Golden Steps To Salvation

SR No.: 008710
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 224
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Religion
File Size: 12 MB

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"Stretch your legs to the extent of your cloth or bed.”
If we stretch our legs beyond the limit of our bed, our legs will be on the floor. This means, we should spend within our means. If we take anything on credit, the article will be cheap in quality but expensive in price. But if we pay cash we get articles of good quality at a lower price because when we pay cash, we need not confine our choice to one shop; we can go to several shops and buy the article where its quality is high and the price is low.
धनश्रद्धानुरूपस्त्यागोऽनुसतव्यः ॥
Dhanashraddhānurūpastyāgonusarttavyaḥ. “We should give charity to others in accordance with our wealth and faith in charity.”
The meaning of this is that the extent of our generosity should be such that, it should not upset the economy of our own home. Kabir says, "Oh God! Give out of thy bounty so much as would suffice the needs of the whole family. I should not be hungry, Sadhus also should not go away hungry from my door.”
To remove the cold that is afflicting others, you need not burn your roof. Charity or benevolence if it is inspired by emotional intensity, will impel us to part with more than what we can afford. Therefore, it is necessary that restraint should be exercised on this kind of intensity of emotional propensity
प्रतिपाद्यानुरूपं वचनमुदाहर्तव्यम् ॥
Pratipādyānurupam Vachanamudāhartavyam. "Your specch must be relevant to the proposed subject.”
A skilled speaker is he who expounds his ideas fully and effectively, whose words support his projected theories and wlio does not indulge in meaningless verbiage. Only such a speaker is liked by the audience. Only such a speaker wins the hearts of the listeners and is honourco verywhere. It is said, "Only he is fit to speak in a