Questioner: How can we attain faultlessness (nirdoshata)?
Dadashri: When you ‘see’ the entire world as being faultless (nirdosh). I have become faultless (nirdosh) through seeing the entire world as faultless. The one who does good and the one who does bad are both faultless in my eyes.

Questioner: In the ‘relative’ perspective, when you do something wrong, is it not apparent who is at fault (doshit)?
Dadashri: When is one considered to be at fault (doshit)? It is when his Shuddhatma (the pure Soul) ‘is doing’ something wrong. But the Shuddhatma is the ‘non-doer’. It is not possible for the Shuddhatma ‘to do’ anything. This is discharge of karma, and you see him at fault (doshit) in it. You should do pratikraman for any faults that you see in others. As long as you see fault in any living being in this world, know that you have not yet attained inner purification (shuddhikaran). Until then, it is sensory knowledge (indriya-gnan).

Questioner: Is bitterness a kind of ego?
Dadashri: Bitterness and sweetness are both the fruit of karma, and they will be there only as long as the ego is there. The fruit of the ego that does good will be sweet, and the fruit of the ego that does bad will be bitter.

Questioner: Who creates all the confusion in this world?
Dadashri: Ignorance of the Self.

Questioner: Who is the greater, the one asking for forgiveness, or the one who forgives?
Dadashri: Even the horse and cart carriage drivers, taxi drivers, or potters come to ask for forgiveness. However, they have not given forgiveness themselves. So, the one who forgives has greater value. It is very difficult to forgive. ‘Ours’ (Dadashri’s) is natural and spontaneous (sahaj) forgiveness (kshama). You are automatically forgiven for any mistakes you make, whether you ask for forgiveness or not.

A Seed Of Karma Is Sown If You Become The Doer

Questioner: What is the difference between a man who thinks about killing someone and a man who actually kills someone?
Dadashri: The one who thinks about it is guilty in the eyes of Nature, and the one who actually kills someone is guilty in the eyes of the world. A man who kills someone in this life was already guilty (of having bhaav and planting a seed of killing) from his previous life. His punishment will be in this life in the form of a jail sentence or harassment and humiliation by other people. That karma will come to end, provided he does not sow any new seeds.

Questioner: Is there a method to planting these ‘seeds’ (cause of karma)? Is there a way of knowing which seed will be sown and which seed will not?
Dadashri: Yes. When you say things like, “This was a great snack”, and “I ate it”, then a seed is sown. There is nothing wrong in saying, “I ate,” but you should ‘know’ who the ‘eater’ is. You should know, “I (the Self) am not eating, the eater (the non-Self) is eating.” Hence, you sow the seeds when you become ‘the doer’.

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