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

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I am the Soul
Brothers! Consider, you begin a venture today. You struggle hard and invest a lot of money. Yet if it does not flourish, if it does not give you enough returns, how long would you continue with it? Business should always progress. If a business does not grow in spite of having the best product to offer, then even an illiterate will not pursue it. Our elders may have been illiterate, yet they were aware of this. Today with all your education, you come to the same conclusion. The decision does not differ. Do you spare any efforts in expanding the business? Your struggle is relentless. You get so involved in the business that you forget your sleep and rest, hunger and thirst, your routine, your parents, wife and family; forget them all. There must have been several occasions when you hurt their feelings; not thought of their joys and sorrows.
Just think, if you can be so engrossed, so knowledgeable in this field, why not in the field of the Soul too? Have you ever thought why you practice a religion? What has been your progress after you pursued the religion? What have you earned from it? There ought to be some progress. Of what good is religion if you have not changed after practicing it? You will have to stir your soul to find this out. "If I have not changed so far, then I must have gone wrong somewhere. There must be some slip-up, some fault“. For, if the need of religion was never felt, then this practice is just an eye-wash. If not, the effort ought to have been rewarded. That means the efforts were inadequate, hence the reward was missing.
Referring to such beings wallowing in their own faults, Srimadji has said -
कोई क्रियाजड थई रह्या, शुष्कज्ञानमां कोई
HT ART HTT, A FUT JUST Fils .....3 Here Srimadji has highlighted two types of beings who follow the path of liberation with a mistaken understanding.