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Axararaarooraanzaroana
xoarenNoardaraxavaa * The temple of the Paramatma is a research labo
ratory or a place of experimentation where experiments are carried out to awaken, in people, spiri.
tual strength. * In order to free ourselves from all kinds of fear,
we should adore, the Navakar Mantra. We should recite the Navakar Mantra freeing ourselves from all kinds of hatred. Without feeling bored you should repeat this mantra day and night. We cannot by means of hammering with preaching, make people who are in anguish follow the path of Dharma. First, we should develop the feeling of amity for them. Then, we must free them from fear and make them fearless. We should make them discard their hatred and inspire them to
adore Dharma. * Man becomes fearless by means of faith and con
fidence. Man becomes cowardly on account of faithlessness and doubt. Confidence surrounds and confounds fear. We should study Karmagranthas and assimilate them to understand the truth about
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DISCOURSE 12
The supreme ocean of compassion, the great scholar, Acharyashri Haribhadrasooriji gives this command while explaining the real form and nature of Dharma, in his magnificent work, Dharmabindu,
वचनाद् यदनुष्ठानमविरुद्धाद् यथोदितम् ।
मैत्र्यादिभावसंयुक्तं तधर्म इति कीर्त्यते ।। The Siddantha or the doctrine describes the way in which a spiritual experiment or austerity should be carried out and the truth and soundness of the doctrine is borne out by the
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