Page 95 - Courage Redifined

Nastik’s wickedness :

Nastik was criticized and condemned by one and all. He felt
insulted and blamed the saint as the root cause of his state.
He was fuming with rage against the saint. To take revenge
one night he placed woods around the saint, lit them and
ranaway. Someone else’s fault and someone else faces the
punishment!
This is the weird state of people in the world today. In spite
of facing problems due to their own mistakes, they blame
others for it and harbor hatred and envy towards them. Was
the saint at fault here ? His only act was staying strong in
his penance and fasts. Now can this be considered a fault ?
Is this a mistake ? No. This was Nastik’s meanness that he
considered the saint to be the cause of his defamation and
public criticism.

Cowards overlook their mistakes and blame others.

We should analyze this in our day-to-day life and try to
understand whether we commit the same mistake. For eg.
you came back late from office and the food was a little cold.
What will you think ? Seeing your own fault, will you console
the opposite person saying, “Do not worry. You prepared the
food on time but I got late and food got cold. But it isn't
ice cold, so do not worry.” Or instead of staying calm and
composed, you start blaming the opposite person by saying,
“I work hard all day so can't you just ensure to serve hot
food ?” If you say so, then it implier that you are seeing the
opposite person’s fault. This happens due to cowardness. If
you consider this from the spiritual angle, the problems that
one faces may seem to be arising due to some person or place
but in reality, they are the outcome of one’s own past karmas.
It is a thumb rule that no one except our own Karmas can
trouble us.
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