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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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was all comperor who lived in great pomp but obserying his body as it was reflected in the mirrors of the palace of mirrors, he fell into deep thoughfulness and attainert kevaljnai (perfect knowledge). The culture that is latent ind i man manifests itself out
willy when it finds a congenial opportunity.
A man who was seated in a moving train, heard that the train hard reached the terminal and when he saw that all the passengers had alighted, he thought about it philosophically and lost interest in life and that led to his renunciation. He realized that even life would reach its end as the train had reached the terminal and this thought impelled him to renounce the world.
Samarth Ramadasa Swami heard the word “Savadhan" which means "Be careful" in the marriage pandal. At once, he became "careful” and ran away from there. Later, he became an ascetic and began preaching to reform people and to help them achieve moral and spiritual progress.
We have heard that deep thoughtfulness leads to renunciation; and these two examples illustrate the truth of it. Renunciation transforms atina (soul) into Paramatma (the supreme soul).
The man who desires only worldly happiness is cruel; the man who seeks only the other-worldly
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