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 Let us Become Fearless It is a well-known fact that the shop run by servants brings loss; and the shop which is run by the master himself brings gain. If we have full control over our senses everything goes on in an orderly manner. The colourful ice-cream attracts the eyes, nose and the tongue; but those who are afraid of tonsils refuse to taste it. The world abounds in the things that attract our senses. Man works hard to acquire them. When they are obtained, the joy of experiencing them also ends; and man begins to acquire other things. This eyele goes on revolving endlessly and man is caught in it. Man can get out of that cycle by means of devotion and knowledge. It is essential that the mind should concentrate on Siddha and Arihanth. Seeing the dead body of a girl, a passionate young man entertained the desire of gratifying his lust; a thief who saw the dead body thought of robbing the orna For Private And Personal Use Only

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