Jailer

Author(s): Abhayshekharsuri, Sujata P Kapadia
Publisher: Harshadray Private Limited

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"No, I want to keep watching T.V. till my last breath." There is a devotional song which goes thus, “Bhakti karatan chhoote mara prana, prabhu evun mangu chhun" (meaning, "O Lord! My request to you is that when my soul leaves this mortal body, my mind is engrossed in praying to you). Many wish to change it to, "T.V. jota chhoote mara prana, prabhu evun mangun chhun" (meaning – “I wish to die while watching T.V.").
You have become impervious to disgrace. Your goodness is not put to shame in watching indecent scenes. Would you like to see the same scenes being enacted by your wife, daughter or sister and being watched by others intently, the way you watch the other women? You wouldn't like it, would you? So understand that watching these on T.V. is a sin.
The foremost thing to be done is to relinquish it completely. You have watched and enjoyed it enough. Now enough, but you are not endowed with virtues that will make you stop. Do you really want to restrain your desires? I have two formulae you could try. If you have been watching a 30-40 minutes long episode, do not watch the last 10 minutes of it. In one-day matches, do not watch the last five overs."
"That is when there is an intense contest to win, which is the most interesting part. How do we give that up?" "Then do not watch the first forty five overs."
Violence is taking someone's life. But the meaning of violence is not so limited. To cause hurt of any kind to anyone is also a kind of violence which is the worst type of sin.
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