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inner intent (bhaav) towards anyone. The world is flawless
(nirdosh).’ When You know and experience this, You will be
liberated. You will attain liberation when you have the vision
(drashti) and ‘see,’ ‘Every living being in this world is nirdosh—
flawless, and I alone am the one with mistakes (doshit). I am
bound by my own mistakes.’
Lord Mahavir has seen the world as flawless (nirdosh).
I too do not see anyone as doshit - with mistakes. Whether one
puts a garland around my neck or curses me, no one is doshit.
“The world is flawless.” It is because of illusionary vision (mayavi
drashti) that one sees faults in others. The mistake lies only in
this viewpoint.
When a philanthropist makes a donation, people will say,
‘He is so generous and nice; he is giving donations!’ Whereas
the Lord says, ‘Why do you feel so happy in this? He is enjoying
the fruition of his karma. Even the recipient of that donation is
enjoying the fruition of his own karma. Why are you needlessly
getting in the middle? A thief steals; he too is suffering the fruition
of his karma. The entire world is suffering (vedey) its own karma
only.
From the moment ‘we’ have seen you and known you,
‘our’ opinion about you will never change. Then whatever you
do; it is all dependent upon the fruition of your own karma.
The worldly life will remain as long as one cannot see his
own mistakes and sees mistakes in others. As long as this vision
continues, so will the worldly life. When one does not see a
single mistake in others and sees all his own mistakes, then
know that his time has come for moksha. That is it! This is the
only difference in the vision (drashti)!
That you see mistakes in others is really the mistake of
your vision (drashti). This is because all living beings are under
the authority and realm of some other entity; they do not have