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*While marrying and while living together as husband and wife; there should be, in your hearts, devotion to self-discipline.
*If you conform to the principle of propriety or ethical excellence in your activities as a householder; and if you live in accordance with the guidance given by the enlightened people; that will be Dharma. Those activities become spiritual austerities.
*Now-a-days, how many men can be found who accept with an open mind and an open heart, even the true and well-meant words of their wives? We have to search for such men probably not with an ordinary light but with a flood-light.
* You cannot change the tastes or habits of anyone by means of irritation or indignation. In order to achieve this end, you must be calm, patient and sensible.
DISCOURSE 35
The great scriptural scholar and Acharyashri Haribhadrasoori describes the ordinary principles of the Grihastadharma in his work Dharmabindu. The ordinary principles constitute the foundation for the special principles of the Grihasta Dharma. If the ordinary principles are observed properly in one's life as a householder, the special spiritual vows, austerities and observances become genuine, pure and fruitful.
Ignoring the ordinary principles, if you carry on spiritual austerities in accordance with the special principles, it will be like wearing jewels without wearing clothes. Can ornaments be radiant on a naked body? In the same manner, if you do not conform to the ordinary principles of the Grihastha Dharma, your austerities performed according to the special principles will not be radiant and will not bring any fruit. The austerities
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