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Goshalak could not see virtues even in Bhagwan Mahavir, the very embodiment of perfection. He could not love even that embodiment of virtues. He hated even Bhagwan Mahavir.
LEARN TO LOVE VIRTUES
There are some people in this world, who hate even moksha. Moksha is the ideal state in which Siddhas who embody all virtues abide. Those who do not know the realm of virtues and who love only faults and vices despise even moksha. In this world, there are people who hate Siddhas (perfect souls), Arihanthas (destroyers of all inner enemies), Acharyas (spiritual mentors) Upadhyayas (teachers of scriptures) and Sadhus (mendicants). They hate virtues. They do not love amity but they love anger and cruelty. They do not love humility but they love pride. They do not love candour but they love deception and hypocrisy. They do not love the absence of avarice; they love avarice and attachments. They do not love truth, they love falsehood. They do not love honesty but they love dishonesty.
Scrutinize your inner soul. See whether you love virtues or vices. Carry on a little introspection and self-scrutiny. Pramod or love is not to be limited to a few people. Its sphere is very vast. Love of virtues is not an easy thing to practise. It is a very difficult policy to practise. You cannot become a lover of virtues by practising pramod or love for a few moments. Do you know how vast the sphere of love is ! Please listen with attention.
1. The Vitarag Sarvajnas (those who have conquered attachments and hatred and who are omniscient) and the supreme souls in their embodied states bestow boundless benefactions on jivas. So, they are the objects of our highest love.
2. Those who are disembodied, perfect, enlightened awakened and liberated and who are oceans of virtues, are worthy of our highest love.
3. Those who live in the caves of mountains and in forests, who are devoid of attachments and distortions who always
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