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THE WAY OF LIFE
joy while committing sins and then after committing sins you repent them. "If I can have my way, I will not commit such sins in future". Do you think thus? No. If you commit sins, you experience joy but if others commit sins, you feel contempt for them. Is it not true? You abhor not sins but jivas.
You must have compassion even for sinners. Shraman Bhagwan Mahavir showed compassion even to sinners. Many great men pursuing this path of compassion have set excellent examples. You too can attain greatness if you walk in their foot-steps. Your soul also can become a great soul. Do you not desire to become a great man? When I say that you should become great men, I do not mean that you should become Sadhus. I mean that you should ennoble and elevate your hearts. You must make your hearts great and noble like that of a noble man. You can pursue the path of greatness only if you set before yourself the lofty aim of becoming great man. If you want to remain low and ignoble, if you want to retain and continue your feelings of hostility, contempt and cruelty, then these precepts do not concern you. But you come here every day to listen to my discourses; so I believe that you have the desire of becoming great men. Am I right?
THE EMOTION OF LOVE OR PRAMOD
गुणीषु । प्रमोद :
Pramod If you
You must have love for those who are virtuous. means love. You must have love for men of virtues. love virtues, you will also love the virtuous people. But I would like to ask you a question. Do you see any virtuous man in this life? Of course, a Paramatma embodying all virtues cannot be found in this world. All the people in this world have both virtues and vices. We do not have in this world, anyone who is an embodiment of all virtues or of all vices. In every jivatma, there are some virtues but you must have an eye for virtues to see them. Only a man who has virtues can see virtues in others and love them. Those who have an eye for faults and vices can never love virtues in others. They do not have the feeling of pramod or love.
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