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* Even to carry out the endeavours relating to
Dharma, the means are the body and the senses. How can a householder carry out spiritual endeavours with peace of mind when his body and his senses are weak and unsatisfied. If he performs some spiritual austerities mindlessly, there will not be life in them. Such austerities are ineffective. There is a senseless and blind imitation increasing now-a-days, among some people to acquire the means to attain sensual and physical enjoyments. Societu is polluted bu the tendency of some people to exhibit their beauty, wealth and their importance. This kind of mental propensity brings about spiritual ruin. Such undesirable objects as T.V's and Videos have entered even the houses of those who are religious
and who claim to be pursuing the path of Dharma. * With the increase in people of the habit of eating
and drinking outside their houses, that is, in hotels and restaurants, expenses have increased and dise
ases also have increased. NOONDOKOKOON Nordero
DISCOURSE 80
The supreme ocean of compassion, the great scriptural scholar, Acharyashri Haribhadrasooriji, while expounding the ordinary principles of grihasthadharma describes the twenty fifth ordinary principle
"परस्परानुपघातेनान्योन्यानुबद्धत्रिवर्गप्रतिपत्तिः” (A house holder should pursue the objectives of Dharma, Artha and Kama, which are inter-related and interconnected, in such a manner that the excessive pursuit of any one of them should not be detrimental to the others).
In the life of a householder, Dharma has as much importance as Artha and Kama. Of these three, no one should be neglected.
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