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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
What shall I do?"
If that is so, the Paramatma says, 'Seek the refuge of knowledge'. If even that is not possible, seek light from the enlightened.
If you do not have a light or a torch in your hands and if you have to travel in darkness, you must seek the aid of those who have light. If you do not find such a giver of light then you will say, "I will wait for such a guide."
Make enquiries and then proceed. If you do not get light at all follow the footprints of enlightened people or pursue the path shown by them.
At the beginning of the grantha, there is a statement of the author,, expressive of his humility.
A humble invocation in the very first stanza.
HUMILITY :
"Oh Parmatma ; Oh Vitrag ; I have attained the knowledge of Dharma by your grace and from your supreme commands." Here, the author expresses his humillity and his politeness,
Sant Tulsidas says :
"We can attain the Parmatma only by means of humility ; but the Paramatma is away, far away from pride and arrogance."
The light of the knowledge of ths Parmatma arises from the spirit of humility. Humility aids the development of knowledge.
In the present-day life, knowledge has become distor
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