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REASON OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATTITUDE
OF FRIENDSHIP
The purity of soul is the prime reason of the attitude of
friendship. Just as this purity goes on increasing, the
attitude of friendship also increases in strength side by side. tude of friendship also increases in strength side by side. This increase of the attitude of friendship is one of the biggest virtues of the soul. When the purity of soul engendered from the complete annihilation of the Karmas, reaches its last stage, that is to say, when the whole Karmic envelope is destroyed from above the soul, the soul comes out in the most refulgent state, pure original state. It is only in this condition that the soul includes the whole universe in its all-reaching fold of friendly attitude. (4)
WHY SHOULD THIS FRIENDLY ATTITUDE NOT BE REJECTED ?
It can do if one does not extend the friendly attitude to others if these others are not his own. But from the highest philosophic point of view there is not single being in the whole of the universe with whom, a being is not united with a relationship of father, son, husband, wife, etc. Moreover, such a relationship is not formed by him only once but it has been for infinite times in the infinite past. Thus, every being is a relative, if not in the present birth, of the births, past and bygone. Is it proper, then, to be inimical to these relatives of the past? (5)
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