Awakening

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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himself by passing through the hardships of life. Hence, towards such a person it is good to adopt an attitude of neutrality. If in a man's mind which is pure these four qualities blossom, he would be swimming in the lakes of joy and immortality. He will be free from the fear of death. He can sing :
अब हम अमर भये, न मरेंगे Ab ham amar bhaye na marenge Now we have become immortal; we will not die.
He whose mind is pure also has bodily purity. This point gains strength from an ancient incident.
Once, there was a brahmin called Haribhadra. He was a great scholar. He was extremely proud of his scholarship and he was also conceited and arrogant. Once, while he was going on a road, he was terrified by the sight of an elephant that was rushing towards him madly. He ran into a Jain temple. There, seeing the statue of Lord Mabayira, he said this making fun of the Lord :
वपुरेव तवाचष्टे स्पष्टं मिष्टान्न भोजनम् ।
नहि कोटरसंस्थेऽग्नौ तरुर्भवति शाद्वलः ॥ ( Vapureva thavachashte spashtam mishtanna bhojanam | Nahi kotara samsthegnow tharurbhavathi shadwalah 11 )