I am The Soul Part 01

SR No.: 006790
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tarulatabai Mahasati
Publisher: Shri Gujarati Shwetambar Sthanakwasi Jain Association
Total Pages: 468
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

Page 245

... humility before Bhagwan
The devoted pursuit of the three-fold path drives away selfconceit, and enables you win over the internal enemies.
What damage the external enemies cannot do, the internal enemies can, and they do. The enemies residing in the world can cause physical damage. They can attack the prestige or fame. They can even go further and kill. But all these are worldly things. They do not cause much damage to the soul. It has been said -
गळानो कापनारो ये, शत्रु बूरूं करे न जे;
se face at grurit, utarat Tat ..... Internal enemies are the ones which create external enemies. Just as Mohaniya karma is in the form of attachment, it is also in the form of aversion. Let us understand both. We construe passion - moha - as possessiveness, affection, love and such. But avarice, hate, anger, greed are also forms of passion. If we love somebody we say we have an attachment - moha - with that person. But we don't say we have an attachment with a person with whom we have an enmity. For we have only seen attachment - moha - in its limited form. It is very wide and all encompassing. Aversion is also another of its form, and both attachment and aversion are enemies within.
If there were to be no enemies within, there would be none on the outside. In fact, the internal enemies even damage the qualities of our soul. So whether inside or outside there can be no peace.
A tremendous effort is required to push these enemies away. Your weapons have to be as strong as the enemies themselves. Just a spark is sufficient to destroy cotton, but iron cannot be destroyed. If it has to be melted you need a furnace, and the fire has to be that strong. So Brothers! A proper devoted effort alone can destroy attachment and aversion.