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only a few of his own faults, then such a person has a long way to
go. How can you tell me that you can only see a handful of your
faults when you are saturated with them? Do you think that the
faults that you see are the only faults that you have?
When can you claim to have attained the path of Lord
Mahavir? When you see hundreds of your faults each day and
you do as many pratikramans, you can say that you are on the
path of Lord Mahavir. Thereafter, Self-Realization is so much
further along the path. But after reading a handful of scriptures,
people go around intoxicated with the belief that they have acquired
Self-Realization. They have not experienced even a drop of Self-
Realization! When real knowledge stops growing, egoism
increases. Ego impedes enlightened worldview. The two of the
most treacherous pitfalls on the path to liberation are egoism and
self guided spiritual endeavors.
You Have Never Seen Your Own Faults
Dadashri: Can you see your own faults?
Questioner: That is what a person needs to do.
Dadashri: Yes, so why can’t you see them?
Questioner: We are trapped in this worldly life and so
engrossed in our day to day living that we do not see our faults.
Dadashri: No, there is something wrong with your ability
to see your faults. But you have set yourself to be the judge, the
defendant as well as the defending lawyer. So whenever you are
at fault, you become your own defending lawyer.
Questioner: So we are wrongly defending ourselves.
Dadashri: Yes, all along that is exactly what you have
been doing. Nothing else. You have wrongfully continued to