Awakening

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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forget to use the oil of action to burn the flame of knowledge. How can the light of knowledge burn without the oil of action ?
Knowledge gets satisfaction only from the food of right action. Knowledge comes to us through the sacred voice of the Lord. An enlightened Mentor can enable us to hear the Lord's voice. If we act in accordance with that sacred voice, our souls will reach the highest peaks of excellence and perfection.
When the sacred voice of the Lord is raining, we should collect it in the vessel of our mind or memory. In case we are separated from the mentor (i.e. when he goes on his holy wanderings) we should open the vessel and drink the essence of knowledge and wisdom. If the Gurudev is not available; and if we bave with us the collections of his discourses, we can study them repeatedly and with concentration. All can endeavour to lave their minds in the ambrosia of his precepts and can purify their minds. By this means we can acquire (Samyakthva) rightness; and get rid of our (Mithyathva) illusion.
A jeweller takes a long time to learn the art of finding out the worth of a lifeless and inert diamond; When that is so, is it easy to acquire the ability of finding out the worth of the soul which is conscious? If a man has to study for sixteen years to get a Master's