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activities, moral duties and obligations. They are indifferent
to religion and rebirth.
How can such people have the right thoughts? Even the
attempt to do so is as impossible as trying to extract oil from
sand.
Why have countless such noble activities
gone down the drain?
If you wish to develop and stabilize auspicious thoughts, then
engage yourself in noble activities. But why have innumerable
such activities gone waste? Because, by way of these activities
there was no aim to internalize such positive thoughts. Without
an aim to purify your heart by these activities, the inauspicious
thoughts are sure to multiply and eventually nullify the impact
of religious activities. What does a small kid who hates books
do after going to school? Does he learn something or is he up
to some mischief there as well?
A man goes to listen to a religious discourse with the intention
of passing time and mere entertainment – He has completely
blocked his mind and strongly believes that all talks related
to penance, salvation, etc. are humbug. Will he ever gain the
right knowledge if he listens with such an attitude? An aimless
presence at such a fruitful discourse cannot yield any positive
results.
The soul has renounced the material world, accepted
monkhood and performed religious penance innumerable
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