
