Source - Patanjali's Yoga Sutra
People
are either happy or unhappy. People engage in virtuous or demonic acts.
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Be friendly with those who are happy;
be friends with them and celebrate with them, else you will feel envy
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With unhappy people, if you become friendly, you will become unhappy;
instead be compassionate towards
them. That is very quite different to pitying them.
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People who are doing meritorious
work, feel happy with them – be one with them. Then competition disappears.
Criticism mostly comes from those who do little. Be one with them.
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Ignore those who are doing sinful
acts. Instead, we talk about them all the time. Our newspapers are filled with
all the gory details. Educate them (compassion) and ignore them.
I I just marvel at the wealth of wisdom in our sacred texts!
Gem of a wisdom! I find it easy to distinguish between Happy and Unhappy. But how does one differentiate between Virtuous and Demonic acts? Is there any guidance on that?
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Simply read that as 'good acts' or 'sinful acts', acts which are meritorious and having virtue, and the opposite of harmful and negative. Which brings one to a larger point: we have within us a good wolf and a bad wolf; Who wins finally? The one we feed. (ancient Indian American Tale). Thanks for contributing your thoughts.
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