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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* Dharma (the pursuit of spiritual excellence); Artha
(the endeavour to acquire wealth); and Kama (the endeavour to fulfil the worldly desires)-These three aspects of human activity are inter-related and inseparably integrated and united. We should carry out these three endeavours in such a way that no one of them is affected or neglected.
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Jardarandavarovaarvava
Just as it is wrong to neglect anyone of these aspects, it is equally wrong to make excessive endeavours in anyone aspect. Extremes in this respect always bring about sorrows and agonies.
The man who runs madly after money cannot think of the soul or the supreme soul (the Paramatma). Such a man does not respond emotionally to the sorrows and joys of others. He neglects even his duties to his family because for him money is every
thing. * You also think of your family for whose sake you
endeavour to amass wealth. Take a look at the lives of your wife and children.
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DISCOURSE 79
The supreme ocean of compassion, the great scriptural scholar, Acharyashri Haribhadrasooriji while expounding the ordinary principles of the grihasthadharma in his great work, Dharmabindu describes the twenty fifth ordinary principle, "TTETTIETTE arauteggfetari gfagfa:" (You should make endeavours in order to attain Dharma, Artha and Kama in such a way that the endeavours complement one another and that the pursuit of one does not affect another). The great Acharya uses the word fravi (Thrivarg) to signify Dharma, Artha and Kama. All the actions and activities of the life of a grihastha are centred on these three objectives. In other