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The Flawless Vision
slapped him instead. A person can only cheat you if and when
your own past karmas come into effect. It is only the fruition of
your past karmas coming into effect that allows the other person
to be able to cheat you. How can you then blame the other person?
On the contrary he became ‘instrumental’ in liberating you from
your own karma.
The Consequence of Inciting Others
Questioner: Can a person be punished or held liable for
others’ mistakes?
Dadashri: No, no one else can be blamed. It is because
of your own fault that the other person becomes your ‘instrument’.
The fault is of the sufferer. To do, to make others do and to
instigate others into doing, will bind karma, which brings new results
in next life. There is no effect without a cause.
Questioner: Can you explain what constitutes an instigation
of karma?
Dadashri: If someone hesitates in doing something and
you encourage him to do it, it is called instigation. The person
who encourages the action bears a greater liability than the person
who carries out the action. Who carries greater liability in the
causal karma? The one who uses his intellect more becomes more
liable in the blame.
Attain Perfection Through Abstinence From Retaliation
In this world, any person that harms you in any way is simply
an ‘instrument’. You are responsible because you suffer the
damage. In reality, this world is truly independent and no one can
interfere with another. And if this were not so, there would be no
end to people’s fear and no one would achieve liberation. Even
Lord Mahavir would not have attained liberation. Lord Mahavir