Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Paramacharya continues, everyone should practice non-violence with their Thrikarana/words, action and intellect, if a child set fire on the house, we take immediate action to shut down the fire, we should have this attitude towards the people who commit crime, it helps to purify the intellect of others too.  A twice-born while initiating to asceticism accept non-violence as a primary vow, it ensures the safety of creatures in the vicinity of an ascetic, vow of non-violence applicable to all Ashramadharma, but an ascetic has to undergo strict disciplines to follow his vow of non-violence, he is not allowed to cook, he should abstain from any activities which are listed as violence.   Another Samanyadharma is truthfulness, any action which is followed by word and intellect is called truthfulness, Supreme spirit has given us the ability to speak the truth, to convey the ideas in the heart, truth should provide welfare to all,   desire and anger lacks truth if someone finding fault in other with an intention to degrade the person won’t be considered as a truthful act, truth should not hurt anyone or bring afflictions, while conveying a truth it is essential to bring out in a composed state, it should be pleasant to listeners.  Every individual should practice a vow of truthfulness with Thrikarana/body, mind and action.  Truthfulness has an Avantharaprayojana, when a person practices truthfulness with his Thrikarana, he is forced to think of truth, and eventually every word come out of him would become truthful, it is called excellence in speech/Vaksidhdhi, legend of Abhiramibhattar is an example for this incident, Bhattar a staunch devotee of Goddess Abirami mispronounced New moon day as Full Moon day, Goddess Abirami proved his words are right.  The practice of austerity, cleanliness, and abstaining from theft, are Samanyadharma which should be compulsorily followed by all.  Bodily hygiene augments mental strength, now a day’s people have lost interest in following basic hygiene, cleanliness is essential for all the religious and spiritual rites, if we cannot follow even the basic hygiene how can we achieve mental control? This basic hygiene would bring overall wellbeing to an individual, it should put into practice from early years of childhood.  Our Samnyadharma which is common for all is the practice of  perfect control over sense, we should not keep feeding our senses without any control, we should be controlled in feeding senses.  These five significant Samanyadharma which is the practice of non-violence, truthfulness, personal hygiene, abstaining from theft, and control over sense are the essential requirements for the people of all Varnna.