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also look to their faults with magnanimity of my heart. They are all my brethren. Fraternity is the feeling of brotherhood for all human beings and creatures. We should entertain for all the creatures feelings of friendliness and brotherhood. It is my fault when I oppose my brothers considering them as my enemies. Karmas are my real enemies. I should fight with them in fact".
There is still one more skilful method to destroy our passions. We should hold thus, “None can harm any one. We are really speaking the cause, and others are only instrumental to the events Therefore, I should not be angry with them. If at all they harm, they shall reap the rewards of their own actions; but why should I myself create bondages of Karmas for me by punishing them"? If you persuade your Soul to avoid passions by such pure thoughts, you will be able to easily win over them.
Just think of the dreadfulness of these passions. They are more fatal and more dreadful than atom bombs and atomic missiles.
It is said, "Meritorious conduct observed for millions of years can be vitiated in a few minutes when passions prevail".
Passionate reflections cause bondages of status and tastes, while commotion or activity in the Soul's regions create bondages of regions and nature. If passions are eliminated, bonds of status and tastes are also eliminated. Of course auspicious reflections do cause auspicious tastes. But a status is never determined without passions. Passions generate mental thoughts which produce great agitation in the Soul. Lesser the effects of passions, lesser would be the pollution of the Soul.
If you can avoid commotion or activity of the Soul, Karmic bonds would not be produced at all. But that is not possible unless one stops the inflow of passions.
Bondage-causing feeling of pleasure is quite good as it affords great pleasure. That bondage is created even by the Omniscient Soul. Very often he enjoys the rewards of this bondage. Soul's activity may continue but if your passions are annihilated, evil activities shall be abated and auspicious activities would increase. Remember, that inspite of auspicious intentions, passions produce inauspicious karmic bondage. Therefore, more you annihilate your passions looser shall be the karmic bondage. Purity of conduct
