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an inner longing for that ultimate peace which is our birthright as human beings. For others it is a more arduous struggle, in and out of life crises which mature and ripen the soul. Whatever the path, sooner or later, all must come to know their reality, their Self, luminous, blissful, radiant. This is the beautiful destination of all mankind, of all forms of evolving living beings. Let the delusions be gone! Let dry desires drop away like dead leaves! Let your journey awaken!
Within three months, Munishree Chandraprabh's father, Chhogalal, felt this inner longing to grow and go further.
“I am earning money for what?” he asked himself. From that moment, his journey took a forward stride. He went to Pālitānā to find his son and tell him his decision to take dikshā and become a monk along with him.
The new muni asked his father, "You are ready to give up everything? It is not just because I am a monk that you want to become one, is it?"
"No, my dear son, I feel the time has come. This is the time to see what my life is all about. My love for Bhagwan Mahāvir's teachings knows no bounds. Now I want to study them in my experience, to feel them in depth."
The Master was delighted to accept him into the monkhood. At his diksha, he gave him the name Muni Chandrakant Sāgarji, which like Chandraprabh, was another beautiful version of “Ocean of the Beams of Moon.”
Afterwards, the Master turned to young Chandraprabhaji, "Now you will have a great test."
Munishree asked, “I do not understand. What do you mean, dear Guru?”
“Now that your father is with you, you will create a new home, a comfortable nest. Your father and you will want to talk. So you will have to have even more silence with him than with anyone else! It will not be a barrier. It will help you both to grow in your own light at your own pace without holding each other back.”
So father and son agreed to keep silence with one another.
They enjoyed each other's company in a fresh new way. They felt the joy of the itinerant life, the freedom to walk and chant, to meditate and rejoice in the delicate patterns of living
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| SR No. | 001808 |
| Book Title | Chitrabhanu Man with Vision |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Clare Rosenfield |
| Publisher | Jain Meditation International Centre New York |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 326 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English & Biography |
| File Size | 24 MB |