· Verily, liberation is within easy reach for him who is never of evil intent even to the wicked, who speaks soothing words to the harsh and who is overflowing with friendly love. The world is held together by the prowess of such persons who are established in excellent conduct, and who allow no room for lust, anger and greed. One endowed with intelligence, therefore, must speak truth – truth that is liked by others. He ought to keep mum, if truth is productive of misery for another. What is to the liking of another, if it is not for his real good, that too must not be given out. It is certainly preferable to express what is conducive to good even though it is vehemently disliked. A prudent man must have recourse to that alone by thought, word and deed which will do good to living beings both in the seen worlds and the unseen. (Vishnu Purana).
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· Persons aspiring to be favoured by Sri, the goddess of prosperity, beauty and love, should perform their life’s duties with unshaken fortitude, joyfully setting their steps on the heavenward path. Their homes are to be immaculately clean and their servants and helpers heartily satisfied. They should be grateful to all for any good turn; be never uxorious; regularly worshipping the Deity in the holy fire; sweet and obliging in address; taking up only works fit and proper; gifted with the sense of shame; self-controlled by means of solemn vows; undergoing fast and austerities; continuously cheerful; mindful of scriptural studies; waking up before sunrise and not lounging in bed at morning hours; sleeping only half the night and never during day; happy in showing kindness to distressed, helpless, aged, weak and sick fellow-beings as well as to womankind in general; ever ready to console the alarmed, cheerless, the anxious, the terrified, the diseased, the deprived and the afflicted; averse to partake singly savory dishes; never knowing others’ women; regarding others with deep love as they would themselves; permanently disposed to charity; and skilful, upright, persevering, forgiving perfectly friendly, shorn of all arrogance, and never indulging in debauchery. (Mahabharata)
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· Persons aspiring to be favoured by Sri, the goddess of prosperity, beauty and love, should perform their life’s duties with unshaken fortitude, joyfully setting their steps on the heavenward path. Their homes are to be immaculately clean and their servants and helpers heartily satisfied. They should be grateful to all for any good turn; be never uxorious; regularly worshipping the Deity in the holy fire; sweet and obliging in address; taking up only works fit and proper; gifted with the sense of shame; self-controlled by means of solemn vows; undergoing fast and austerities; continuously cheerful; mindful of scriptural studies; waking up before sunrise and not lounging in bed at morning hours; sleeping only half the night and never during day; happy in showing kindness to distressed, helpless, aged, weak and sick fellow-beings as well as to womankind in general; ever ready to console the alarmed, cheerless, the anxious, the terrified, the diseased, the deprived and the afflicted; averse to partake singly savory dishes; never knowing others’ women; regarding others with deep love as they would themselves; permanently disposed to charity; and skilful, upright, persevering, forgiving perfectly friendly, shorn of all arrogance, and never indulging in debauchery. (Mahabharata)
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