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sins and wrong-doings in their life which may lead them to
hell and births in other animal species. After becoming a
father, do you live upto this responsibility? Or do you make
your child smart in worldly affairs – Luxuries and comforts,
wealth and women, food and fashion? Have you ever thought
about the consequences he would have to bear as a result?
Engrossed in eating all the time, what if he is born as some
animal in the next birth? Roaming all around, what if he has

to take birth as dog or a butterfly who roams about all day?
What if his habit of cheating or cruel nature pushes him to
take birth as a lion or a tiger?

Now say, how many fathers have this kind of thought process?
Leave alone siblings, do they have such thoughts for
themselves? What will be my plight if I continue my misdeeds
and worries? How can the one who cannot think about his

own spiritual welfare, think about his son’s? But appreciate
that, you as well as your siblings have attained the precious
human birth. If not here, where else is there room for spiritual
progress?

Under the pretext of ensuring the well-being of your children:

1) You introduce them to diverse cuisines, lifestyles and

luxuries and eventually they sink in these worldly
pleasures. Where are you leading them?

2) Secondly, you claim to ensure their well-being by
providing them material comforts. Do you think that
they will surely attain happiness as a result of your

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