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THE WAY OF LIFE
task for such people to become travellers on the path of salvation. In the world, most people love wealth; and seek and enjoy sensual pleasures. They should be made to love Dharma. Their love of mundane prosperity and sensual delights should be lessened. For them, it is said that Dharma can give wealth and worldly and sensual pleasures; and that it can give heavenly bliss and the supreme felicity of salvation.
Dharma is a factory of felicity!
It should not be thought that this is meant to tempt you. These pleasures have been mentioned in order not to lure you towards Dharma. The real power of Dharma has been explained. Dharma can give all kinds of pleasures. All the delights found in the Samsar as well as in salvation are really the productions of Dharma. They are really the products of Dharma. The production of all felicities takes place only in the factory of Dharma. This factory is such a one that it can produce both superior and inferior kinds of things. The kind of things that it produces depends on you. Only pleasures can be obtained. Sorrows can never be produced in the factory of Dharma. The production of sorrows takes place in the factory of Sin. This is the truth. The great Acharya has not uttered a white lie to entice people. This is a perfect truth. Dharma can give us wealth; it can give us worldly and sensual pleasures; it can give us heavenly felicity; and it can also give us the bliss of salvation.
Man seeks what he likes. He desires to attain what he likes to attain. In a cloth-shop, there are all kinds of cloth. There are inferior varieties of cloth as well as superior varieties. The salesman shows all kinds of cloth; and prevails upon the customer to buy the costly and superior varieties of cloth. But the customer buys what he likes; and what he chooses to buy. Here, all kinds of delights that can be obtained from Dharma have been mentioned. Both superior delights and inferior delights. We earnestly insist upon your seeking and attaining only the superior delights. You please tell us what your choice is !
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