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comforts and luxuries increased. New sectors opened
up in business. As a result, was it satisfaction that
increased or greed?

Does all this boost your morality and humanity or the opposite?
All this requires deep thought. Scientific inventions and
technological advancements have washed away faith and

spiritual realization. They have erased the affection towards
Arihanta Lords and their religion. It is now replaced with
materialism and worldly attachments. It expanded the various
comforts like refrigerators, ovens, washing machines and made
man dependent on it. There is now no sign of penance,
control over temptations, contentment and celibacy. Vows
and oaths are forgotten. Unnecessary sins of acquiring
knowledge of events occurring around the world have
increased. Religious discourses, study of scriptures, devotion

of God and Guru, daily activities like Pratikramana, etc. and
their importance are decreasing.

What did the advancements of science give the world? Lies,
wrong doings, cheating, bribes and addictions or was it
anything else?

Q. But it is wrong to blame science. All it did was create
comforts and gadgets. How to utilize it is in our hands. You
yourself have to differentiate between right and wrong.

Ans. That is true. But everyone is affected by external factors.
Imagine the condition of few but all reputed people living in

a society and a prostitute comes and starts living amidst them.
How can men then maintain their character when women

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