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THE WAY OF LIFE
to give it to anyone. When a friend asks you for it what would you say? "I don't have it now".
That is what you would say; or you would say, “It is cut," or "Someone has taken it”. You would say such things; is that not so? Why? You are attached to it! Attachment makes you utter falsehood. In the same manner, if you do not have a deep attachment for the gold necklace but if you hate the person who is asking for it, you would utter a lie. What is the implication of all this? On account of ignorance, attachment or hatred, man utters lies. Therefore, we cannot fully believe the words of a man who is ignorant, attached or hateful. If we believe his words, we would be deceived.
WHO CAN EXPOUND DHARMA AND FOUND IT ?
The truths of Dharma are so precious that their value cannot be estimated. The value of Dharma cannot be estimated and measured in terms of such precious things of the world like gold, jewels, radium, platinum etc., Can men who have qualities like ignorance, attachment and hatred realize the value of Dharma which is so precious ? Can those who have not understood it, explain it to others properly? Those men who are ignorant, attached or hateful may have intellectual incisiveness and show; they may be able to cast the snares of confounding logicality with intellectual sharpness but Dharma cannot be understood by means of intelligence, and by means of intelligence it cannot be explained to people.
A man might have dispelled his ignorance a little; he might have acquired some knowledge of some Shastras and granthas; he might have reduced his attachments and hatred; yet if he does not possess extra-sensory perception, if he does not possess the power of intuition, if he does not possess pure knowledge that has been realized by his soul, and if he has not achieved a total victory over all inner enemies like attachments and hatred; such a man may be a great man in the eyes of some but he cannot found or expound Dharma in a faultless manner. Even if a new Dharma is expounded by such a man, it cannot be faultless. If a man should found a Dharma, it is absolutely necessary
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