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groom's side went over to the girl's home. Her parents asked her the reasons for her displeasure.
“Your son-in-law says I am blemished”, the bride replied with tears in her eyes. Everyone started looking at the son-in-law. He was bewildered, “When did I say that?” On being questioned, the bride replied, “Why? At night, didn't you say I was like the moon?”
Can a simile used to describe the beauty or joy of gazing at the moon be taken to mean 'blemished? Any example is to be taken in the context of its relevance. If we try to take it in totality, sometimes there are chances of misrepresentation.
The same is applicable to the example of the jailer. When we have to bear appalling behaviour by others, we have to take the perpetrator as the jailer and be as evenminded as we can. We have to be free from anger and enmity. However when we cause distress to others, we are not the jailer. We become the judge. Karmasatta has not appointed us to be the judge. We are only a conduit. Karmasatta alone has the right to give a punishment. We cannot interfere in this matter, otherwise we are fit for punishment and will be punished.
The person, who has slapped somebody, has done it considering himself to be the judge and for this, he definitely will be punished in the future. However, just for our own peace of mind, we have to regard him as the jailer.
In short, the person harassing us is the jailer and if we harass someone, we are the judge.
Question: Isn't this odd? If the other person behaves
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