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The Flawless Vision
The Flawless Vision
*I am a vessel of infinite faults, O'compassionate One!' And ends with:
person from taking birth in lower life forms of animal kingdom.
What a shrewd man! He tells the Lord he has countless faults and to the world he claims to have only a few. When confronted, he defends himself, saying that it is acceptable to say it to the Lord but not to the world. These melons are better than him; at least they do not have so many faults! How could he say one thing to the Lord and another to people? Does he know how many more lives he will have to wander?
If you cannot see your own faults, then do not have any hopes of liberation or any such expectations! Every human being is a vessel of infinite mistakes, and if he cannot see them, it only means that he has a very dense veil of ignorance. People cannot see their mistakes at all!
Are you able to see at least some of your mistakes? Questioner: Now I can see them.
Dadashri: The nature of mistakes is such that once you become aware of them, they leave. But the following day, just as many will appear. This body is nothing but a warehouse of mistakes! People become angry but after they vent their anger, they do not know how to make amends, and instead go around sulking. If you dirty your plate, should you not know how to clean it at least?
When you are full of mistakes, you naturally become mortal; otherwise you are really immortal. Why do we have this difference between mortality and immortality? It is because of these mistakes that this difference exists. Once these mistakes are destroyed, the puzzle is solved.
When One Does Not See One's Faults... Dadashri: The spiritual verse by Krupaludev begins:
*But if I cannot see my faults, then how can I find liberation?
Even I understand that I am a vessel of infinite faults, and yet I cannot see any, so is there any way out? Why can I not see my faults?
One can only see one's own faults when one begins to see the world as totally faultless. As long as he sees the world at fault, he will not see a single fault of his own. It is so easy for one to see the world at fault.
You Should Not Look At Anyone's Faults
Questioner: I tend to see the fault of a person more readily than his virtue. Why is this so?
Dadashri: It is the case with everyone. Their perception is spoilt. They never see the good in others but are quick to find faults in them. They readily find faults in other people but they cannot find their own faults.
Questioner:Does it mean that whatever fault we see in others, we have that fault in us?
Dadashri: There is no such rule, but nevertheless there are such faults. What does the intellect do? It conceals one's own faults while seeing the faults of others. Such is the industry of the average worldly being. The person whose faults are destroyed will not see faults in others. Such a person will not have this bad habit. Such a human being will instinctively see the entire world as innocent. The Nature of Gnan is such that not even the slightest of fault is seen in others.
Questioner: People are always searching the faults