Way of Life Part 3

SR No.: 006515
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 348
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Religion
File Size: 18 MB

Page 218

SWD
*Mothers should be like Rudrasoma.
How sweet and reticent she was in her utterances! How affectionate she was! Why is it that the mothers to-day are not like her?
*The mother who was non-attached; saw nothing but sorrow in sensual pleasures. She saw felicity in renunciation. The mother who is non-attached lives with the attitude of renunciation towards life; and she wishes that her children also should pursue the same path.
*If parents and spiritual heads are tender-hearted and if their words are pleasing and sweet, children certainly love them and honour them, and their affection and honour will increase.
* An omen gives a hint regarding the future. Of course, it cannot change the future. It merely indicates what is going to happen in the future.
The affection and attachment of those relatives and friends who are ignorant and unenlightened are very deep and cannot be easily or quickly discarded. Sometimes, such affection or attachment changes into hostility.
DISCOURSE 64
The great scriptural scholar, the revered Acharya Shri Haribhadrasoorishwarji first of all expounds the ordinary principles of the grihasthadharma in his work, Dharmabindu. He expounds the sixteenth principle, namely, "the adoration of father and mother". Adoration or worship means saluting their feet with heartfelt regard and affection. This is to be done three times every day. Children should thus salute their parents in the morning, at noon and in the evening.
Besides adoring parents thus, youngsters also must salute in the same manner their teachers, spiritual heads who preach