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The Fault is of the Sufferer
indeed yours! Did you not know that if you were to walk
barefoot, you could press your toes into the ground and
get a better grip, and therefore you would not fall? Who
is at fault in this? The mud, the shoes, or you? The fault
is of the sufferer! If only this much were to be completely
understood, then it would lead one to liberation! Pointing
out other’s faults is very wrong. It is due to one’s own fault
that one comes across an apparent doer instrumental in the
unfolding of karma. Moreover, if one were to come across
a living apparent doer who is simply instrumental in the
process, then one would even ‘bite’ him, and what would
one do if he were pricked by a thorn? If there is a thorn
at the intersection and thousands of people walk over it
yet it does not prick anyone. And when Chandubhai walks
by, even if the thorn is bent backward, it pricks him on
the foot. So, what is the result of scientific circumstantial
evidences like? Whoever is to be pricked by the thorn,
that person alone will be pricked. It brings together all
the [necessary] circumstances, so what is the fault of the
instrumental doer in this?
If someone sprays pesticides and causes people to
cough, then everyone would scream and shout at him a lot.
However, if the fumes of spicy peppers that are cooking in
hot oil cause people to cough, then do people scream and
shout at it? They scold the one who is caught. They ‘bite’
the apparent doer. If you were to know the truth as to who
the ‘doer’ is and why things happen, then what problem
would remain? It is not the fault of the one who shot the
arrow. It is the fault of the one hurt by the arrow. When
the archer is caught, at that time it will be his fault. Right
now, the one hit by the arrow is the one who has been
caught. The one who is caught is the first culprit. When
the other person is caught, that is when it will be his fault.