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 Compared to the body which has a form, the soul which is formless, is of greater importance; yet why is it that people are fascinated by physical beauty? Why do not people realize that a beautiful person may be wicked and that an ugly person may be good? Even a prostitute has a beautiful body but in society she is not given respect. Why do people get attracted by the beauty of the body kuowing the truth that even a beautiful person may be wicked. A poet says: “The body which appears fascinating contains all odious things. It is a store-house of unclean things. It is futile to desire this body which is a store-house of unclean things enveloped by a smooth skin”. Why do not people think in this manner and realize this truth? The good and evil karmas cling to the soul. A calf recognizes its mother among thousands of other cows and follows it. In the same manner, karmas (our good and evil actions) follow our soul. It is on account of this reason that some are happy and some are unhappy in life. A man who has attained self-realization looks upon those in sorrow, with compassion. He is not a slave to his senses. Do you know why he is not a slave to his senses; why he does not use his senses as doors and windows and why he does not allow wicked ideas to enter his soul? He kuows that the soul is not a box into which unclean things can be put and so, he does not fill it with unclean ideas. For Private And Personal Use Only

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