PUJYA SHREE MOTA

Thursday, July 12, 2012

ARGUMENTS -- A FORM OF MENTAL DISTRACTION

I develop more bhava towards the one who carries out given advice with faith and love, without unnecessary on going arguments,  interferences, with quarrelsome attitude and use of intelligence ( બુધ્ધિ ). Series of arguments is like addiction. It is one thing to satisfy the sincere urge to know when one is in doubt, and other to argue for the sake of argument. One is necessary while the other is not helpful. In fact it is harmful. It is considered an art amongst the intellectuals and has been the source of continued disagreements and oral fights. Just as there is itching in the body, this is a form of mental itching ( distraction ).

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pagathi
Edition 6; page 50.