Way of Life Part 4

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

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araaparaa
* You must think well about the atmosphere of the
place where you live in and of the ruler and the people of that area. You must carry out your actions after carefully thinking about these things; otherwise you will become a victim to undesirable
occurrences and calamities. * While rendering service to yogis and siddhas or
such men of spiritual attainments, you should not think of your selfish affairs and your sorrows and
agonies. * On account of petty difficulties and in little
matters, you must not break your vows or pledges. It is improper to do so. You must carry out the
pledges and vows you have taken. * Now-a-days, all people want to become affluent. No
one even talks of becoming a man of character and
virtues. * You should never try to grab the wealth of those
who are in prosperity. The wealth that you hoard
thus will not remain with you also. * Whatever you do, do it after realising the nature
of the time and the place, the society in which you are living, the people among whom you are living; and the conditions prevailing around you so that
you may not regret your actions later. OXONONOKONOSNOVBONBONO
DISCOURSE 73
The supreme ocean of compassion, the great scriptural scholar Acharyashri Haribhadrasooriji describes the twenty first ordinary principle of the grihasthadharma,
" Taltyf qfETT: " (Not carrying out the actions for which the time and the place are not congenial) while expounding the ordinary principles of the grihasthadharma, in his great work, Dharmabindu.