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each of us were to punish each other for their flaws there would be great disorder and pandemonium in the world and the world would become hell.
According to the doctrine of karma, every one gets the natural retribution for his good or bad actions naturally. The sin is itself like poison that punishes the sinner with many miseries like lack of peace, inner turmoil, etc. The sinner is definitely miserable. A miserable person is entitled to kindness, sympathy and help not to punishment. Call him entitled to kindness, sympathy and help or to friendship, it is one and the same thing. When even a sinner is entitled to friendship then what to say of a flawless person? He is definitely entitled to our friendship. In other words, all people, whether they are flawed or flawless are entitled to friendship and not to our animosity and punishment. 8. The learned and the enlightened ones appreciate virtues. They
know that everyone's nature and actions depend on his spiritual development. The stage of spiritual development is different in different people and, therefore, it is natural that their nature and activities also differ. The basic reason for flaws and badness in people is lack of spiritual development otherwise all the souls in the universe have similar potential and powers. Therefore, the way to reform a sinner is not through revenge but through spiritual development. The meanest of persons even have many good qualities. We cannot find even one person in the entire world who is only flawed and totally devoid of virtues. The learned look at their virtues and they are filled with love for them. This makes them happy. Like this, the happiness born out of friendship eats away the melancholy born out of animosity. A person endowed with the feeling of friendship always remains happy while gripped by the feeling of animosity, the ignorant ones remain sorry, melancholy
and depressed. 10. Where looking at others' flaws is bad, looking at one's own faults
is good. By looking at our own flaws we can help ourselves in
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