The Flawless Vision
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appear faultless to you.
Questioner: Is it true that whatever fault we see in others,
is the same fault we have within ourselves?
Dadashri: That is why you see the fault.
Questioner: And does one’s vision become purer as one
sees more of one’s own faults?
Dadashri: Yes, it correspondingly becomes purer.
Your Gutter Stinks And You Have Gone To Clean The
Gutters Of Others
People’s faults are their gutters. Even the gutters in the streets
are kept covered. A young child knows not to keep the gutters
and sewers open. If you have a kitchen, surely you will have a
gutter outside and you will always keep the gutter covered with a
lid. People have certain faults; a person may be cranky or angry –
to look at their negative qualities, is equivalent to opening up a
sewer. It is better to look at their good qualities instead. You only
need to look at your own gutter and keep it clean, so it does not
clog up. People do not realize that their drains are clogging up,
and if they did, would they know how to take care of the problem?
They reach their limitations, and that is why all the disease sets in.
Through reading the scriptures they learn to say, “You should not
speak ill of others!” And although they go around exclaiming this,
the underlying gossiping continues. Whenever you utter even the
slightest negativity about anyone, you have undoubtedly caused
damage. No one opens the lids of the outside physical gutters,
but people tend to keep opening other people’s gutters.
I came across a man who was kicking the door of a latrine.
When I asked him why he was doing that, he said, “ Even though
I do my best to keep this toilet clean, it still smells bad!” Now is