Light Of Life

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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Ideal is to render service to others and help them when they are in distress. Only a man who renders service to others reaches heaven. Service is my greatest Dharma. Dear sir, you have bestowed upon me a great benefaction by failing into the well; and you have given me an opportunity to render service to a man in distress. By falling into the well you have given me an opportunity to render service. If you kindly fall into the well again you will give me, another opportunity of earning Punya" Saying this, he pushed him into the well.
The Priest sald, "Oh! What are you doing?" The Philosopher said, "I desire opportunities to render service to people again and again. I get very few opportunities of rendering service to people".
The Priest said, "If you throw me into the well thus, you will kill me".
If people understand Dharma and Dharmagranthas thus taking only the externals and ignoring the spirit, it would be only defaming the Paramatma. If you act thus, you will be bringing a disgrace to Shastras. You will defame the Paramatma by such actions. We should comprehend the spirit behind the words and we should accept from all Dharmas whatever is great in them; and whatever is good from the point of view of humanity.
Sant Tulsi has also said:
"All the granthas and all the Dharmas of the world teach two sublime truths:
"If you give happiness, you will get happiness. If you give sorrow, you will get sorrow".
The great poet and seer has given a short and sweet precept in two statements. Give happiness to others; and you will get happiness. Cause sorrow to others; and you
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