Book Title: Awakening
Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir 90 man train it and keep it under control. Kabir Das says that the right use of the mind is that it should draw us towards God and salvation. In one of his fine poems, he says, “How can the garlands of beads made of wooden pieces give you knowledge ? If our mind cannot turn towards God how can the garland of beads make us turn towards God? Eventhough we spend ages turning the garland the instability and fickleness of our mind does not end. If we try to achieve with our hands what we should achieve with our minds, the minds keep ranging as they like. The ancient exponents of ethical doctrines say, मन एव मनुष्याणाम् कारणं बन्धमोक्षयोः॥ Mana eva Manushyanam Karanam bandhamokshayoh It is the mind that causes bondage as well as deliverance. If a cow is released from the place where it is tied to a tether it begins to jump with joy. If a bird is released from its cage it begins to cry with joy. But man is the only creature that, for the sake of transitory pleasures, desires to fall into the bondage of samsar (wordly life). He does not move towards moksha which gives him everlasting joy. The creatures that keep wandering in eighty four lakh forms achieve the level of human life with great difficulty. Only, in this For Private And Personal Use Only

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