Manava Dharma

Author(s): Bhurmal Shastri, Nihalchandra Jain
Publisher: Aacharya Gyansagar Vagartha Vimarsha Kendra

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MANAV DHARMA/55
A shaven head is free from scalp, fungus and itch (t) He gets delicious food and also honour and high respect by the people. But true Asceticism lies in controlling the evil thoughts of the mind and not allowing the self to go on contrary path. A man must try his best to safe guard the inner spirit from all worldly aspirations and to lead on simple and judicions path, free from all worldly desires.
atsfa zia: gufa faui Tesfa qafza fruga19:1 अवद्यमुक्ते पथि गच्छतो भवेद्विमुक्त रागस्य गृहं तपोवनं ॥
It means that the lions, leopards and tigers and BHEEL reside in the forest but they accumulate the sins by killing and eating weaker animals but a cultured householder controls his senses and desires and thus keeps himself away from sinful activities. Reality is this that attachment with worldly possessions is unpious and unattachment is pious and religious.
न सम्यक्त्वसमं किञ्चित्त्रैकाल्ये त्रिजगत्यपि । श्रेयोऽश्रेयश्च मित्थ्यात्व समं नान्यत्तनू भृताम् ॥३४॥
Explanation :
In the three periods of time and the three worlds, there is nothing more auspicious than Right Faith for the living beings nor any thing more inauspicious than a false conviction.
Right Faith leads to all kinds of prosperity and ultimately also to supreme Bliss, but falsehood is the seed of all evils and undesirable conditions of existence.
Description :
Once ten friends set out for a holy dip in river Ganges, and after the dip while returning home, one of them suggested to count them all, lest, somebody should leave behind. He started counting them in a line and the number of friends came to only Nine. He remarked that one was missing at last. The other man counted and the numbers present were only nine. In this way all of them came forward one by one and counted the rests, but the figure of counting came to Nine. They all were highly puzzled about the one. who was missing because every one who counted others, forgot to count himself. Same is the situation with we people. We always try to care and look after others, but we fail to care and look after ourselves. We point out mistakes and faults of others but we forget to look towards our own faults. This erroneous behaviour is pervading every where which is nothing but merely an Illusion ( Mithyatva). All of