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PART III
THE WORLD IS FLAWLESS
The Lord Saw The World As Faultless Questioner: Lord Mahavir saw the entire world as
faultless.
Dadashri: The Lord saw the world as faultless. He saw this through His own flawless vision. He did not see anyone at fault. I too have seen the world as flawless and find that no one is at fault. Whether someone garlands me or insults me, he is faultless. It is due to illusion that people seem to be at fault. It is the vision that is at fault.
Questioner: How can we be flawless?
Dadashri: It can only be attained through seeing everyone in the world as faultless. I see everyone as faultless, whether a person reveres or insults me, whether a person has good intentions or malevolence towards me, I see them both in equal light.
Nobody is at fault. If they did make any mistakes, the mistakes were of their past life, so in this life they end up making mistakes against their wishes. Do these mistakes not occur against your wishes? He makes mistakes because of the baggage he brings into this life, and that is why no one is at fault.
Through Which Vision Can You See the World as Innocent?
Do not look at the physical body (pudgal); do not focus your attention on the pudgal. Focus your attention only towards
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the Atma. Lord Mahavir even regarded the people who pierced nails into His ears, as being without fault. You are the one at fault when you see faults in others. It is the ego on your part and when you do this, you get double the beating! For one you are not rewarded for your 'efforts' and on top of that you get a beating! When you say that people create obstacles in your path of liberation, you perceive it through your senses and are speaking from the relative perspective. In reality however, no one has the capacity to hinder you spiritually or create obstacles on your path to salvation, because no living entity is capable, even in the remotest sense, of interfering with another living entity. This is exactly how this world is. Everyone in this world is a puppet on a string being pulled by prakruti. Prakruti pulls the strings and people dance according to their own prakruti. So no one is to be blamed at all. The whole world is innocent. I myself experience this innocence. When you experience this innocence yourself, you will be liberated from this world. Otherwise, as long as you consider any living being at fault, you are not free.
Questioner: Is this vision to be applied to all living entities, not just humans but insects and animals also?
Dadashri: Yes, you should be able to see every living entity in the entire cosmos, as without faults.
Questioner: Dada, you say that every living being is innocent. Now, if I make a mistake at work and my supervisor scolds me, is he not wrong for scolding me because I am innocent?
Dadashri: You should not be focusing on other people's scolding. You should understand that the person who is scolding you is innocent. You cannot find fault with anyone. The more you see innocence in others, the more that understanding will grow within you.
