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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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philosophies are not to be adored merely as theories but are to be used to reform life. I am grateful to you. I will not go back to the river to take a bath again. I will straight go to my ashram.”
Because Shankarāchārya possessed true wisdom, he accepted the argument of the bhangi. Wisdom dwells with humility. Pride and delusion eclipse the eye of wisdom.
One who has no wisdom is blind though one has eyes. The man who does not have the eye of wisdom is born-blind. Chāņakya describes how viveka or wisdom shines brightly in the midst of other virtues. विवेकिनमनुप्राप्ताः
गुणायन्ति मनोज्ञताम् सुतरां रत्नमाभाति
चामीकरनियोजितम् ॥ Vivekinmanuprāptah
Gunāyanti manognatām Sutarām ratnamā bhāti
Chāmikaraniyojitam “All the virtues of a man acquire brightness if he has wisdom just as precious stones acquire lustre when they are studded to a gold ornament.”
The precious stones acquire lustre from gold, and gold acquires lustre from precious stones. In the same manner, the other virtues of a man acquire brightness from his wisdom; and his wisdom acquires lustre from his other virtues.
In the human body, the ears are open; the eyes are covered with lids that move (virtually they are open), the nostrils are open but the tongue is kept under control. There are thirty-two guards to keep it under control and it is covered by the two lips. It is placed thus because it has to utter words only with great wisdom; otherwise what it utters can cause great harm. G.S.-13
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