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* Being caught in the confounding conflicts of selfish
motives and desires, every man keeps exploiting others. How can there be in such people the thirst for cordiality or inner amity needing to be
quenched?
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Society is caught in external ostentation, pomp and
show. * The contact with enlightened men brings satisfac
tion to our souls and causes their elevation. But, now-a-days, men are mad after material pleasures and enjoyments. What do they care for the radiance of knowledge and wisdom? They keep
wandering in the deep darkness of ignorance. * Who can provide enlightenment to a man who is
caught in the meshes of such superstitions as sorcery, witchcraft, exorcism and the practice of occult
arts ? * Never make fun of poor people. * Do not cause anguish to anyone. * Do not pass sarcastic remarks on anyone who is in
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DISCOURSE 77
The supreme ocean of compassion, the great scriptural, scholar, Acharyashri Haribhadrasooriji while expounding the ordinary principles of the grihasthadharma, describes the twenty fourth ordinary principle namely "वृत्तस्थज्ञानवृद्धसेवा" (rendering service to men of enlightenment and to those who are carrying out great vrathas or vows).
As long as you do not have an innate love for vrathas (the observance of sacred vows) or for men of enlightenment, you cannot appreciate men who are enlightened or those who are carrying out some sacred vrathas (vows). How can those people
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