Awakening

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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rian food. The life of a meat-eater grows insipid and dull because it is short and cruel. It has been said:
पुरुषावैं शतायुः (Purushavai shathayuh)
(Man lives for a hundred years) The main cause for this longevity is Indian culture. In the past, people used to consider premature death inauspicious. Their ideal was a life of peace and bliss devoid of sense attractions that cause perversities.
How is it to-day? The present day life is replete with diseases and despairs. Worry burns man like the funeral pyre; disease burns man like fire; moreover, fear of other problems affects man's longevity. To achieve victory over fear we should surrender ourselves to God who is the giver of the boon of fearlessness. By this means, we can get both physical and mental felicity.
We should rise above the level of a life of sensual pleasures and concentrate and meditate on God. From such a meditation we get wisdom, enlightenment, politeness, fearlessness and bliss and longevity.
We should not render bitter whatever element of sweetness is there in our mind and in the five senses. We should be thankful for the good that is there in our mind and senses as a result of our good deeds in the past; and if we keep up the purity of mind and senses