________________ Only when the truth is accepted and appreciated, can there be repentance for the false! The truth is effective only when one realizes what is incorrect. What happens if you keep listening to discourses by ascetics but do not remove the mundane knowledge of worldly affairs embedded within you? If there is a dead puppy in a water tank, will it be advisable to keep filling more water without removing the dead puppy? Will this help? Is that water safe for drinking? We need to remove the dead puppy, clean the tank and then refill it with clean water. We renounce quite a lot of things, but we forget bhakti. The first word that Parmatma has taught us is "Namo Arihantanam" - this is bhakti. Did Parmatma show us the path of Samayik or Namaskaar Mantra first? We have missed out on true worship (bhakti) and started with sacrifice (tyaag). Sacrifice without true knowledge is oflittle or no use...! A bullet without a gun is of no use and a gun with no bullets is also useless. Both the gun and bullets are required to use the gun effectively. One oar is useless but two oars help to propel the boat in the right direction. 145V
