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afflicted with cancer. Even after such a ruin, did the woman realise that all those unhappy things had occurred on account of her own blunder of encouraging her husband's vices ?
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* Here is another pathetic event that took place in Bombay. The desire of wealthy people to display their affluence drives them to clubs and hotels. A wealthy couple began visiting a club where many couples gathered in the night. They made acquaintance with one another. The wife of one man would become friendly with another man. Thus men and women became friendly and intimate. They thought it was excellent social behaviour. They would remain there upto one o'clock, in the night. That couple had to face a tragedy. The woman became friendly with another man which ended in illicit intimacy. The husband did not know it. That night both of them returned home but overcome with remorse and repentance the woman burnt herself to death. On account of circumstances, she lost her chastity but she must have repented it later and she committed suicide. In spite of the occurrence of such calamitous events, the husband did not realise that he was responsible for those tragic incidents.
If you encourage defects, vices and wicked actions those evils will enter your life also. You will also commit wicked deeds. In the same manner, if you encourage noble actions and admire virtues in others, countless sublime virtues will appear in you and you too will do many noble deeds.
ALWAYS ADMIRE VIRTUES
If you do not have some virtues and if you see them in others; praise them. For example, if a man is weak physically and if he sees another man who is physically strong he will praise the strength of the man. When a poor man sees a rich man, he will praise him. In the same manner, if you do not possess some special virtues which you notice in others, you must admire them and their virtues.
You will admire virtues in others only when you have a
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