QUALITIES TO BE ATTAINED BY A HINDU.

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QUALITIES TO BE ATTAINED BY A HINDU.

 

 

1. HARMLESSNESS <Ahimsa>: means refraining from injury

to anyone through mind,speech or action.

 

2. TRUTH : means serpenting a thing precisely as one

has perceived it through the mind or the senses, and

in agreeable language.

 

3. NON-STEALING : means refraining from all forms of

theft illegal possession of others property.

 

4. BRAHMACHARYA : consists in abstaining from all the

forms of sexual gratification ( like looking at a

member of the opposite sex with lustful eyes,

indulging in amorous talks, uttering words denoting

it.)

 

5. NON-ACCUMULATION OF THINGS: means refraining from

accumulation from a sense of possession.

 

6. PURITY : connotes freedom from bodily and mental

impurities.

 

7. CONTENTMENT : means complete absence of thirst of

material objects.

 

8. AUSTERITY : means enduring one's religious

obligations.

 

9. SCRIPTURAL STUDY: includes study of sacred books,

repetition of Divine Names and recounting the virtues

of the Lord.

 

10. DEVOTION TO GOD: This is expressed through faith

in and attachment to God.

 

11. SPIRITUAL WISDOM: means discrimination between

what is real and what is unreal.

 

12. DISPASSION : denotes complete absence of

attachment to anything pertaining to this world or the

next.

 

13. SELF-DISCIPLINE: is exercising control over the

mind.

 

14. CONTROL OF THE SENSES: There are five senses of

perception and five organs of action. Their control

means bringing them all under subjugation and using

them according to one's discretion.

 

15. ENDURANCE: means the capacity to bear heat and

cold, and to remain unaffected by pleasure and pain

etc. that is not to be influenced by diverse

experiences.

 

16. PIETY: means absolute faith in the Vedas, the

scriptures and the teachings of the Hrishis<Sages>,

one's preceptuor and the Lord as though they were

directly perceived truths.

 

17. FORGIVENESS: means entertaining no thought of

punishment on one who has wronged you.

 

18. COURAGE: means absence of cowardice.

 

19. COMPASSION: means the melting of the heart at the

right of suffering of a creature.

 

20. SUBLIMITY: is that power of superior souls under

whose influence even those who are attached to worldly

enjoyments and are of a base nature are deterred from

sinful acts and take to noble pursuits.

 

21. UNSELFISHNESS: means not seeking satisfaction of

any selfish desire connected with this world or the

next.

 

22. AMANITVA: means not seeking honour, respect, or

homage.

 

23. FREEDOM FROM HYPOCRISY: Hypocrisy consists in

ruthog up a false show of piety and thus should be

scrupulously avoided by all.

 

24. ABSENCE ON THE BACKBITING SPIRIT: Backciting or

slandering proceeds generally from jealousy and this

should be completely avoided.

 

25. STRAIGHTFOWARDNESS: It means not attempting to

conceal anything from a selfish motive.

 

26.HUMILITY: consists in having a low estimate of

oneself.

 

27. FORTITUDE: means not to be perturbed in the face

of the greales difficulty and danger.

 

28. SPIRIT OF SERVICE:It mans constantly striving to

the best of one's ability through mind,speech and body

and in a disinterested spirit to contribute to the

happiness of all creatures according to their

respective needs.

 

29. SATSANG: means association with saints and holy

men.

 

30. JAPA: is mental repetition of a Name of God or of

a Mantra< sacred formula>.

 

31. MEDITATION: means concentration of the mind on a

Form of God to Which one is specially attached.

 

32. FREEDOM FROM MALICE: means entertaining no enmity

towards an enemy.

 

33. FEARLESSNESS: means complete absence of fear.

 

34. EVEN - MINDEDNESS: means looking on all as equal

from the point of they of the soul from the point of

view of the soul even though differences may be

observed in dealing with them according to the caste

and order to which they belong, just as one uses the

limbs of his own body differently.

 

35. ABSENCE OF EGOTISM: means absence of feeling of I

in respect of the body, mind and intellect and of the

sense of doership in respect of actions performed

through them.

 

36. FRIENDLINESS: consists in all extending the

feeling of love towards all creatures, whether high or

low.

 

37. CHARITY: consists in gratuitously supplying that

which is needed in a particular place, at a particular

time and respectfully, without expecting any return or

reward.

 

38. DEVOTION TO DUTY

 

39. TRANQUILITY: This state is attained when the mind

is completely free from desires and peaceful and

contented.

 

 

Taken from:

WHAT IS DHARMA? WHAT IS GOD?

By Jayadayal Goyandka

<Gita Press Gorakhpur>

 

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