Pinnacle Of Spirituality

SR No.: 032343
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Raj Saubhag Satsang Mandal
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 188
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 42 MB

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We should try to study the infinite penance of Shrimad's life, and let us understand how he learned to worship the Soul alone. Thinking ourselves as humble as a little lamb and with our small effort, let us think of the consciousness reigning within us, become as strong as a lion, and make our lives meaningful."
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Two outstanding virtues to be imbibed from Shrimad's life are his love for Truth and Ahimsa (Nonviolence]. His actions and conduct reflected what he believed to be true. His love for Ahimsa was because he was a Jain and also because it was inherent in his nature. Basic Ahimsa - which means not to harms even the smallest life-form and so on - (as understood by the Jains) but his Ahimsa did not stop there. If any human suffered any pain, Shrimad would also suffer in sympathy and because of this, he would become very detached from the material world.
His detached lifestyle is noticeable from his earliest days. He passed away at the young age of 33 years. His attitude of detachment can be seen in his writings at the age of 17 and 18. From that young age his life's direction was one of detachment and equanimity. Even though he remained a householder and a businessman almost till the end of his life, yet his inner life was one of detachment.
Four lessons for us from his life are: 1) Focus on the eternal; 2) Candour in life and equal treatment to all; 3) Truth, and 4) a life full of Ahimsa.
I have read some of the letters he wrote just before his death and I have noticed these virtues in them. Let us remember these virtues and implement them in our lives.
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The relevance of Shrimad's teaching of detachment and the transitory nature of the material world become apparent when incidents like the one below take place.
Today's newspaper carried the news of the disappearance of a P&O steam ship called 'Arabia' at mid-sea. On board that ship were such worthy people as Mr Ratan Tata, a true gem of India, and Mr Jivraj Mehta. There is no trace of either of them. The concern for this loss has created a feeling of despair across the nation. I cannot even imagine how the families of the missing persons muse br feeling.
Shrimad had lived a life full of detachment. After hearing of such accidents one feels that only such a life full of detachment is worthwhile.
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The one in whose remembrance we have gathered was compassion personified, he understood compassion and cultivated compassion in his life.
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He frequently said that he could bear being repeatedly stabbed with spears but he could not bear untruth, fraud and cruelty prevalent in the world. He could not bear the stabbing pain of non-religious practices undertaken in the name of religion. I have seen him many times fuming at cruelty.
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Seek nothing else. Find one who is Truth Personified and surrender, every moment at his feet. After that, if you do not find Moksha, come to me for it.
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