Amar Vani

Author(s): Amarmuni
Publisher: Sanmati Gyan Pith Agra

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AMAR VANI
amount of the fire of suffering, it will enoble and purify him instead of burning him into ashes.
Learn to Play with Dangers
They alone get honour and fame in the world who come forward against all obstacles and devote themselves to the service of humanity, who do not allow themselves to be overpowered by difficulties even in the midst of conflicts and hard struggles. To those who lag behind and keep themselves away from the fray, there can be no honour or fame. Elephants fight on the battle-field and stick to their positions, while mosquitoes remain confined into the dirty dark cells.
Keep Your Word
You swear to give up evi). But a little temptation draws you back to the path of evil, and you forswear yourself. Remember that forswearing is worse than not swearing at all. It is a bitter truth. But this bitter dose "will save you from drinking poison. Sati Rajimati*
• The story of Rajimati is very famous in Jaina literature. Her marriage
had been "settled with Lord Neminath, the 22nd Tirthanker. While coming with the marriage procession, he heard the pitiable cries of birds and animals who were to be killed for feeding the marriage party. Hearing these cries he went back without marriage and became a monk. Rajimati also preferred to follow the path of her fianced husband rather than marrying another man. She became a nun. Once while going through Revatachal mountains, she was overtaken by heavy rain. She was drenched to the skin. There was a cave nearby. She entered the cave and started drying up her clothes. Rathnemi, the younger brother Neminath was already standing there in meditation. In the flash of lightning he happened to see her naked. He lost his mental blance and proposed to Rajimati to indulgence with him. At this she gave him the above Teply and thus brought him back to the path of asceticism.