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* Even wild animals and violent people become mild
and non-violent when they come near a person whose heart overflows with kindness and compas. sion; and in whose heart the feeling of enmity is completely annulled.
* The jivas that go to the heavenly world, become
so deeply absorbed in the pleasures of the heavenly world, that they forget even their friends and relatives. Ah! They forget even their benefactors.
Axaxaxaxaxa
* You must always have a feeling of amity and a
lofty feeling of regard for your benefactors. This is a very important quality.
* Amity for benefactors is the basis or foundation for
the adoration of Dharma.
* There can be no greater sin than hating and
scorning benefactors. Verbergenovergerserono
DISCOURSE 15
The great scholar, acharya Shri Haribhadra Soorishwarji explains the nature and form of the doctrines of Dharma. His method of expounding doctrines is unique. He wrote 1444 magnificent works. He was not only a tremendous scholar but also a writer endowed with a profound knowledge of human psychology. Moreover, he was an incomparable logician. His works are classics in the truest sense of the word. Every statement made by him is not only absolutely logical but also profoundly psychological. This great Yogishwar was a man of versatile genius.
Your spiritual activities may be in accordance with scriptural prescriptions; may be carried out in accordance with rules but if your heart is not overflowing with the lofty emotions
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