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Chapter Courteous and Sympathetic Attitude
The next attribute that we want to consider is courteousness that can lead us towards pure and wholesome deeds. In the absence of this attribute, one is likely to lean towards selfishness. A dog repeatedly goes to a place and even faces hurting, if it knows that it is going to get food from there. We, human beings need to rise above such selfishness and elevate ourselves to a higher plane of seeking well-being of others.
How could it be possible to develop humanism if the people remain self-centered? If one wants his life to blossom like a flower, he should cultivate a sympathetic approach. Those who hold sympathy at heart, can extend solace to others. If someone approaches them for help, they would be willing to do whatever they can. There are unfortunately very few places where people can shed tears and lighten their burden. In this respect the urban people are more calculative. It is hard for them to give anything even if they are economically welloff. Forget extending help, they hardly have time to listen to the misery of others.
As a person grows, his virtues also should rise. He should remain in contact with those, who are at a lower level and are in need of help; he should sympathetically look at their problems. In a city, there was the head of a business community. Anyone could go to
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