Chitrabhanu Man with Vision

SR No.: 001808
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Clare Rosenfield
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Centre New York
Total Pages: 326
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Biography
File Size: 24 MB

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hold the beacon-lamp of hope through that darksome night."
He awakened in a strange hospital bed. None of his coworkers could come to rescue him or to check on him. They could not afford to reveal their identity. Abandoned in this way, aching with pain, Rup remained in solitude for seventeen days until his deep wounds were healed.
He was not yet allowed to go home. As soon as he was strong enough to walk about, interrogations began.
“Who is your leader? Where is the group you are working with? Why were you carrying explosives? To whom were you delivering them?” Rup refused to reveal any facts, any names. He held firm to his story that he had been hired by some people to carry the package from one place to another. He claimed to have been working only for the money. The authorities were not satisfied. They tried different techniques on him to tempt him or shock him into giving forth the information.
"Give us the names of your fellow workers and you will have five thousand rupees and your freedom to go home.”
Rup remained unmoved. They forced him to lie on an ice slab. He did not give in.
They threatened him with shock treatment. He remained unflinching.
They prevented him from sleeping. Still he was stubborn and firm.
What was it that sustained him during that torturous ordeal? From where did he receive the inspiration to remain strong and immovable? Again opening his heart to his diary, he revealed the meaningful insight which emerged during this test of his physical strength and moral courage. He had heard an inner voice speak these words to him:
"You can be your own best friend And you can be your own worst foe.”
Of that experience he wrote, “That Voice became the guidingstar of my struggling soul... Under the sustaining bulwark of
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