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waxaavaraavaravaara
* By the recollections of the virtues of some people;
if your heart leaps overjoyed; if the ocean of felicity rolls in your heart; if your heart begins to dance, with delight; ......that is called Pramod or love. Even praise must emerge from the heart.
* The love that arises through the medium of virtues
is lasting. The love that depends on beauty and money is short-lived. This kind of love disappears like air within the twinkling of an eye.
Jordaxararaarnavaara
* Love arises from seeing virtues. Hatred emerges
from seeing vices. Where there is love, the mind experiences inordinate felicity; and where there is hatred, the mind burns with unhappiness
Even such a great scholar and Acharya as Bhagwan Shri Haribhadrasooriji remembers at the time of the composition of every grantha of his, the great Sadhvi Yakinimahattara who bestowed dharma upon him, that too, by describing himself as her spiritual son.
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DISCOURSE 20
The great scholar, Acharya Shri Haribhadrasoori has defined dharmatatvas in his grantha, entitled, Dharmabindu. In this world, many people speak of dharma but in reality most people do not know the meaning of Dharmatatvas. Where is any desire in people to know the meaning of dharma ? Dharma is the source of all serenity and felicity in the world. Yet people always ignore dharma. They do not care to know its meaning. In the world, always sin keeps its sway. Do you know the result of this ? All the sorrows, agonies and agitations that prevail in life are the creations of sin.
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