Way of Life Part 4

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

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wacaravan
arbaravaavaraavaanparvar
* What is the use even if congenial circumstances
arise in one's life on account of one's punyodaya (merit)? The pilgrimage of spiritual purification will not commence if we do not make the necessary
endeavours. * You should acquire the ability to distinguish bet
ween purity and impurity; between what is genuine and what is fake. This ability is essential at least in the case of Dharma. What a great honour did Pethad Shah secure for the Dharmashasan! His personal life also was deeply permeated with the adoration for
Dharma. * The opportunity of listening to the voice of the Jin
and the Jinagamas arises only on account of punyodaya (great merit). Do you know how Pethad Shah heard the Bhagavatisutra from the lips of the Gurumaharaj ?
* Spiritual contemplation is not at all a hard task. It
is an absolutely easy task. Learn to direct your intellectual potentialities inwards and to realise
your soul. * The colour of noble company is very deep. One
touch is enough; it sticks deeply and indelibly. * The meeting with noble people is always beneficial.
DISCOURSE 78
The supreme ocean of compassion, the great scriptural scholar, Acharyashri Haribhadrasooriji while expounding the ordinary principles of the Grihasthadharma in his great work Dharmabindu, describes the twenty-fourth ordinary principle : " UTFESTES ETAT" (rendering service to the enlightened great men and to those who are carrying out great vows).