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THE WAY OF LIFE
Yes. We are Sadhus; we have renounced worldly life and we adore and pursue the path of salvation but such people do not honour us for these reasons. They do not have any regard or love for the virtues of Sadhus and we have to be very careful regarding such people. They appear to be pious and devout people while their hearts abound in Satanic vices. Such people deceive us at sometime or the other.
WHAT IS THE USE OF DHARMA WITHOUT KINDNESS AND COMPASSION ?
Some of these people become famous devotees of the Paramatma or the Gurumaharaj; and those people being devoid of kindness and compassion, only disgrace the names of the Paramatma and the spiritual heads. The world expects kindness and compassion from the devotees of the Paramatma and the Gurumaharaj; and if the expectations of the world are not fulfilled those people condemn the so called devotees of the Paramatma and the Gurumaharaj and they also condemn the Paramatma and the Gurumaharaj. In this world, the responsibility of safeguarding the principles of adoring the Paramatma and the Gurumaharaj lies on the shoulders of the devotees. If the devotees are kind and compassionate, the world loves the Paramatma and honours the spiritual heads.
Madanrekha was actually a great devotee of the Paramatma. She was in reality a devotee of spiritual heads. She was the very embodiment of compassion. Even that Gurudev who possessed the supernatural power of reading the minds of others was full of praise for her. It shows that her mind and heart were absolutely pure and sublime. Even Maniprabh whose mind had been distorted by lust grew serene under her influence. The noble lady did not treat Maniprabh with contempt. She also did not complain to the god, Yugabahu against him. She did not accuse him saying, "This king is a wicked man. He tried to commit an outrage against my modesty and chastity. I was fortunate in meeting this Gurudev; otherwise, a calamity would have occurred to me". She was too sublime a woman to make such complaints and accusations.
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