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longer seeks; for he has his body completely under control, baving risen even above the automatism of bodily func. tions, such as excretion, urination and the like, to a very great extent. He enjoys the bliss appertaining to his real nature now all the time that he can remain absorbed in the samadhi (undisturbed attitude) of Self contemplation, but he knows thai the happiness he thys enjoys is but a shadow of the real thing, though enrapturing even as such. He longs to remove the cause which stands in the his epjoyment of real bliss. With respect to knowledge also he knows that there are infinitely greater treasures in the soul than he is able to avail himself of in his present state, and he is anxious to reach the all-embracing allsufficing knowledge speedily. The game is the case with life which has the terrible monster--Death--staring it in the face ! The saint knows that immortality is the nature of the soul and he is bent on the destruction of the causes that stand between him and life abundant and infinite and fu)). He further knows that the one cause of all these short-comings and troubles of his is the association of matter, which is also the form which the dreaded Foe, namely, Death, assumes and without the disruption of which it cannot be overpowered. He believes that the tearing asunder of Spirit from matter is possible, but only for him who is endowed with the most resolute iron will. He is aware of his own deficiency in respect of the requi. site quality of will, without which Self contemplation, the cause of tbe separation between Spirit and Matter, cannot be accomplished in the desired way. This means that he cannot hope to conquer Death in one life, but expects to train himself steadily for the final contest, through a course of training extending over several (usually from three to five) lives. Nor is be dismayed at the prospect of delay; for what is a delay of four or five lives, as c pared with the infinity of lives be bad had in the infinity of time that is known as the past, and the infinity of those tho soul sha]] have to assume in the future, as an udomancipated ego? The sädhu knows that merit acqui. red in one life is not destroyed or nullified by death, but becomes the main factor in the shaping of the conditions
| SR No. | 032175 |
| Book Title | Mrutyu Mahotsav |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Sadasukh Das, Virendra Prasad Jain |
| Publisher | Akhil Vishva Jain Mission |
| Publication Year | 1958 |
| Total Pages | 48 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 8 MB |