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as quality of darkness or Tamo-guna and dharma as the quality of life as such. Due to ignorance of this fact in India detachment is generally misinterpreted as inactivity. (Vinoba Bhave: Aśram Digdarśana)
5. Je enam padisehati vitticcheyam karati se - Sūtrakṛtānga That is-One who forbids compassionate charity denies livelihood to the helpless.
6. Je puna lacchim sancati na ca dedi pattesu
So appaṇam vañcadi maṇuyattam nipphalaṁ tassa ||
One who accumulates wealth and does not give it to the needy cheats his own self. His human life is in vain.
7. Dänena satvāni vaśībhavanti \ Danena veraṇyapi yānti nāśaṁ \\ Paro'pi bandhutvamupaiti dānāt | Tasmāddhi dānam satatam pradeyam ||
- Dharmaratna prakarana - Satīka That is - Through charity the others become favourable; through charity even the enmity is destroyed: by charity the others become like own brethren. Therefore, charity must be given regularly.
8. Kasmat sa eva paramo dharma iti cet, nirantaraviṣayakaṣāyādhīnataya atiraudradhyānaratānāṁ niścaya-ratnatrayalaksaṇasya śuddhopayogaparadharmasyā-vakāśo nāstīti |
-Paramātmaprakāśa Tikā, 2.111.
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That is If the question is asked as to how charity etc.. are the supreme duties for the householders, we will have to say that the householders generally indulge in sensory enjoyments and passions whereby they beget despondent and angeral contemplations. Therefore, they have no occasion for thinking about the absolute supreme dharma in the form of trigem (Ratnatraya) and the best they can do by way of supreme dharma is to practice charity etc., which are the practical forms of supreme dharma. This also implies that the activities of charity, service, etc., also help in considerably reducing passions.
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