Way of Life Part 1

SR No.: 006513
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 432
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Religion
File Size: 22 MB

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* Sharp intelligence is necessary to understand
whether what is stated in the Dharmagranthas is
true or untrue. * Even sharp intelligence if it is not pure and free
from obstinacy and wrong insistence and dogmatism. brings about disputes and controversies in the sphere of Dharma. It brings about indecisiveness
and vacillation in one's life. * In the tradition of the Jain Sadhus there was and
is the convention of studying other dharmas. Other dharmas do not seem to include the study of the
Jain Agamas. * Intelligent people can be taught; and can be made
to understand truths by means of love and logic. They will only rebel if we get angry or irritated while teaching them. * We cannot believe even the logical arguments of men who have hatred and attachments when they speak about metaphysical subjects. When they use specious arguments, their logic becomes self
deceptive, and suicidal. Qaxraavaaravaaraavaans
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DISCOURSE 7
The great scholar and acharya Shri Haribhadra Soori, after having described in his work, Dharmabindu, the efficacy of dharma; explains the real form and nature of Dharma..
The great acharya describes the form of Dharma in a touching manner. Addressing those people who come to gain access to the sphere of Dharma after having seen and heard about the tremendous efficacy of Dharma, he stops them at the threshold and says, "Do you want to enter the sphere of Dharma ? Do you want to experience the unexampled efficacy of Dharma ?. Then, first you have to believe the Agams. You must accept the