________________ by 50%. The remaining 50 % benefit remains because, upon seeing your name, others may be inspired to contribute. After making a donation, if the name of your Guru or Parmatma precedes yours, it immensely increases your sadhana. Due to faith in religion or Dharmashraddha, one starts getting detached from favorable situations. Once he becomes indifferent to favorable situations, nonviolence becomes the predominant factor in his life. You can never get the comforts of this world or favorable situations without destruction of innumerable lives. Pujya Gurudev says, even one single word that comes out from my mouth cannot reach you without the destruction of innumerable Vayukay Jeevs (living beings prevalent in air). Even if the hand of a clock moves for a second it kills innumerable lives. Why should we fast? Why should we perform samayik and pratikraman? Why should we have faith in religion? Because each favorable situation in our life is caused by the violence, by the destruction of innumerable lives, for example, using a fan, air-conditioner, all forms of transportation, etc. That is why Parmatma has advised us to decrease the comforts of life in the third bol. Every single thing that we use for our convenience is born out of violence. -- 55 -
