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avaravaaraNaravaansara
* Now-a-days, it has become common for people to
disgrace men of virtues; to scoff at them and to make fun of them; to treat with contempt those who are prosperous and happy and to make adverse remarks and comments upon them.
garaxaroarsaraarbara
Those who have done such noble actions as helping others; and have carried out sacred austerities and have maintained chastity etc., in their previous janma, attain and enjoy various kinds of pleasures and delights in the present life. We should not
feel jealous of them. * The first condition of Pramod or love is that you
should not envy others. * Jealousy poisons love. The poison of jealousy
always destroys the emotion of exalted love. * The mental cruelty of jealousy crushes the bloom
ing flowers of love. Escape from this monster of
jealousy. NOMBONBONBeroeroexerce
DISCOURSE 21
The great benefactor, the erudite scholar, Acharya Shri Haribhadrasooriji has described the true form of dharma in his work, “Dharmabindu". Just as he has described the nature of Dharma, he has also described the kind of heart that one should possess in order to perform spiritual austerities aright. Even if the spiritual austerity is pure, if the heart of the doer is impure, then it is not dharma. What a stern injunction has the great Acharya given ! If you want to attain Dharma, first purify and chasten your heart. Discard from your heart, such feelings as hatred, contempt and abhorrence for others. Let the flowers of amity, compassion, love and neutrality bloom in the garden of your heart. I hope you have sown in your heart the seeds of these great virtues. The enlightened people have classified
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