Awakening

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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on time. So, he went straight to the meeting and delivered a speech also.
The people there found out from his secretary how his dress came to be marked with patches of slime and one member on behalf of all the others praised Lincoln's benevolence and his helpful nature. But the President said this in reply, “You are praising me unnecessarily. I have not done anything that deserves your praise. I merely tried to get rid of the sorrow that arose in my heart when I saw the difficulty of the pig and to get rid of my sorrow I dragged the pig out of the slime”. The feeling of sorrow that appeared in Lincoln's heart is called Anukampa or compassion in Jain shastras. This is benevolence; this is the mother of Dharma.
"JFHFH Jorunt "
Dhammasa janani daya. (Daya or kindness is the mother of Dharma )
Benevolence is to be shown in action, not in words. This kind of sublime compassion appears in a heart that is free from passions, selfishness and other similar feelings. The face of Lord Mahaveera which peacefully radiates this quality of compassion, awakens the same quality of compassion in the hearts of others. Ardra Kumar found an image of Jina in a box. Before that he had not seen any other image. All of you know