Way of Life Part 3

Author(s): Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana

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THE WAY OF LIFE
WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE CAN GET IN VILLAGES ? * In villages, you get pure and fresh air, In large cities, air is
polluted. * In villages, you get pure water. In large cities even water
is polluted. * In villages, you get pure ghee and milk. In cities, you get
only adulterated ghee and milk. * In villages, you can carry out your spiritual austerities
peacefully. * In villages, you can live with your family enjoying domes
tic felicity; but in cities, family-life gets shattered by the conditions of city life.
A certain doctor lived at Vileparle, in Bombay. We happened to be spending our Chaturmas there. One day, I asked the father of the doctor ::
“Dear Sir! Your son is not to be seen in the Upashray at all. Where has he gone ?"
He replied, "Maharaj Sahib! Even I can see him only once in a week. Even his children can meet him only on sundays because when he leaves for Bombay in the early morning, the children would be sleeping and when he returns home at about 10 p.m. they would have gone to sleep. Sometimes, he remains in Bombay for three days; and he does not come home at all”:
Now, you please tell me how his family-life is. How unhappy the doctor's wife should be.! It will not take much time for the character of some women to be spoilt if they do not have the happiness and satisfaction of the company of their husbands. If they get a congenial opportunity, their fall is likely. In this manner the endeavour for the fulfilment of desires gets“ frustrated. LEAVE CITIES AND RETURN TO VILLAGES
Those who live in large cities like Bombay have to go long distances to carry on their business or profession. Those