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

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THE WAY OF LIFE
renounce sins; but he had love and adoration in his heart for those who had renounced sins. His heart used to overflow with love (Pramod) whenever he saw Sadhus and Sadhvis who had renounced sins. He used to be overwhelmed with joy on seeing such people. YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE DELIGHT IN COMMITTING SINS
Man needs delight in his life. It is difficult to live without delight. The enlightened people do not totally prohibit delight. They merely say that people should not experience delight in committing sins, because, they can, by means of their mental eyes, visualize its painful consequences. They can see its evil consequences.
Realize another vital point. The action in the performance of which you experienced delight and elation, will recur in your life. It will occur again and again. If you commit a sinful action; and if you enjoy doing it, that sinful action will occur again and again in your life. You will do it again and again; and it becomes a powerful habit. The habit of committing sinful action becomes very forceful. The habit of committing a sin with delight takes way your life. That means it causes a lot of vexation to you.
If a gambler enjoys gambling when he gambles for the first time, that is enough. He becomes a habitual gambler. He can shake off that habit only after he is totally ruined. In the same manner, if a person enjoys drinking liquors, he becomes a habitual drinker. Even the precepts given by a preceptor will not influence his mind because he takes delight in drinking.
Question : People gamble and drink because gambling and drinking give them delight. Is that not so ?
Answer: What is the use of that delight which destroys man's body, mind and wealth ? This delight in committing sins itself is an enemy. There should be in one's life at least, a few spiritual austerities in which one takes delight. There are some people in this world who take great delight in worshipping the Paramatma. They keep worshipping the Paramatma for two