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HERITAGE OF LORD MAHAVIRA : अर्थानामार्जने दुःखमार्जितानां च रक्षणे । आये दुःखं व्यये दुःखं घिग् द्रव्यं दुःखवर्धनम् ॥ अपायबहुलं पापं ये परित्यज्य संश्रिताः ।
तपोवनं महासत्त्वास्ते धन्यास्ते तपस्विनः ।। “ The acquisition of property involves trouble and so does its preservation, when acquired. There is trouble in earning and trouble in spending. Therefore cursed be wealth that increases unhappiness!
“Blessed are those ascetics, enlightened souls are they, who have given up all sin, the producer of so much suffering, and who have found their refuge in the woodland grove of a hermitage."
It is indeed significant that people in India have been giving to such noble souls titles like “Svami” (Lord), 'Maharaja' (Great Master) and others which, in olden times, were applicable only to those sages who truly renounced the world. They were no doubt the living examples of the truth that renunciation meant power, for they had realised in themselves that royal happiness of ascetic detachment, where there is
न च राजभयं न च चोरभयं ___ इहलोकसुखं परलोकहितम् । नरदेवनतं वरकीर्तिकरं
श्रमणत्वमिदं रमणीयतरम् ॥ “No fear of the king, no fear of robbers; happiness in this world and bliss in the next; reverence shown by
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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