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owes the money to Nagindas tells him, 'I have told Chandubhai and he has sent you the money.' That is when I feel, 'I have never had this discussion with Rameshbhai. He has not called me, and he is lying in this manner!' How should I act when this happens to me?
Dadashri: Yes, a person will tell lies, but why did he say such things? Why did he tell you a lie and not anyone else? Therefore, you must be guilty; you must have made a mistake sometime in the past life. The fruition of our karma is verily the mistake.
Questioner: But how should I behave here?
Dadashri: This world exists on attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh). The main cause of all this is raag-dwesh. Why do raag-dwesh occur? They occur because one interferes (dakhal) with others. Even if he steals from your home, if you believe that he is a thief then your raag-dwesh will arise. This is because you believe that he is a thief, and that is worldly knowledge. Real knowledge (alaukik) is not like that. Real knowledge says just one thing and that is, 'It is fruition of your own karma.' He took the money due to the fruition of his karma, and the fruition of your karma came together with his. In all that, why are you binding the opinion that he is a thief?
If there is a rabid dog running loose, 'we' tell you to be careful and you should immediately close your doors. But if you go around saying this dog has rabies, then you are considered to have formed an opinion.
Questioner: You know, Dada, instead of closing the door because the dog may get into the house, I am likely to react so angrily that I will bang the door and hurt the dog!
Dadashri: This is all worldly (laukik) knowledge. Lord Mahavir's real (alaukik) knowledge says, 'Do not blame anyone. Do not form opinions about anyone. Do not have any kind of
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inner intent (bhaav) towards anyone. The world is flawless (nirdosh).' When You know and experience this, You will be liberated. You will attain liberation when you have the vision (drashti) and 'see,' 'Every living being in this world is nirdoshflawless, and I alone am the one with mistakes (doshit). I am bound by my own mistakes.'
Lord Mahavir has seen the world as flawless (nirdosh). I too do not see anyone as doshit - with mistakes. Whether one puts a garland around my neck or curses me, no one is doshit. "The world is flawless." It is because of illusionary vision (mayavi drashti) that one sees faults in others. The mistake lies only in this viewpoint.
When a philanthropist makes a donation, people will say, *He is so generous and nice; he is giving donations!' Whereas the Lord says, 'Why do you feel so happy in this? He is enjoying the fruition of his karma. Even the recipient of that donation is enjoying the fruition of his own karma. Why are you needlessly getting in the middle? A thief steals; he too is suffering the fruition of his karma. The entire world is suffering (vedey) its own karma only.
From the moment 'we' have seen you and known you, *our' opinion about you will never change. Then whatever you do; it is all dependent upon the fruition of your own karma.
The worldly life will remain as long as one cannot see his own mistakes and sees mistakes in others. As long as this vision continues, so will the worldly life. When one does not see a single mistake in others and sees all his own mistakes, then know that his time has come for moksha. That is it! This is the only difference in the vision (drashti)!
That you see mistakes in others is really the mistake of your vision (drashti). This is because all living beings are under the authority and realm of some other entity; they do not have
