Fault Is Of The Sufferer

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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understanding will free her from the shackles of this worldly life. Otherwise her vengeance will continue to proliferate.
Dadashri : If you want to multiply for anything, multiply for your suffering. If you multiply for your happiness, you will encounter grave difficulties. If you are fond of multiplication, do it for your suffering. If you hit someone once and he hits you back twice, consider yourself blessed. It is good if you find someone that causes you suffering, because your Gnan will grow. If however, you cannot accept the multiplication for suffering, then stop, but do not multiply for your happiness under any circumstances.
DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND BUT
THIS IS THE REALITY
No one is at fault. Whatever fault there is, it is our own mistake. It is because of our own mistakes that we are still wandering in this world. Our own mistakes are the basis for everything in this world.
Questioner : Although it is late in my life, I understand
JUDGED GUILTY BY GOD
it.
In God's language: 'The fault is of the sufferer'. But according to the world and man's laws, the person who commits the crime is at fault
Do not conduct yourself in a way that will render you guilty in the eyes of God. This means do not see the fault in others. This binds you for the next life. This is an internal fault. These external faults are of no consequence because if you do something wrong, you will be imprisoned for a short while and released, but to be proclaimed guilty in the court of God will have severe repercussions. Do you understand this? If you grasp this subtle message, it will be invaluable to you. Many people have understood and embraced, "The fault is of the sufferer'. These are no ordinary people; they are intelligent thinkers.
Now that I have explained this statement, people will immediately apply it to their own situations. If a mother-inlaw is suffering because her daughter-in-law continues to harass her, having heard the statement: "The fault is of the sufferer', she will immediately understand and accept that it is her fault that she is being treated in this manner. This
Dadashri : It is good that you understand it now. That which is understood, even though late, is good. As you are become older, weak and feeble, you are more receptive for this sutra. How helpful this is! Imagine what it would have done for you if you had understood this when you were young and strong?
I have given you the essence of numerous scriptures in this one statement. 'The fault is of the sufferer'.
Thousands of households in Bombay have incorporated this sentence into their daily life. You can see this statement written in bold letters on the walls in their homes. When something breaks in the house the children will immediately remind their mother that the fault is hers because of the look on her face. If there is too much salt in the vegetable curry, one just has look at the grimaces on the faces to know who is at fault. If all the soup spills by accident, whoever has the look of disgust on his face, is at fault. The fault is of the sufferer.