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 permanent and ineffable bliss; and if it attains such a bliss, it becomes the paramathma or the supreme soul. All holy men, all ascetics, all sages, all hermits, all great men, all enlightened men, all suppliants and all philosophers are always engaged in this endeavour i.e., in this quest for endless bliss. Where was the amritakalasha (or the holy vessel containing neciar) kept after it was obtained at the time of the churning of the Ocean? When this question, where it should be kept, arose, there ensued quarrels and dissensions and they could not think of a place, where it could be safe; and where it could not be lost or stolen. At the end, it was unanimously decided that it should be kept in the heart of man. Since then that amritkalash or the vessel of bliss has been lying in iliat safe place. Man, in search of that bliss wanders everywhere but his attention does not turn towards his own heart which is the abode of unsullied and absolute bliss. The flower said, “Oh fruit! where are you?" The fruit replied, "I lie concealed in your heart!" This dialogue written by the great poet, Rabindranath Tagore expresses the same idea through effective symbolism. Mahatma Kabir says: “Oh devotee! Where do you search for me? I am with you." For Private And Personal Use Only

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