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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
SHRUTSAGAR
MAY-JUNE-2015 when Lord Mahavira saw him approaching towards Himself, the Lord in a very sweet tone called his name along with his gotra “Oh! Indrabhuti Gautama, I welcome you here. How are you?"
Gautama was the gotral of Indrabhuti and for the first time, Indrabhuti was meeting. Lord Mahavira and even before he introduced himself, Lord Mahavira knew his name and his family lineage. He was quite surprised by this, but after some time, it no longer remained a surprise as he proudly said: "Since I am such a great scholar, I am like the sun who is a stranger to none. Moreover, this person speaks so, only to influence me. I am not so innocent to accept his perfection by this little exhibition of knowledge.
Pride is the root cause of all evils and the major cause for the downfall of sadhakal. A person drifts away from his goal for vanity blinds him and draws him away from his objective. The soul remains devoid of perfect knowledge in the light of egoism and pride. Lack of knowledge leads to great conflicts. An example is illustrated to prove the above statement.
Once all the parts of the body went on a nd stop functioning, people will become sick and diseased. Thus all the parts of the body fought with each other to acquire the post of the Managing Director in the firm of the Atmaram.
Each one was proud of oneself and was blowing one's own trumpet. At that time 'Seth Atmaram' i.e. the conscious was fast asleep. It is only when your power of discrimination is lost, all evils crop up.
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