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THE WAY OF LIFE
sequences as provoke sexual passion. Of course, we do not view T.V.'s but we have heard it from you.
From the Audience : Yes, that is true. Only such sequences are shown in large numbers on the T.V. Those sequences show the sexual passions and relationships of people in a distorted form.
Maharajashri : Therefore, I exhort those families that want to safeguard their culture and to develop it not to have T.V.'s in their houses. They should not go to other houses and see such sequences on the T.V. But this exhortation does not appeal to 99% of such viewers. The radio and the T.V. have entered even the families of those who carry out spiritual austerities. People see and hear good and bad things. They do not seem to use their discretion. The general tendency is to hear what pleases the ear; and to see what pleases the eyes. The commands of dharma are being ridiculed. The dignity of the personality of man has been declining. The personality of man is shaped to a considerable extent by what he hears and sees.
WHAT IS THERE IN MOVIES?
How are the majority of movies that are being shown to-day ? With what purpose are movies being produced in India and other countries? Do the producers have the purpose of achieving human welfare? Do they have spiritual objectives ? Do they aim at the creation of great men in this world? Yes. Their only objective seems to be to amass wealth. Is there any place for the lofty human values in these movies? Kindness, compassion, self-sacrifice, magnanimity, fortitude, patience and other such noble ideals do not seem to have a place in these movies. These movies deal with such themes as impoliteness, obduracy, falsehood, theft and ignoble propensities and actions. Their objective seems to be to encourage the Arthapurushartha and the Kamapurushartha.
DO IT WITH SELF-DISCIPLINE
If you want to satisfy and pacify your sense of hearing and your sense of seeing you may do so but you should seek grati
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