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A lady was waiting for a bus. Now is it a crime to stand at a bus-stand? The driver of the approaching bus lost control of the bus and crashed into the bus stand, killing the woman. A huge crowd gathered around the accident. If you were to ask these people to pass a judgment on the incident, they will say, "The poor lady died through no fault of hers. How can the woman be at fault here? The driver is no good. There is no such thing as God in this world because the poor woman died through no fault of hers."
Just look at the conclusion people arrive at! What 'we' say is, "The Fault is of the sufferer." God does exist, what else is left in this world if there is no such thing as God? People think God has no say in this world anymore; this makes people lose faith in God. You fools, it's not like that. Life is nothing but a continuum, an ongoing play of karmic accounts life after life. These accounts are not just of one life. Today that woman's mistake from her previous life was exposed (caught), that is why she had to pay for it.
In this Kaliyug, accidents and incidents are such that people get confused. What is an accident? An accident means that it has too many causes at a time. What is an incident? An incident means that it has so many causes at a time. That is why 'we' say, the fault is of the sufferer. The other person's mistake will become evident when he gets caught.
One old man told me, "These days I have to suffer a lot." 'We'asked him, "What happened?" He told 'us"My son has become very spoilt."
'We'asked him, "Is it just one son or have all of them become spoilt?"
The old man replied, "One of my four sons drinks alcohol, plays poker, bets on horses, lives in hotels and because of that I cannot sleep at night worrying about him. I worry about him
day and night."
'We' told him, "Then the mistake is yours. He does all that to you because of your own mistakes. Why don't you enjoy the company of your other three good sons?"
'We' then spoke with his rebellious son, "Does it not bother you that your father worries so much about you?"
The son told 'us', "Why should I worry? My father makes the money. I am having a good time."
Now between the father and the son, who is suffering? The father is suffering and so the father is at fault. "The fault is of the sufferer.' The son has become worthless, he drinks, he gambles etc., whatever he may be doing, his brothers sleep peacefully at home, do they not? Does the mother also not sleep peacefully? Only this old fool stays awake. Therefore he is the one at fault. What fault is this? The fault is that he had corrupted this boy in his past life and so this is account and interaction due to the subtle bond of deeds of his past life (roonanubandha), and that is why the old man is suffering. The son will suffer when his mistakes mature and express. Who amongst the two is being roasted and tormented now? The one who is suffering is the one at fault. If one understands only this one law, then the entire path of liberation opens up for him.
"The fault is of the sufferer', this sentence has expressed absolutely exactly here in front of us! Whoever uses it will be liberated.
If the pavement is uneven and a part of the cement edge is jutting out, so many people may come and go to the cinema and yet only Chandulal trips over it. Chandulal will say, 'The pavement made me trip.'Arey! You are the one who bumped into the pavement, the pavement does not move, it remains in its place. You are the 'lucky' one to receive the 'prize'l But because of illusion, he says, "I was tripped by the pavement."
