Manava Dharma

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

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MANAV DHARMA / 3
Description :
To cause trouble and grief to any living being with a rnalicious intention is called 'Himsa'. When we will try to cause trouble to any one; in his turn he may do the same for us. Thus we are inviting miseries and troubles for us and this is called a sin. To channelise that sin continuously, there are four means (i) To tell a lie, cheat or deceive any man, (ii) to usurp the property of others (iii) to adopt unchastity and thus creating sufferings for others and the (iv) is to accumulate all the worldly goods and eatable articles and bring all of them under one's control.
By adopting all the above mentioned four means, the man becomes an enemy to the society As these are all evils and aversions, it becomes the duty of every man to protect himself from these evils and there only lies his wisdom because in the life of every man, so many chances come when what appears to be good and virtuous, become vice-versa. A vice becomes a virtue, while doing a good deed, it turns up an evil. For example, the act of performing operation by a surgeon, though appears painful in the beginning, turns to be good in the end. Though the patient cries badly when operated but for the surgeon this is not an act of sin but it proves to be a cause of virtue. On the other hand a butcher provides the best of food and eatable articles to a he-goat, so that he-goat can become more fatty and then the Butcher would like to kill him for getting more quantity of flesh. But this whole act will be counted as an evil, or a vice or sin. If we punish a thief, while doing a theft. is unlawful But if the thief is caught by the government machinery and taken in the presence of a magistrate to the court and if the judge does not punish him and sets him free, then this is also unlawful. So a clear idea about the legal and just deed is essential and beneficial. Rightful thinking, about the justness and unjustness of the action and to keep away from violence, will be taken as Right Conduct, because all activities of violence involve grief and misery. Just as unhealthy food causes fever and fasting is observed to be cured of fever. But here again fasting observed by old people will increase their perturbedness, hence it is highly essental to give them light and digestable food. In the same manner those, who are men of firm determinative nature, will certainly abandon themselves from these evils and fearlessly enjoy peace in solitude. But every man can not do so, because wavering mind will always obstruct in right thinking and doing.
As it is commonly observed that an ordinary man keeps himself more interested while seeing a picture in a cinema hall but when he sits to count the beeds of a 'Mala', his mind is diverted here and there, and that mind can not remain still on counting the beeds. Hence it is very essential for a man to keep his mind busy in doing