Shrutsagar 2017 09 Volume 04 Issue 04

SR No.: 525326
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hiren K Doshi
Publisher: Acharya Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Koba
Publication Year: 2017
Total Pages: 36
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Shrutsagar, & India
File Size: 9 MB

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SHRUTSAGAR
September-2017 meat having fallen victims to the illusion that it increases their physical strength; and that it gives them longevity, but they forget that the elephant that eats only vegetarian food is many times stronger than the lion that eats flesh. A man can easily live for a hundred years by confining himself to vegetarian food. The life of a meat-eater grows insipid and dull because it is short and cruel. It has been said:
पुरुषा वै शतायः (Purusha vai shatayuh)
(Man lives for a hundred years) The main cause for this longevity is Indian culture. In the past, people used to consider premature death inauspicious. Their ideal was a life of peace and bliss devoid of sense attractions that cause perversities.
How is it to-day? The present day life is replete with diseases and despairs. Worry burns man like the funeral pyre; disease burns man like fire; moreover, fear of other problems affects man's longevity. To achieve victory over fear we should surrender ourselves to God who is the giver of the boon of fearlessness. By this means, we can get both physical and mental felicity.
We should rise above the level of a life of sensual pleasures and concentrate and meditate on God. From such a meditation we get wisdom, enlightenment, politeness, fearlessness and bliss and longevity.
We should not render bitter whatever element of sweetness is there in our mind and in the five senses. We should be thankful for the good that is there in our mind and senses as a result of our good deeds in the past; and if we keep up the purity of mind and senses surely our physical and mental health will increase and bloom. Some believe that bodily welfare depends on mental welfare. Someone also said, “The life of a man whose mind is pure is heaven; and the life of a man whose mind is impure is hell.” The mind becomes impure on account of passions. There are four passions; anger, pride, illusion and deception. The mind that is free from these passions is pure. But purity by itself is not enough, Even pure water, if it is hot or saline or foul-smelling is unfit for drinking, Besides purity, there should be coolness, sweetness and however we can see four pure emotions namely, friendliness, joy, pity and objectivity in a pure mind.
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