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[Religious Instructions of the Lord
universal compassion, distribution of Truth and the everla. sting spiritual wealth people flocked to his banner and desired to enlighten their lives with the light of Satyam (The Truth), Sivam (The God), and Sundaram (The Beautiful). That multitude of people consisted of the seekers of Truth, of those desirous to know the path to salvation, people that are being burnt in the flames of folly and ignorance, and of others who were regarded as untouchables by the society of the socalled civilised men. The Lord examined the diseases of the sufferers in their respective capacities, and healed them immediately by giving them each a dose of his nectarous instructions after proper diagnosis All got spiritual peace and all felt happy. He presented his own example and taught them to love all and hate none. He said, "Hatred is a worm that eats into the character of a man. Allow it to enter your heart for once and it will ruin you completely. Animosity and war might have been parts of some religion in ancient times, but hatred and jealousy have never been. They are to be discarded by all who want to achieve material or spiritul progress. The foundation-stone of the palatial building of spiritual progress is always laid on true Love. Remember, therefore, that despiable is he who despises and not he who is despised, for the heart of the man who despises becomes impure by the existence of hatred in it. Under the influence of hatred, he is led to behave barbarously with other people. He thus brings about a flood of misery and grief in this world and invites other people to act like him. But know it for certain that the hearts of the crippled and the lepers are made bright by the divine light which brightens the entire universe, and which shines equally in the
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