Shrutsagar 2018 12 Volume 05 Issue 07

SR No.: 525341
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hiren K Doshi
Publisher: Acharya Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Koba
Publication Year: 2018
Total Pages: 36
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Shrutsagar, & India
File Size: 2 MB

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श्रुतसागर
दिसम्बर-२०१८
Awakening
(from past issue...)
Acharya Padmasagarsuri
A jeweller takes a long time to learn the art of finding out the worth of a lifeless and inert diamond; When that is so, is it easy to acquire the ability of finding out the worth of the soul which is conscious? If a man has to study for sixteen years to get a Master's degree, will it not be necessary to spend at least four or five years to attain (Samyaktva) Rightness in respect of moral and spiritual matters. If you make it a rule to study and get by heart two Sutras (aphorisms) a day, within a period of five years, you can memorize more than 3500 Sutras. Little drops of water make the mighty ocean. This proverb will be meaningful with respect to your life. You will become a Srutjnani i.e. an enlightened man, by studying the scriptures.
Your enlightement will give you inspiration to act in the right manner. In this manner, your life will be decorated by the ornaments of the right philosophical outlook, right knowledge and right character.
In the past material comforts were few, but today they are abundant. Inspite of it in the past people were happy and enjoyed peace of mind; but today material comforts have increased hundreds of times, but there is a dearth of happiness and peace. Happiness lies within man and he cannot get it by running after it as if it is present in outward things like material comforts. There seems to be happiness at a distance like a mirage but if we go near it we will be disappointed to find that it is not there. One night, an old woman was searching for something on a road where there was light. When she was asked what she was searching for, she replied that she was searching for her lost needle. People asked her, “Where did you lose your needle?” The old woman said, “I lost it in my house”.
People asked her: “Why don't you search for it in your house?”