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Now if you ask them how many of their faults still remain,
they say only a few! They claim that they really do not have any
faults as such, except occasionally they get angry or greedy. So
you question why do they sing, “Full of infinite faults I am, O
compassionate one?” and their reply is that they have to sing
whatever the words say but they insist that they definitely do not
have many faults. Goodness gracious! Now they have started
deceiving even God. The Lord has said a person can achieve
liberation in a matter of three hours if he has only two faults!
Even if you ask the prominent monks and acharyas (preceptors)
how many faults they have, they will claim they have only two
or three faults. With only that many faults they will achieve
liberation within three hours. It is because of their faults they
remain here. And yet if you ask them to point out faults in
others, they will show you countless faults but none of their
own. Everyone knows how to see faults in others, however one
is able to see one’s own faults only after achieving Self-
Realization. It is only then that one develops non-partiality towards
one’s self. Had you learned to see your own faults, you would
have achieved liberation by now or at least you would have
become like a Gnani Purush.
In reality, no one is at fault - it is the effect of the current
time cycle. Everything happens according to the circumstances
that come about, so how can you blame anyone?
Whatever faults you begin to see within yourself will depart.
With the blessings of the Gnani Purush, you begin to see your
own faults. First will come the realization that you are full of
infinite faults and so you will start to look for them and you will
be able to see them. Failure to see your faults is due to spiritual
apathy (pramad). However once you come to know that infinite
faults lie within you, you will automatically begin to see them.
What happens if a burglar breaks into a deaf person’s home?
The owner would not hear the burglar no matter how much