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DISCOURSE 1
and sorrows. The Dharma sprang from a boundless compassion of the Tirtankar for Jivas. Moreover, the creation of great Granthas (Works) containing the great truths of Dharma, is impelled and inspired by such a compassion.
He, who is really an enlightened person, is bound to be compassionate and benevolent also. In this Dharmashasan or way of life expounded by Shraman Bhagwan Mahavir, countless compassionate and enlightened great men appeared and will appear. Acharya Sri Haribhadra Surishwarji who lived hundreds of years ago was also such an enlightened great man. This enlightened man wrote during his lifetime 1444 magnificent philosophical works. Today, all these 1444 works are not available but those that are available are not only extraordinary but also unexampled and unprecedented. The great work DHARMABINDU was written by that great man. Let us discuss the book in some detail. These discourses are going to deal with the greatness of that book.
This great work is highly useful in helping us to lead an exalted and sublime life. If you want to exalt and elevate your life morally and spiritually and if you want to purify the practical aspect of your life, this great GRANTHA gives you a beautiful guidance and direction accompanied with an excellent commentary. Of course, this work was written in ancient times but it is equally useful to people living in the modern times also.
THREE IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS :
Yes, I would like to mention a point. You must listen to discourses regularly. You should not be irregular in listening to discourses. By listening to discourses regularly and systematically you will understand the subject in its entirety. You will understand the meaning of my utterances if you know in which sequence they were made and with what meaning they were made : otherwise there will be only confusion and incomplete understanding. I may say something and you may understand something totally different.
The second point I would like to mention is this. You must listen to the discourses with your minds awake and active.
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