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Chapter Stream of Compassion
The author of Dharmaratna wants to take us to the temple of bliss, which needs to be the goal of every one. That temple lies on a high altitude where we can reach by climbing over step by step. That should be our firm inclination. Listening, pondering and contemplating are the means thereof; they constitute the steps over which we have to climb while remaining aware that every step takes us upward.
Compassion is the essence of religion. A religious person should have compassion at heart and he should aspire to bring others out of the trouble. That is the main purpose of human life. Whichever religion one may belong to, if it does not stand for compassion, it is not worth being called a religion. One cannot come to the threshold of religion without being compassionate. A religious person is full of compassion; he feels pain to see those, who are depressed, cruel and devoid of religion.
The religious person cannot remain insensitive. When one becomes truly religious, when he gets enlightened, compassion starts flowing from his heart; misery and unhappiness of the worldly beings get reflected therein as sunrays are reflected in a stream of water. The religious person cannot be cruel, merciless or heartless. He, who does not feel the pain of others at his heart, cannot be religious.
One, however, needs to have discretion to make out the concept
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