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* Those who get the Agams worshipped with ceremonies do not even remember the names of those Agams. We are merely holding in our hands the casket of rituals and external observances; but we do not realize that the jewels of genuine inner
emotions have disappeared from the casket. * The thirst for knowledge is different from shallow
and shambling curiosity. The thirst for knowledge impels you to pursue the path of knowledge; it is the mother of true knowledge; and it is the pinpoint of pure knowledge. Increase your thirst for knowledge; but save yourselves from shallow curiosity. Shallow curiosity makes you shallow; but the thirst for knowledge elevates you to a
higher level of excellence. * Probably, you do not know that a great German
scholar has made a deep study of the 45 Agamas; and has written a scholarly treatise on his research relating to the forty five Agamas. Some great works like the "Abhidan Chinthamani” a lexicography of Sanskrit words and the “Kalpasutra"
were first printed in Germany. * A sadhu who has attained scriptural knowledge
knows the propriety of time. He knows what he should say; when he should say it; how much he should say and to whom he should say it. He does not cause a continuous down-pour of discourses
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DISCOURSE 91
The supreme ocean of compassion, the great scriptural scholar, Acharyashri Haribhadrasooriji expounds the ordinary principles of the grihasthadharma in his work, Diarmabindu. To-day, I will explain to you the last ordinary principle namely, "SET- TETETT" or the eight characteristics of the intellect.
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