Aspirants Guide

Author(s): Atmanandji Maharaj
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Sadhna Kendra Koba

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TRUE MERCY Once as a student, while walking on the road, he saw a restless dog. It was running back and forth because of a wound in its ear. Malaviyaji approached the dog with food and took the dog to a veterinary hospital where the attending doctor gave him medicine for it and warned him, "Well Madanmohan, always be careful because sometimes such dogs are rabid and bite people."
However, Malaviyaji had no fear. He applied proper medicine on the wound of the dog and sat there till the dog slept soundly.
What is our usual reaction when we see sick and dirty dogs ? Let us think of this and grasp the greatness of the virtue of true mercy in such legendary people and learn from them the innerent equality of all living beings.
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