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To Spiritual Health : We observe certain 'do's' and 'don'ts' while taking medicine and we are able to get rid of the physical disease. Some 'do's consist in taking tea, coffee, mosambi juice or boiled water of mung etc. Some don'ts mean avoiding the use of sour, pungent and fried food. The medicine is also to be taken thrice or four times a day as prescribed by the Doctor. Similarly, there are karmas that troubel us and we don't get peace of mind. Hence, Lord have laid down rules to observe some do's and don'ts while taking a religious dose of vows. Before taking religious dose, we should observe some don'ts. They consist of not taking some forbidden or non-eatable food as it ruins our spiritual life. We should take pure nutritive food. This helps us observing the 'do's. Then we shall be able to practise the six essential qualities of a house-holders. This will lead us to high thinking and noble living. If we attend these , we shall be able to uplift our self spiritually. Our internal(Spiritual) life becomes pure. Why some people cannot enjoy life even though they observe the vows and practise religious rites as laid down in scriptures (Jap-Jap Mahostav)? It is true that these people take the religious dose, but it is not accompanied by some do's and don'ts (or forbidden things). Hence the religious medicament becomes useless and religious practices and vows become fruitless as certain Do's and Don'ts are not observed.
In order to make your inner(spiritual) life healthy please study the ten booklets published by Shri Nemi Vignan Kastursuri Series. Take the religious medicine prescribed therein and observe the do's and dont's mentioned in them.
How insiginficant Vow taken without any
Religious intention, yields Good Advantage ! We know that when the child is sick or ill, it is unwilling to take medicine and resists attempts to administer it. The mother forcibly makes the child drink the dose and the sick child recovers from illness. Similarly, vows even observed unwillingly are bound to do good to the observer.
The Illustration of Kamalsen : The couple Sheth Shripat and Sundri once visited a monk and told him that both of them had observed daily vows such as Samayik and Navkarshi, Darshana etc., but unfortunately their son Kamalsen kept himself away from all these and could not be
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