Re: Vice of Fault Finding

Why does fault finding come about and why do we see defects in other people?

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! If the fault-finding is not to humbly point out the correct philosophy or to genuinely benefit anyone, it comes about due to a lack of offenseless chanting or due to offensive chanting. Envy is the deep-rooted vice in our conditioned bodily life. The origin of envy is right at the point when we decided to try to enjoy as God and fall down in this material world, when we were situated in the tatastha shakti or the marginal energy of the Lord. The moment our soul was embodied, false ego and the resultant envy were born. Envy is of two types: envy for God and the resultant envy for His part and parcels. These can only be removed by doing exactly the opposite: service to God by chanting the Holy Names and service to the souls of all beings by giving them the Holy Names. If there is mundane anger involved, then certainly that kind of fault-finding is greatly detrimental for our soul.

Is it true that all the faults we see in others are actually our own faults?

We may not exactly possess those same faults but fault-finding due to envy, malice or anger does implicate us in those faults of others. We are qualified to point out others' faults only if we have purely 100% genuine intentions to benefit those faulty persons without even a tinge of envy in our hearts and we should be in a position of authority to do so.

Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.

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