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*The immorality prompted by greed is more dangerous than the immorality prompted by need.
*Greed or craving for something is a thorn in the heart. If it is sticking in the heart you must get an operation carried out to remove it.
*Is there any sin that is not prompted by attachment?
*In the arena of elections, there arises a wilderness of mutual accusations and allegations. Where can we find people opposing one another on the basis of wholesome doctrines and principles? Where can we find such healthy criticism? Slinging mud at each other is taking the place of healthy criticism. The whole system of elections is afflicted with the cancer of personal attachments and hatred.
* The time has come to think afresh, "denovo", about our system of elections. Probably, a system of selection may be more meaningful than this system of election.
*Of late, the monster of election is raising its head even in religious institutions. Election is but a fight for a chair of honour. It is but a fight for the fulfilment of one's own ambition.
DISCOURSE 89
The supreme ocean of compassion, the great scriptural scholar, Acharyashri Haribhadrasooriji has expounded the ordinary principles of the grihasthadharma in the first chapter of his work "Dharmabindu". He has expressed his ideas in the form of excellent epigrammatic sutras (aphorisms). The commentator has explained the meaning of every principle and doctrine in an impressive manner.
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