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 71 Hearing this, the husband took up his pistol and aimed it at her. The wife began to laugh. When the husband asked her why she was laughing, she replied, “I am fully confident that you will not shoot me, I felt like laughing at your histrionic talents". The husband said, “ Just as you have faith in me, I have faith in the Lord. Hence, I am not afraid of anything; and I am praying to him.” In fact, according to his belief, the storm disappeared. The devotee of Shiva is called a Shaivait ; the devotee of Vishnu is called a Vaishnav; the devotee of Buddha is called a Bauddha, and the devotee of Jina is called a Jain. Jina is the name given to one who has conquered all passions like Rag (love) and dvesh (hate). Jina Dev is impartial; and is the very embodiment of the highest knowledge and wisdom. His followers also should possess impartiality, knowledge and wisdom. Just as a swan drinks only milk discarding water; a wise man should imbibe good qualities and discard bad qualities. But an unwise man retains bad qualities and discards good qualities like a sieve which retains stones and other useless things letting all the grain fall through its holes. The Lord propounded the famous Syadwad (a system of thought) in order to bring peace to the disturbed and distracted world ; to solve the For Private And Personal Use Only

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