Book Title: Awakening
Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir By means of one step man can go upwards or descend downwards. By means of our mind, we can atiain progress or we can also decline to a lower level. The mind can lead us either to creation and acceptance or to negation. It has been well said : “ मन एव मनुष्याणाम् Hot Tui Fethet: 11" Mana eva manushyanam Karanam bandha mokshayoh li (It is the mind that causes or brings about attachment as well as detachment; bondage as well as release) The thoughtful mind remains pure and unperturbed even in adverse circumstances. The great king, Shrenika, destroyed his karma only by means of pure and noble thoughts. People generally desire to live when they are in prosperous circumstances; and desire to die when they are in adverse circumstances. But a man who has a pure mind or equanimity is not dismayed by sorrows and does not become proud in happiness. Such a mind cannot be elated by joys and depressed by sorrows. It rises above sorrows and joys and remains calm and serene enjoying pure bliss and contemplating on its own detachment. The two stanzas from the Bhagavad Gita given below help us to realize how a man falls into adversity by forgetting the Lord and by cont For Private And Personal Use Only

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