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buddhi run even a single errand for you. The intellect must never get any support. Viparit buddhi i.e. deluded intellect shows you worldly benefits and non-benefits, whereas samyak buddhi i.e. enlightened intellect will push away the worldly life and take you towards moksha.
Questioner: What should I do if I cannot get rid of my
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Dadashri: Faults will not go away but if you say they are not yours then you become free from them.
Questioner: But what if they still do not go away after 'saying' that?
Dadashri : How can faults that have become as solid as ice, leave right away? Nevertheless, if you maintain a relationship of 'they are to be known and I am the Knower (gneya-gnata)' with them, they will leave. You are the gnata, the Knower and the faults are gneya, that to be known. The faults should not get any support from you. If they do not get any support, they will fall away without fail. This world exists because of the support of ignorance of the Self and it will cease to do so once that support is removed. But people do not know how to remove that support. Only the Gnani knows how; it is a task for only a Gnani. This world is full of infinite mysteries so how is one to understand its most mysterious mystery?
One who complains is the guilty one
Who complains first? In Kaliyug the one who complains first is the guilty one and in Satyug (age of unity in thoughts, speech and actions) the person who is correct is the first one to complain. In Kaliyug, those dispensing justice are such that they side with the one they hear first.
As soon as her father comes home from work, the little girl complains to him about her brother, "Daddy, he did this to me, he did that to me." The father immediately sides with the
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daughter. He summons the brother and scolds him, "Why did you do that to her?" Arey! Should you not at least ask the son what happened before you scold him? Should you not question why the daughter complained and not the son? What did the son really do? He accepts the daughter's version to be true because he is sensitive himself. Then the father claims, "I have weak ears (easily misled), which is why I made a mistake." He is the foolish one but he blames the ears for his mistake! He does not realize that his daughter is at fault, which is why she is the first one to complain. At home, if anyone came complaining, 'we' would first listen to everyone's side of the story and then make a judgment. If justice is dispensed correctly, the guilty party will not proceed further; he will realize that you are fair and judicious and that he will be exposed.
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For us there is no need to explain anything to anyone in this world. Only the guilty one has to give clarifications and explanations. Everyone wants to be an arbitrator (interfere with useless judgment) in this world. 'We' do not let any arbitrator intervene; they cannot change anything. Mud says, 'Stick your hands in if you wish, but you will have to wash them.' You have to look after your own affair. Why should we give anyone the opportunity to become our arbitrator?
People spend entire day preoccupied with 'mine' and 'yours'! And they take nothing with them when they die. What do you take with you to your next life? You take your entanglements and quarrels that you have had with others. You take whatever charities you have done. And you have to take the ego with you for sure. The ego, who is the owner of all the entanglements, is going to remain with you for sure. Anger, pride, illusion, greed and ego will all go with you.
Consequences of instigation
Questioner: Can a person be punished for someone else's fault?
