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“Do you like your parents?”
“Yes.”
“Then won’t you feel dejected if your sister-in-law all treats
them?”
“Of course, I would”.
“Then, I too, like and respect my parents. Won’t I feel dejected
if you trouble them? Won’t this dejection hamper my affection
and love towards you?”
In this way, she will surely understand. In case, she doesn’t
then you should strictly notify her that she has changed her
home after marriage and his parents are now her’s as well. If
you do not look after them, but trouble them, then I am not
yours. External relations will stay but you will lose your place
in my heart.
Inspite of this, if your wife does not understand, then you
can warn her. This is possible only if you have not been
blinded by her love and your heart is non-attached. Now let
me know, isn’t non-attachment necessary to live a smooth and
content life?
Q. What is Vairagya (Non-attachment)?
Ans. Vairagya is the absence of blind love, trust and sympathy.
If you do not blindly trust your relatives and friends, material
objects and situations, then it will not lead to blind love and
attachment. Thus,
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