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daughter’s head shaven off. The barber over there asked for three<br />
times more money than outside, and cutting a scissor full of hair<br />
gave them to the parents. They offered them with faith in the temple.<br />
The priest put them in a bag. At night, threw them away in a distant<br />
solitary place. All this is just a drama. Why not get head shaven off<br />
in a normal manner as before and dispose them outside. God<br />
becomes pleased with naam, not by hypocrisy.<br />
13. Happiness from initiation: - Naam (updesh) should not<br />
be taken only with a viewpoint to remove sorrows, but for self-welfare.<br />
Then with sumiran 1 all the joys come automatically.<br />
“Kabir, sumiran se sukh hot hai, sumiran se duHkh jaay |<br />
Kahaen Kabir sumiran kiye, Saain maahin samaay ||”<br />
14. Adultery is prohibited: - Should look upon other women<br />
as mother – daughter – sister. Adultery is a heinous sin. Like —<br />
“Garib, par dwaara stri ka kholae |<br />
sattar janm andha ho dolae ||”<br />
Surapaan Madhya maasahaari |<br />
gavan karein bhogain par naari ||<br />
Sattar janm katat hain sheeshaM |<br />
saakshi Sahib hai jagdeeshaM ||<br />
Par naari na parsiyo, mano vachan humaar |<br />
Bhavan chaturdash taas sir, triloki ka bhaar ||<br />
Par naari na parsiyo, suno shabd saltant |<br />
Dharmrai ke khambh se, ardhmukhi latkant ||<br />
15. To criticize and hear criticism is prohibited: - Do not<br />
criticize your Guru 2 even by mistake, nor hear it. To hear means if<br />
someone says false things about your Guru <strong>Ji</strong>, then you do not have<br />
to fight, rather should think that he is speaking without thinking i.e.<br />
is telling a lie.<br />
Guru ki ninda sunae jo kaana | taako nishchay narak nidaana ||<br />
Apne mukh ninda jo karheen | shukar shwaan garbh mein parheen ||<br />
Do not have to criticize anyone, and do not even have to listen<br />
to it. Even if it is about a common man. God Kabir states that —<br />
1 Remembering the naam given<br />
2 Spiritual leader<br />
Indication to Bhakti Trader