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A Child's Quest to find his "Purpose of Life"
Teacher:
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Children 1. The word "stall" means "a place where you stop
looking"...where you "stall". Mahavir taught us that path to happiness "begins by knowing yourself and ends at keep-on knowing your true self". True happiness is found inside oneself, not outside. Look at the idol of Mahavir, he is telling you that the path to happiness is in "not-indulging with things
outside you". 4. Happiness is a result of finding “one's true identity”
(one that doesn't change over time or is impacted by
other people, or places or things or activities). 5. Irrespective of what's changing inside you and
outside, look at that thing inside you that's not changing. When that happens, you'll find that happiness will emerge from inside, because it exists within you. That place within you is not affected by life /death, joy/ sorrow, and gain /loss. When you begin to feel that your true self has never changed and is beyond the reach of.... not only things outside you, but also your karma particles, your body and your own feelings. You will no longer feel the urge to worry about changes that happen around you. You will not have the urge to bring changes in them. You will have no desires.
Next time you go to the temple, do what Mahavir's Idol is teaching us. Look at it carefully and you'll get the answer you've been looking for. "Let things change around you, they don't have the
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