Way of Life Part 4

SR No.: 006516
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 430
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Religion
File Size: 17 MB

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Jararaaraavaraavaavaraava
* Just as faith is essential in the sphere oj Dharma,
an incisive intelligence also is necessary. The intelligence must be sharp, incisive and chastened. Even if a man does not possess a sharp intelligence and even if he is illiterate, we can easily teach him scriptural knowledge if he has the virtues of simplicity and humility. But it is very difficult to teach scriptural knowledge to a person who is intellectually inert and insipid and who is obstinate, obdurate and impolite. In fact, it is almost
impossible to teach Dharma to such a person. * Violence is also of two kinds. They are : deliberate
violence and motiveless violence. A grihastha should not commit deliberate violence against any jiva but motiveless violence is considered useful to some extent.
* In the life of grihasthas, the bondage of sin is
caused by intention rather than performance. An
evil intention is more sinful than an action. * In order to understand the usefulness of the idol
of the Lord in the temple, you must keep the windows of your mind open. Those who have prejudices in their minds cannot understand it. Even if they understand it, they will not accept it. They avoid accepting it because they are bound by strong conventions and traditions.
DISCOURSE 92
The great scriptural scholar Acharyashri Haribhadrasooriji while expounding the ordinary principles of the grihasthadharma in his work, Dharmabindu describes the thirty third principle saying that intelligence must possess eight qualities. That means a noble householder must possess intelligence.