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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Spiritual development results from our own quest for it.
If we have faith in the voice of the Lord ; if we have veneration for it and if we have the right taste for it, then we will feel its impact (resulting in action).
The great things that we hear are like the colour of myrtle by a constant application of which, the colour of our renunciation deepens and sorrows disappear. If we realize the meaning of life (its usefulness or aim), our delusion disappears.
Teople say, “ Sir, when we keep counting the beads and moving the garland with our fingers, our minds wander away (we cannot get concentration) but no one says this; “While counting currency notes our minds wander away”. If we descend into the depths of contemplation, naturally we can get detachment.
Physical science leads to universal destruction, but, spiritual knowledge brings about universal development. Every moment of life takes us closer to death. We have filled our minds with so much of the material world that there is no place for atmajnan (spiritual knowledge). It means we cannot even think of selfrealization.
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