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same way, right faith, infinite knowledge, aversion to attachment and infinite endavour etc. are the nature of the substance called the soul. However, the soul is enveloped by Karmas. Good efforts and pious exertions are a must if we are to remove these Karmas and to reveal this nature or these characteristics of the soul, the gradual removal of the defects such as wrong-belief etc., by means of exertions, leads to the increase and manifestation of the above fourteen virtues and the impact of this development is very remarkable, both, on the individual life as well as the social life of the soul itself.
Today the monstrous onslaught of materialism on mankind has created such a strange climate that people ask "Why do you go on talking about religion all the time?" They argue that a man, above all, needs to become a man and he must be taught to become a man, because, lakhs of people are starving and the capitalist class is indulging in uprestricted exploitation of the other men. Man should cultivate a feeling of brotherhood for another man but in the name of religion man has totally forgotten his human nature. Thus the new generation is being provoked against religion by means of false allegations against religion. This results in a rise of contempt, disgust and distatste for religion in the minds of the younger generation
But the important thing to be remembered is that we are unable to bring about any good results by disregarding religion. On the contrary, mankind is becoming more and more miserable and vices such as immorality, creulty, dishonesty etc. are
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