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THE WAY OF LIFE
signs have been seen by men of purity, austerity and nobility, you will enjoy prosperity and felicity.
Now-a-days, the matter is entirely different. One builds a house and another dwells in it. One owns the site; the builder who gets a house built by contractors is different from the owner of the site, and those who dwell in it are different from those two. They do not care to examine the suitablity of the site; and they do not care to find out the features and potentialities of the site. Who will examine them? Who is interested in those things ? Who feels the need of it? All are interested in the money they can make out of the enterprise. The owner of the site wants to make as much money as possible. The builder is interested in making as much money as he can. The buyer of the house needs some comforts and conveniences; and desires to have a house of his own. He will be satisfied if the house has two large rooms, one drawing-room, a kitchen, a bath-room, a latrine....a balcony; and if water and light are provided that is enough for him. He looks for only comforts and conveniences. It is all right; is it not? How many are there who buy a site after examining its features? How many are there who get their houses constructed under their own supervision ? How many are there who build their house in accordance with the principles of Vastushilpa or the shastra relating to architecture? Your carelessness regarding the construction of your house, is amazing. When you are so careless and indifferent regarding the house in which you have to live with peace and felicity, there is no point in objecting to your indifference towards Dharma.
THINK OF THE NOISES AND OMENS
Even while you are renting a house, you must think of the omens and dreams that you happen to see. You have to think of the house from the point of view of noises, sounds, omens and atmosphere, etc. If the house is an auspicious one; and if it possesses auspicious features, then soon after you occupy the house, you will experience delight and satisfaction. In that case, the atmosphere of the house will not be like the sky covered
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