𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝,

 

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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 not 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜?

𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞?

𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐲 , 𝐢𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝.

𝐀 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚

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स्वरसजनिता born out of inherent inner feelings कृपा compassion, empathy यत्र where न अस्ति not there सः अपि even that विवेकः किं reson, objectivity, articulateness, ?

यस्मिन मार्गे in which way (of life ) परानुग्रह to help, willingness to help रसः taste, eagerness न भवति not there सः that मार्गः किं is it the (right) way?

यत्र where परद्रोह विरतिः lack of urge to harm others to do injustice to others , complete disinterest in causing pain to others न स्फुरति is manifest in abundance सः धर्मः किं is that virture, is that the right code of conduct ?

यत् न which knowledge does not उपशम फलं resulting in calmness of mind, quiescence of mind, peace of mind स्यात् happen तत् किं वा is it by any chance or logic श्रुतं holy knowledge, knowledge in holly scriptures भवति is it