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daughter. He summons the brother and scolds him, “Why did
you do that to her?” Arey! Should you not at least ask the son
what happened before you scold him? Should you not question
why the daughter complained and not the son? What did the son
really do? He accepts the daughter’s version to be true because
he is sensitive himself. Then the father claims, “I have weak ears
(easily misled), which is why I made a mistake.” He is the foolish
one but he blames the ears for his mistake! He does not realize
that his daughter is at fault, which is why she is the first one to
complain. At home, if anyone came complaining, ‘we’ would
first listen to everyone’s side of the story and then make a
judgment. If justice is dispensed correctly, the guilty party will
not proceed further; he will realize that you are fair and judicious
and that he will be exposed.
For us there is no need to explain anything to anyone in
this world. Only the guilty one has to give clarifications and
explanations. Everyone wants to be an arbitrator (interfere with
useless judgment) in this world. ‘We’ do not let any arbitrator
intervene; they cannot change anything. Mud says, ‘Stick your
hands in if you wish, but you will have to wash them.’ You have
to look after your own affair. Why should we give anyone the
opportunity to become our arbitrator?
People spend entire day preoccupied with ‘mine’ and
‘yours’! And they take nothing with them when they die. What
do you take with you to your next life? You take your
entanglements and quarrels that you have had with others. You
take whatever charities you have done. And you have to take
the ego with you for sure. The ego, who is the owner of all the
entanglements, is going to remain with you for sure. Anger,
pride, illusion, greed and ego will all go with you.
Consequences of instigation
Questioner : Can a person be punished for someone
else’s fault?