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* Man can attain virtues and those virtues that are
attained by him will be firm in his life only when he is not a slave to his senses. Keep off dependence
on the senses. * Lust, anger, avarice, pride, arrogance and mate
rialistic joy are the six inner enemies that have penetrated deep into your nature. You must attain a victory over these enemies. They must be driven
out. * The man who is a slave to his senses cannot even
imagine the spiritual felicity that is experienced by a man who has attained victory over his senses. Even the shadow of the sorrow and agitation that are experienced by those who are slaves to senses, cannot touch those who have achieved a
victory over the senses. * It is easy to conquer others. But self-conquest is
a very difficult achievement but it has to be
achieved. renewer Merererer
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DISCOURSE 47
The Supreme Ocean of Compassion, the scriptural scholar, Acharya Shri Haribhadrasooriji gives directions and instructions regarding thirty-five virtues while expounding the ordinary principles of the Grihasthadharma in his work Dharmabindu. Before observing and adoring any special principles, it is absolutely necessary to attain and adore these virtues. Some of these virtues are connected with the purity of conduct and some are connected with the purity of thought.
Man can acquire virtues and can assimilate them into his life naturally and spontaneously only when he has attained a victory over his senses. In other words, if a man has not attain. ed a victory over his senses, there cannot be purity in his thought and conduct.
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