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That is, - One must have affection for goddess non-violence, dharma that gives the eternal pleasure of liberation and the coreligionists.
Vātsalyam ca kāyika-vācika-mānasikānusthānaiḥ sarvaprayatnenopakaraṇaușadhāhārāvakāśa-śāstrādidānaiḥ sanghe kartavyamiti I - Mūlācāra, Vr. 5.66.
That is, - One must always be well disposed towards the religious order and display his affection for it by giving monastic equipages, medicine for the sick, food, shelter, and scriptures for studying (to the monks and nuns).
Vātsalyam samānadhārmikasyāhārādibhiḥ pratyupakara-ņam | Uktam ca - Sāhammi ya vacchallam āhārāīsu hoi savvatthal Aesagurugilāne tavassibālāissa visesā ll
- Vyavahārabhāșya Malaya Vr, 65, p. 27. That is, - To support the coreligionists by giving food etc., is affection. As has been said, “One who cares for the coreligionists and especially for the mendicants, spiritual masters, the sick, the austere and the young members of the order, etc., is said to be affectionate."
MERIT AND SPIRITUAL PURITY Dharmaḥ sadvedyaśubhāyurnāmagotralakṣaṇam punyam, uttamakşamādisvarūpo vā, tatsādhyaḥ kartșśubha-phaladaḥ pudgalapariņāmo vā, jīvādivastuno yathāvasthita-svabhāvo vā || - Nyāyaku. 1. p. 3.
That is, - Merit (Punya) that results in the fruition of pleasurable feelings, auspicious lifespan, auspicious body, good social status, is dharma. The activities that result in the bonding of such auspicious karmic matter that gives these auspicious results is dharma. It is natural to the living beings and is, therefore, dharma.
Sammatteņa sudeņa ya viradie kasāyaṇiggaha-guņehim | Jo pariņado sa punno II - Mūlācāra, 5.37.
That is, - What is imbued with and associated with righteousness, scriptural knowledge, detachment and passion-control is merit.
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