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 13 He says elsewhere: "Know that the mind is Mathura and the heart is Dwaraka. The body which acts as a threshold to tens of (severa!) holy places has the light lying latent in itself". That light of the soul lies concealed behind the layers of right Karmas. It is pecessary to endeavour to cut off these eight layers by means of austerities. With the sublime water of devotion, we should wash the garment of the soul which is polluted by the dirt of Karma. The soul which vice's moody mnists most blind must be cleavsed. Though the cow may be grazing in a forest, its mind keeps thinking of its calf. The rope-walker walks on the rope; runs on it and dances on it without any support; but his mind is concentrated on balancing himself on the rope. The water-carrier may be talking of many things to those near him but his mind is concentrated on the pot. In the same manner, & devotee's mind is always concentrated on God, in whatever activities he may be engaged, in the world. Just as a dingy and stinking room becomes pleasant when fresh air blows into it, our thoughts will be purified and cunobled when we hear the voice (words) of Jina. The man who lacks purity and sense falls into grief and agony by acting as he likes. What For Private And Personal Use Only

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