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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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“Deception makes man face the evil consequence of being born as an animal or a bird
Any man who does not like to be born as an animal or a bird or a woman in the next janma (life should keep away from deception. “Deception is an impediment on the path that leads to spiritual prosperity.”
Deception is fraud. We must conquer it by means of candour. “We should conquer hypocrisy by means of gentleness."
Deception destroys faith and so a man loses his friends and in consequence he has to experience his difficulties alone without any one to sympathize with him. Moreover, on account of deception man has to be born in his next life as a woman, an animal or as a bird and suffer untold miseries. So, deception brings sorrow in this life and in the next life. Shubha Chandrachārya says :
“We should expel deception from this world because it brings harm in this life and also in the next life."
We should never practise deception in our dealings with any one, especially in our dealings with preceptors etc. wlio have been mentioned by moral teachers, because deception in our dealings with them can bring great harm. आचार्ये च नटे धूर्ते
वैद्य वेश्या बहुश्रुते । कौटिल्यं नैव कर्तव्यं
कौटिल्यं तेविनिर्मितम् ॥ Acharye cha nafe dhurte
Vaidya-Veshya-bahusrute Kautilyam naiva kartavyam
Kautilyam tairvinirmitam “We should not practise deception or hypocrisy in our dealings with preceptors, actors, officious people, doc.
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