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The Fault is of the Sufferer
Analyse it in This Way
Those who are more at fault are the ones who take
a beating in this world. Just see who is the one taking a
beating. The one who is taking the beating is certainly the
one at fault.
Based upon how much one suffers, you can deduce
how much the person is at fault! In a household of ten
people, two of them do not even have the slightest thought
as to how the household expenses are being managed. Two
of them have the thought, ‘We should help out at home,’
while a few of them are actually helping out. Whereas, one
of them worries all day long over managing the household
expenses, while two of them are sleeping peacefully. So
whose fault is it? Hey, mortal one! It is certainly the fault
of the one who suffers, the one that worries. Those who
are sleeping peacefully have nothing to do with it at all!
Whose fault is it? Figure out, ‘Who is the one
suffering?’ If ten teacups were to break at the hands of the
house help, then would it have an effect on the members
of the household or not? Now, among the members of the
household, there are children. However, there is no suffering
for them in this, while their father and mother continue
to get frustrated. Of the two of them, the mother would
at least fall asleep peacefully after a little while, but the
father would keep on calculating, ‘Ten times five is fifty.
That’s how many rupees the cups amount to!’ Because he
is alert, he has to suffer more. Therefore, in summary, the
fault is of the sufferer.
You should not have to search for the fault. Even
great judges and lawyers should not have to search for it.
Instead of that, this is the phrase that has been given as
a thermometer, ‘The fault is of the sufferer.’ If one were