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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
ments on it; a wolf which saw the dead body thought of eating it; but an enlightened man realised on seeing it that the body is perhishable and this thought strengthened his renunciation. People cat food for the taste of it. But an enlightened man takes food to satisfy his hunger, using it as a medicine with a feeling of detachment. To make progress towards salvation bodily health is essential but fear sucks away the sap of the body and makes it dry and dessicated. Upadhyaya Yoshovijayji says that if we should attain freedom from fear, we should acquire control over the senses. Loka Manya Tilak said that fear and vietory were enemies and that if we should attain victory we should be fearless.
When we want to silence weeping children, we frighten them by describing imaginary ghosts. This is wrong because it makes children timid, fearful and cowardly.
In “Shakrastav," Jinadey is described as being "Abhayadayanam" i.c., the giver of fearlessness. He is fearless and inspires fearlessness in his devotees. Fear lies in us; not in outward things. Fear remains in us as long as we are in ignorance. Seeing a rope on a road, in darkness we shake with fear thinking that it is a serpent and when we realize the truth the fear disappears.
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