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**Dimadrushti:** "Love for Dharma is the true love, which remains wherever it is. (241) All other so-called relatives are related to the body, and they perish with the body. When the body perishes, the relationship also ends. Relatives burn the dead body and return from the cremation ground, perform purification rituals, mourn for a while, and then forget the name of the deceased! Not only that, but sometimes they fight over the deceased's property, file lawsuits, and make a big fuss over the deceased's name! They make a mockery of it! The learned Shri Mansukh Bhai has vividly depicted this in his poignant words:
"O conscious one! What do they do after you leave? You spent your entire life for them, but they don't care whether you attain a good or bad destiny. They don't even think about it. But after you leave, they scramble for your wealth; they grab it; they create chaos in the distribution; some get less, some get more - this leads to conflict. Some praise you, while others mock you. Thus, they behave selfishly towards you after your death. Wives mourn for a long time, knowing that their husband's happiness is gone, and they cling to his name. Men also remember your name, calling you brother or son, and they remember you with long sighs; but none of them think about your destiny. What destiny did you attain? What happened to you? Are you happy or unhappy? O conscious one! They don't think about any of this." (etc.) - Shri Mansukh Bhai Kiratchandra's Shant Sudharas, Death Reformer, p. 46.
"You are dead, the world has drowned." - Saint Birji
Thus, everyone in the world engages in love and affection based on their own self-interest, but all that love and affection is not true, it is illusory. There is no value in this conditional love. True love and affection are unconditional, free from self-interest and other attachments, and are purely selfless and loving. "Everyone in the world engages in love and affection, but it is not true love and affection; unconditional love and affection is true, conditional love is like a lost treasure." - Shri Anandghanji
"The one who has attained glory, whose brilliance has been extinguished by the fire of sorrow, whose strength has been weakened by grief and hardship, whose body has been weakened by sorrow, whose wealth has been taken away by relatives, whose family has been destroyed, has been brought under their control." - Shri Vinay Vijayji's Shant Sudharas.