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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Self-Knowledge
It is casy to deliver discourses on matters relating to the soul; but it is hard to live according to its dictates. Action or conduct is the true test of knowl
edge.
We find it difficult to spend even five minutes in praising others or in speaking well of others; but we readily spend hours together in decrying others or in speaking ill of others. We enjoy speaking ill of others. People feel happy when they speak ill of others or when they spread scandals against others because they think they are superior to others; but they forget that they themselves are at fault when they blame others. A poet has written: "Those people are good who do not speak ill of others".
A noble man can contribute to the welfare of the ration; but a bad man brings ruin. How can a man who knows the nature of his soul, waste time in calumuniating others? ..
Why should people weep over the death of their relatives or friends when the soul is immortal?
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