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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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The mau who has wealth, status and power has to keep guards to take care of his wealth but he who has 10 wealth needs no guards; and he is always fearless.
The man who has valour is fearless. Mahavir Swami was entreated not to enter the forest where the ferocious Chanda Kaushik lived but when fearlessly Mahavir himself entered the forest, Chanda Kaushik became peaceful and powerless. Fire burns cotton but when it is put in water it gets naturally extinguished. A Rajasthani poct says that if anyone is angry with us and is burning like fire, we should be cold and peaceful like water. The man who beats others will have to receive blows from others. Violence begets violence. If a man renders help to others, others render service to him. Position and status are for rendering service but not to engender pride in us. This is what a Sanskrit poet says about a man who does not use his position to help others:
अधिकारपद प्राप्य
नोपकारं करोति यः । अकारस्य ततो लोपः
के कारो द्विस्वमाप्नुयातू ।।
Adhikarapadam Prapya,
Nopakaram Karothi yah!
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