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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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viour that creates Civility.” Expensive dress shows that you are an affluent man but what is the relationship between civility and dress? Even thieves, dacoits, pickpockets, prostitutes and immoral persons wear excellent dress and move about showing off their dress but no one considers them as cultured or gentle people.
The writers of Shastras say this while describing the importance of action or conduct.
पढमं नाणं तओ दया ।
Padhaman Nanam Tao Dayā. “First knowledge and then kindness."
In this context daya means action prompted by knowledge. From the following example we can know the adversity that can arise if our action is not in conformity with our knowledge.
There was a beautiful mansion in a town. The husband and the wife who owned that mansion were sleeping one night. When it was past mid-night a burglar broke into the house by removing the window bars. On hearing the noise of the bars being bent and broken, the wife woke up. Softly waking up her husband she said to him in a low tone, "Are you awake?”
The husband said, “Yes, yes I am awakc. What is the matter?"
The wife said, “Burglars have broken into the house !"
The husband said, “I know it.” · The wise said, "The burglar is going towards the almirah."
The husband said, "I know it."
The wife said, “He is taking out the bundles of currency notes.”
The husband said, “I know it.”
The wife said, “He has put all the notes into his bag.”
The husband said, “I know it.”
The wise said, “The burglar has jumped out through the window to go away."
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