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Sayings of Śri Vijayadharma Sūri
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[ 22 ] If thou hast contracted a habit of, or predilection for slandering, slander thy own self : then there will be a chance of something good coming out therefrom.
[ 23 ] Forgiveness is an ornament of the followers of Vīra. Where Forgiveness is absent, and Wrath dominates, there the great Goddess Non-injury will never come to dwell.
[ 24 ] Slandering pulls our own pure actions down to the level of the impure ones of others.
[ 25 ] Piety is nothing but good acting, and impiety nothing but evil acting.
[ 26 ] Obstinacy excludes piety.
[ 27 ] With the increase of tranquillity, sensuality fades away, justice and morals rule, and love towards all creatures becomes manifest : this is called piety.
[ 28 ] Religious actions done without devotion are as useless as termitaries, which, though rising in the shape of spires, still are never called spires nor hills.
[ 29 ] Neither the destruction of our enemies, nor the increase of our fortune, nor the attainment of renown ought to be the motive of our devotions, but Salvation only alone.
[ 30 ] Worship is nothing but that feeling of reverence with which we regard a statue or a picture, a book or a person.
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