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such bad habits. He sees others as flawless. Gnan is such that
it does not allow anyone to see faults anywhere.
People’s faults are their sewers. One does not go around
opening the sewers in the streets. Even a small child will not do
so. Since you have a kitchen you are bound to have a draining
gutter, but you should not open the gutter. Everyone has certain
faults – some people may have anger, others may be impatient
– to see these faults is the same as opening a sewer. You should
rather see their virtues. The only sewer worth looking at is your
own. Your own gutters are clogged up and yet you are unaware
of it. And even if you were aware of this, what can you do?
Such negativity, seeing faults in others, has become part of
one’s nature. People read the scriptures and recite, ‘Do not
speak ill of anyone’, and yet they never cease to do so.
If you speak ill of others, no matter how little, the damage
is done for sure. No one opens the sewer lids in the streets and
yet they keep opening the lids of other people’s sewers.
Criticizing someone is like cashing in a ten-rupee note
and getting back only one. The person that criticizes others will
always be at a loss. You should not expend your energy where
you have nothing to gain. You waste away your energies when
you criticize others. If you become aware that instead of grinding
sesame seeds for oil you are indeed grinding sand, is that not
a waste of your time and energy? Why expend your time and
energy when you know you have nothing to gain, on the contrary,
you lose valuable time and energy. Criticizing others is like washing
other people’s laundry while dirtying your own in the process.
Mooah! (one who is dying) when will you wash your own?
I keep using the word ‘mooah’, what do I mean by it?
Mooah is a very profound word. There is mild rebuke in it but
no contempt. Even though I speak a rural dialect, it is very