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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
power does devotion have? 1 would like to answer this question by narrating an anecdote.
A certain King when he was in a mood of cheerfulness, told his servant to ask for anything he wished for. The servant said: "My request is this. I shall be at the door doing my duty. Whenever you pass by me kindly speak these words into my cars, "you should not forget God". This is all I desire from you".
According to the wish of the servant, the King while going out and coming in, kept telling him, "You should not forget God".
People who saw this, thought that, he was the king's most favourite servant. They also thought it likely that the king had made him his spy. The result was that the status of the servant rose in the eyes of the people. This was the wonder that devotion performed. By our devotion for God, teacher and dharma, we can attain salvation. When that is so, is it not possible to attain status in the worldly life by the same means? Status in the worldly life is after all a very ordinary thing.
Kalapi said, "Devotion never goes in vain. By means of devotion, even unthought of ojectives also are fulfilled. The deeper the devotion, the quicker is the attainment of spiritual welfare".
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