00:00Saints have scolded a lot. In fact, even Buddha, who is commonly considered the epitome of poise and compassion,
00:07has been very, very harsh in his scoldings. He has used choicest words.
00:11Sometimes he has called you an ass, sometimes a pig. It is for the sake of compassion.
00:16And it is because those who run from the center of fear, sometimes require fear even to be helped.
00:24Suppose there is a patient, a diseased one in the spiritual sense.
00:28And what is his disease? His disease is that he works only through fear.
00:34Nothing can make him move or work except fear.
00:38Now you want to take this person to a doctor of spirituality.
00:43How do you take this man to the doctor?
00:47Therefore the saints scold. Like the benevolent grandfather, you know, who scolds you but nevertheless helps you.
00:54And he scolds you so that the need to be helped reduces.
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