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DISCOURSE 1
they should enter the hall of discourses silently; they should listen to discourses silently and they should be silent even when they go out. They should not talk. They should listen to discourses peacefully. You should not bring your children with you because they cannot sit quiet here. While the discourse is being delivered, suddenly children begin crying aloud and then the flow of the discourse is broken. The attention of the listeners goes towards the children and words get marred.
In the GRANTHA called Dharmabindu, many extremely useful points have been mentioned for the reformation of your life according to your aspirations. "But we are good and we have been reformed". Those who think thus can never reform themselves. All of you are reformed; are you not? Ask your inner self a little. Those sick people who think that they are healthy can never be cured of their diseases. I cannot reform you if you consider that you are good and perfect. You must think of your evil actions and propensities. Yes. While sitting here, in this congregation, you cannot reveal your evil propensities and actions but you must clearly think of your evil qualities and actions. Listening to the grantha, DHARMABINDU can bring about in you a tremendous transformation.
THE WRITER OF THE WORK AND THE COMMENTATORS
This great work has been written in the Sanskrit language. The saintly writer of the book has not composed the book in the form of slokas (poems) but he has written it in the form of aphorisms (sutras). Just as the great Acharyadev Umaswathi has composed the TATVARTHA SUTRA in the form of aphorisms, Acharyadev, Haribhadrasooriji also has written DHARMABINDU in the form of aphorisms. Normally, SUTRAS or aphoristic stanzas are profoundly meaningful. Every work of Haribhadrasooriji contains a profound meaning. Ordinary scholars cannot even understand those GRANTHAS. Acharya Shri Munichandrasurji has written a lucid and masterly commentary on the sutras (aphorisms) of DHARMABINDU and has made it easily understandable. What a great benefit has this scholar conferred on the unenlightened people! He has
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