Jayantsensuri Abhinandan Granth

SR No.: 012046
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Surendra Lodha
Publisher: Jayantsensuri Abhinandan Granth Prakashan Samiti
Publication Year: 1991
Total Pages: 344
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Smruti_Granth & Articles
File Size: 88 MB

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have to live in service of his master for ever. And then our mind will be ready to serve his master, the spirit, as a honest poor servant.
Now coming to the second question we will see why is it necessary to watch the body or to meditate on the body while spiritual meditation?
I will like to say that spirit and body are having very close relation between them. Body is the house of refugee for the spirit. We must know about the house of refugee when we are going to know about the refugee. Lord Mahavira also told the same thing,
"जे अज्झत्यं जाणइ, से बहिया जाणइ ।
जे बहिया जाणइ, से अज्झत्यं जाणइ ॥”
That is why it is very important for us to know about the body while knowing the spirit?
Till now we have seen what is meditation? Why is it necessary? Now we are going to see
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For the purification of souls, which are essentially equal, it lays down the necessity of regular meditation at a fixed time. The philosophy of Equity maintains that souls are similar and whatever difference is visible, it is due to the karma, the act of man. The spiritual equality can be reestablished by purging the souls.
When the individual souls turn towards equity, the atmosphere in the family, society and the world should also be made equitable. If it is promoted in the world of polity, economy and societal spheres there will be two streams of equity, one flowing from inside to outside and the other flowing from outside to inside.
"Whether this change comes through socialism or communism or implementation of any other ideology but the goal should be enhancement of human qualities and more and more equality in the world order", says Shanti Muni in Samata Kranti - Ek Parichaya *.
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Thus, happiness is a thing of spiritual experience. It cannot be expressed in words, nor can it be demonstrated. Becoming indifferent to all outside lures and introvert, when one feels identified with one's knowing: soul experience is bliss-experience. But as soul experience cannot be attained without spiritual experience, happiness cannot as well be had without it. Deeply thinking, we find that the soul cannot have happiness from outside sources because it is itself constituted of happiness. It is full of happiness. It is happiness itself. How will we attain what is happiness itself? In fact, happiness is not something to attain, it is something to enjoy, to experience. Then why crowing for happiness? In crowing, there is no happiness. Crowing is misery. Similarly, desire of happiness is also
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what are the advantages of it?
First of all we can see that the meditation teaches the art of self realisation. In reality meditation itself is self realisation. Before this every one has the habit of watching other's defect to neglect his own.
Second advantage of meditation is that one can convert adverse situation in to a favourable one. After meditation our eye sight becomes so pure that it cannot see adversity. It looks as if every thing is favourable to
US.
Third advantage is the end of ego. Mind comes on eye sight after meditation and we can see its all good and bad aculiones very clearly. Thus our own defects come in the way of our vision and we can understand where we are stand and at what stage of humanity. Our ego vanishes because of meditation. This end of ego brings courtesy and humanity.
Appreciating the extent of equitability achieved in socialist societies it will be proper to assert that adding a spiritual aspect to the thought of equitable distribution of the resources of production will go a long way in decreasing the discontent growing in the 'European socialist countries. Freedom to independent thought associated with a sense of dutifulness to the fellow individuals expressed in the form of Gram Dharma, Nagar Dharma and Rashtra Dharma in Samata Darshan will provide a solution to the disturbances in socialist Europe. The smooth shift from a rigid, opaque system to a moderate transparent system in major socialist countries except Rumania has proved this to a great extent.
To conclude it is the Samata Darshan alone which would be able to achieve a state of stable balance in the society and will be able to control the greed of man masquerading under the garb of a high standard of living.
misery. Absence of desire alone is real happiness.
What is happiness? Where does happiness lie? How shall we get it? All these questions have only one answer, one solution, and that is spiritual expeerience (atmanubhuti). The preliminary way to get it is to study religious literature and practice meditation with concentration. One should keep one's desires limite, as minimum as possible and should not feel otherwise if they are not satisfied.
In other words, simple living and high thinking should be our motto. Then a right use of knowledge, wealth and power should be made. It would bring progress and happiness to all. Limited wants will enable us to serve fellow beings and we shall be able to practise. Live and let Live. We should always aspire for higher valves of life and deliverance that sages have sought.
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