Awakening

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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Health
In the Hindi language, there is a famous proverb:
पहला सुख निरोगी काया
( Pahala sukh nirogi kaya ) The first happiness lies in having a healthy body. If the body is free from diseases, if it is healthy, that itself is the greatest happiness. We can achieve all our objectives only if the body is healthy. That is why the great poet, Kalidasa said,
Thrİ CE TAYARI Shariramadyam khalu dharma sadhanam | (Truly, the welfare of the body is more important than dharma).
We can act according to the Dharma only with the body. He whose body is not healthy, cannot render service to others. The doctor who cures the diseases of patients must himself be healthy. A healthy man is happy and increases the happiness of others.
A great western philosopher by name Beacher has said “The body is the veena ; happiness is the music that it produces. The veena must be in a fit condition.