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Sense of Gratitude
As we need food and water for survival, so is it necessary to have virtues for the mental and spiritual health; human life is the time for developing them. We therefore need to use every day of our life for developing the same. Thereby we would be able to spend our days in purity and peacefulness, every day of our life can thereby be turned into a day of 'Parva'.
Gratitude is one of the great virtues. If someone has done even a little good to us, we should return to him in manifold terms. Earth is the model example thereof. If we sow one seed, it gives back a lot of them. That also applies to the domestic animals to a certain extent. We give grass to a cow and she returns in the form of nourishing milk. Man is the only animal, who consumes what is given to him without the inclination to give back. That shows our ungratefulness. Our normal tendency is to avail everything without the sense of giving anything in return.
Our body consists of the particles of earth, water, gas, fire and space, which are called five great elements. Do we ever keep in mind the gratitude therefor? A grateful person remembers what others have done for him and remains keen to do something in return. We are obliged to the parents for giving us birth and raising us, to the Guru for giving right instructions and guidance, to all others, who have
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