Do not be negligent in your duties to the gods and the ancestors. Regard your mother as a deity. Regard your father as a deity. Regard your teacher as a deity. Regard the guest as a deity. Perform only those actions that are blameless, not others. Follow those of our deeds that are praiseworthy and worthy of emulation.
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- Hindu
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- Taittiriya Upanishad
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- Taittiriya Upanishad
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- TU.1.11.2
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- Good DeedsConductRespect
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The Blessed Lord said: O Partha, neither here nor in the hereafter is there ruin for such a one. For truly, dear friend, no one who performs good deeds ever comes to a miserable end.
Just as a flower is known by its fragrance, spiritually enlightened person is known by his deeds.
Mortal sin is a rupture of one's nature, leading to spiritual death, inner turmoil, diminished power, blindness to one's actions, sorrow of the spirit, loss of divine grace, erosion of virtue, cessation of good deeds, spiritual aberration, and alignment with the devil, expelling the values of Christianity, trapping one in hell, and ultimately, eternal damnation.
Farid, do good in return for evil, and do not let your heart turn to anger. If your body contracts no ills, you will earn all that you desire.