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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાલાક.
of Karma. So reflections as to the fleeting nature of the worldly objects, with all their magnificence and power, and as to the incapacity of relations and friends to support us against the inevitable attacks of Death etc; should be our constant guide and companion to warn us to adopt a righteous life without further delay. Thus we overcome the formidable enemy Karma, working strenuously with its trainbearers, lust, greed, egoism, hypocrasy, self-eulogy etc. So if one loses an opportunity to treasure up spiritual knowledge, to store virtue, and to weaken the force of these enemies, he shall have to repent when his body becomes unnerved. Dharma alone follows a man in death. Dharma in its essence is the inward spirit i. e. spiritual purity. The means, instruments, fruits and results are outward actions, so mere mental and physical acquiescence does not tend to any good. The best course is to "live" the doctrine, but not simply to believe in it. He who does so is truly religious. So the author rightly calls it a source of happiness, health etc; and advises its adoption without delay. It could be successfully followed by freeing one's self from baneful desires for the worldly affairs and then applying himself to the contemplation of the Higher Self.
સંસારમાં કોઇ શરણ નથી તેા શું કરવુ` ?—
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નાના પ્રકારનાં દુ:ખાને અનુભવતા પ્રાણીને ત્રણે લોકમાં કાઇ શરણુ નથી. ધર્માંતે શરણુ માનીએ તે તે વ્યાજખી છે, પરન્તુ એમ માનવા છતાં જો ધર્મની આરાધના કરવામાં ન આવે, તે ફરવાનું ક્યાંથી બની શકે ?
દુ:ખને ન
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