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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Akarasya thatholopal
liakalo dwithyamapuvath.!!
If a man having attained a position of authority, loes not help others, others would clefy him. I 37f99 ) loses the 3T sowd and the sound is doubleclic., ohi. kara" becomes "Chikkara").
A man who occupies it position of authority and who does not discharge the prescribed duties (leserves defiance. Such a person is afraid of his superiors; but on the contrary the man who carries out his duties, is fearless. Fearlessness elevated an ordinary gardene! to the rank of President. This man was none other than Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln gave some pomogranate juice to his master and the master after tasting a sip said, "] say! This juice is bitter. Don't you know it?" Lincoln replied, "No Sir; because I am doing the luty of waterin: the plants and not tasting their fruits." Pleased by his honesty, the master gave him a higher position. Achieving progress thus, step by step, by means of his honesty, one day, he attained the position of the President of the U.S.A.
If a fearless man commits a blunder, he does not hesitate to repent his action and to seek prayaschitta or self-purification.
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