Awakening

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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Mercy is a form of love. It has such tenderness that under its effect even the hardest heart becomes tender. If from the mountain of the human heart always pity, love, affection and kindness flow down as cataracts, sorrows can never exist. The Lord said,
“ fanit À faig az A FUTE 11 "
Mitti me savvabhuyesu veram majjham na kenayi (I have amity for all creatures and I do not hate any creature).
The earth produces food for all; water satisfies thirst; air keeps all beings alive; the sun gives light to all; the tree gives fruits and cool shadow to all; the flower gives fragrance to all; when that is so, why should man be selfish and self-centered ? Why is it that like nature man cannot be generous, selfless, broadminded and benificent?
To make out lives flower forth and develop we should discard vices and cultivate virtues. The flower gives out fragrance not a foul smell. Is not life also like a flower ?