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peace for you. If it did possess such capacity then why should the wealthy persons complain that they have no peace. They are today the most uneasy persons. They do not get sleep in their gaily decorated rooms, and pompous silk-soft beds. Among such wealthy persons only we find more complaints of diseases like blood-pressure, diabetes, and heart-trouble. They are constantly worried to multiply wealth and to guard their wealth.
Sometime back an American gentleman reported that his country is so rich to own a car per every unit of three men but the people's minds crave for peace and they search for any channel to acquire peace.
One great man said, "It is not necessary to search for peace outside. It lies within your soul and you have to achieve it from your soul only. No sooner do you eradicate your passions than you shall realise peace for you”.
Of course it is difficult to eradicate passions but at the same time it is not impossible. If you make sincere efforts, you can execute any difficult job easily. When you were very small in age it was very difficult for you to walk but slowly you started stepping you practised and learned walking and today you can walk and even run.
I shall place before you some of the skilful methods of destroying or suppressing passions. When phlegm wind and bile are disturbed in human system, man gets insanity. He behaves foolishly but we do not kill such a man. We treat him with some medicine. Thus those who abuse, those who commit treachery and deceit should be considered as suffering from insanity resulting from Karmas. They should be treated with some medicine. Humbleness and sweet words are the medicines. If you pacify such a person with peaceful words without letting out anger, then it will have miraculous effect and he will be calmed down. Thus you and that person both shall escape the Karmic bondage ; but if you react with anger for abuses or entertain pride against the proud then you also shall be deemed as insane and you are well aware of the consequences of insanity.
Now listen to other skilful method. You must daily reflect thus, "All the beings of the world fall a prey to Karmas. They are likely to commit faults just as I connive at my faults. I should
