| Essence Of Hinduism |
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HINDU ETHICS |
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Hinduism has exalted renunciation or detachment to the rank of a cardinal virtue. But
detachment does not mean the starving of our affections, it means their extension and
purification. We are taught to remove all taint of selfishness from our loves by
lifting them above the region of time and space. What is above time and space is the
everlasting Truth. After detaching oneself from all fleeting things one should identify oneself with what endures forever. Truth in the list of cardinal virtues means far more than mere truth fulness, though in all our scriptures truth fullness is constantly alluded to as the basis of both the heroic and the saintly type of character. The great sacrifices made by Harischandra, Yudhishthira and Dashratha in keeping, the promises they made show the high place given to truth by the Hindu sages. They say that there is no duty higher than truth, and no sin
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