Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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do Sadhana', Samayik?, Pratikraman, Japa', Tapas, Dhyana', 17 Kayotsarga?, Swadhyaya etc. These are some of the many experiments one has to perform for self-realization.
Mahrishi Arvinda Gosha spent forty years in solitude and only then he was able to discover the internal bliss and happiness
piness and at of the soul. But we worldly people desire eternal happiness and at the same time hanker after worldly pleasures.
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During the chaturmasa Seth Mafatlal of Ahmedabad once went to Bombay, He stayed in his friend's place who warned him that, in Bombay all merchants and businessmen charge double the price of the product. Hence whatever you buy always bargain and then buy. If a product is quoted for Rs. 100/- you insist on purchasing it just for Rs.50/-? Mafatlal thanked the friend and said that he shall be careful.
When Sethji went out shopping, the sky became cloudy and it began to rain. Mafatlalji went to a nearby fancy shop to buy an Umbrella. He picked up an umbrella and when the shop keeper said it cost Rs.8/-, the Sethji asked him for Rs.41-. The shopkeeper was a Jain by faith and thought that the customer also belonged to Jaina faith and must have come from outstation to celebrate the Paryushan Parva. He thought it to be his duty to help his brother and so agreed to sell the umbrella for Rs.4/-. Then the Seth demanded it for Rs.2/-. The shopkeeper said, “Sir, if you are short of cash you may take the umbrella free of cost and I shall in return be credited with the Punya® of Dana''. Seth Mafatlal was startled, but as per his friend's advice, asked the shopkeeper, "If you are prepared to give one umbrella free of cost than instead of one I'll take two umbrellas."
1 Sadhana - Spiritual practice
7 Kayotsarga - a type of meditation 2 Samayik - Practicing ahimsa, equanimity for a specified period 3 Pratikraman. Confession of sins 8 Swadhyaya - scriptural study & 4 Japa Chanting mantras
self study 5 Tapa Austeriety
Punya 6 Dhyana - meditation
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Dana
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