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OF FOUR THINGS WHICH ARE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN
Difficult to obtain but of paramount value here to living beings are these four; human birth, instruction in dharma, faith and energy in restraint.
Living beings like worms and insects abound this earth and move according to their karma. It is hard to have a human birth.
And though by a good living one has a human birth, it will be hard for him to hear true dharma, having heard which he will do penance, forgive and abstain from killing.
And though by fortune he may hear true dharma, it will be hard for him to
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Suratwww.umaragyanbhandar.com
