Acharya Prashant addresses a question about the difficulty of hating the sin but not the sinner, referencing quotes from the Bible and Sufi texts. He explains that any evil outside is only in relation to one's own perspective. He uses the analogy of an earthquake: a small tremor is not considered an earthquake, but a large one that causes destruction is. The event is the same—a tremor—but its intensity and the danger it poses to us define whether we label it as a disaster. Similarly, the earth is constantly vibrating, but we only call it an earthquake when the vibration is intense enough to affect us. We don't even say the earthquake is mild; we say there is no earthquake at all if it doesn't pose a threat to us. This concept applies to how we perceive evil in people. Evil exists only when you are affected by it. If you are weak and unprotected, you will perceive evil. Evil is only when you become evil. He quotes Kabir Saheb, who said, "When I went to see the evil, I found no one evil. When I searched my own heart, I found no one more evil than myself." This implies that if one is not evil oneself, then nothing outside is evil. When you are strong and unaffected by anything, your language changes. You no longer speak of opposition. Instead of seeing someone as evil, you see them as ignorant, helpless, and suffering. The first injustice done to them is that they were born. The second is that they were born into a society and family that tampered with their minds and consciousness. When you become strong and are no longer affected by others' actions, your perspective shifts from opposition to compassion. You see the other person not as evil, but as sad, deluded, and helpless. Then, your impulse is not to punish them but to support them. The speaker advises that before trying to help others, one must first become so strong that they are not shaken when evil comes before them. When you are unshaken and unaffected, then for you, evil is just a play of qualities (gunas). You will see that there is just more of the quality of darkness (tamas) or agitation (rajas). Then, if you can apply a method or offer help, you do. Otherwise, you pray for them and move away. Most people who are considered evil are not even capable of being truly evil; they are just flimsy and weak. To be truly evil, like Ravana or Duryodhana, requires a certain stature. Most people are not even that; they are just helpless. Therefore, the basis of compassion is to understand that the one who is afflicted himself, how can you hold him guilty?