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Dear Prady,

 

Jai Guru Datta,

 

How do you know that someone has done wrong? Have you been a witness or are

you judging just by the gossip? And even in case you have been witness, not

only Ghandiji, but also Jesus and Sri Swamiji have said that one should leave

the judgement to God. The Sookti Manjari of Bhaktimala June 2001 is a good

example for this teaching: it is accessible online at dattapeetham.com:

Bhaktimala, then 2001, June, then Sookti Manjari. I am giving a quote of it

below.

 

Of course, a judge must judge, it is his/her profession. Police must arrest

delinquents, it is their profession, etc. Yet they must do this in a fair

manner, giving people a chance to speak out for themselves, giving them a

fair trial etc.

 

And they mustn´t ever consider themselves superior in any way to others, not

even to the delinquents. Otherwise they acquire bad karma due to their

arrogance and ego.

 

The day before yesterday the Bhagavadgita quote was CH 4, Verse 1:

"He should perform his actions as a dedication to God, that is,

for the welfare of the world. He should not have any

selfish motive in it. Such a work ensures him freedom

from bondage. Therefore, whatever work a man does, he

should do it without any selfish motive. He should not

have the desire for the enjoyment of its fruits. "

 

In case a judge thinks himself better than others, he becomes selfish. And

this causes bondage.

 

And here´s an excerpt from the Sookti:

 

> ...."Nandi may not be wrong. But who is to decide what constitutes ego? It

> is only a Sadguru who can decide it. A fellow human being can only guess

> the hidden ego by the actions of the other person. There is no guarantee

> that his guess is always right.

>

> On the other hand, a Sadguru can directly see the heart of a person and say

> if there is ego or not. Therefore, there is no question of missing

> anything. There is no question of faltering. It is here that Nandi

> faltered. Therefore, Narada had to point out various instances where even

> great sages had shown defects. He also pointed out that the defects did not

> in any way take away the greatness of those sages. In fact, in some cases,

> the defects were even complementary. For example, Narada was usually

> accused of traveling excessively all the time. Did this quality not help

> him in achieving his primary goal – welfare of the universe?

> ...

> Sadguru is like the true owner of the fields. He alone has the right to

> decide which is the weed. Even the disciple doesn’t have that liberty.

> Therefore, the disciple should not look at fellow disciples and comment

> “Why is my Guru not teaching the same lessons to me? Is my Guru

> prejudiced?†Also, the disciple should not look down upon other disciples.

> This is the first lesson is the spiritual school.

>

> May Lord Dattatreya bless you all so that you understand this lesson well

> and become good students of the Sadguru." --- end of quote

>

> As for shunning bad company: Yes, of course. In your private life you may

> do so. In your profession you may not be able to do so. E.g a policeman

> must deal with delinquents, he can´t shun them.

> Whose company is bad for you after all? The one who is trying, directly or

> indirectly to cause you to do bad deeds. What are bad deeds? Here you need

> your discrimination. Gossipping and listening to gossip may well be a bad

> deed, especially in case it leads to judging others unfairly.

>

> Sri Guru Datta

>

> Carolin