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Bhagwan Mahavir ]
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their clutches it is extremely necessary to have sinlessness, complete freedom from attachment and perfect equanimity. Those fortunate men who have got this pretty human life as i reuslt of the flowering of past merit and who have got
lose contact with truth and Dharma and have been blessed with the companionship with the great saints, are able, if they wish to work for the achievement of that bliss by satis. fying themselves with the answers to these questions. Only these great souls are able to establish complete mastery over the Karmas after fully conquering their powerful empire, who have discarded like straw home full of all worldly happiness and wealth, who have flung away with repulsion happi nesses-that are really illusions-thinking them to be venomous reptiles, who, discarding the oil lamps, have made the moon, the sky-lamp-as their light, who have taken to rough food obtained by begging, spurning nice and delicious dishes, who sleep on the bare ground giving up soft pillows, who are never tempted by incidents that give rise to Sata and Asata ( happiness and unhappiness ) because of thinking them to be the dark machinations of Karmas and who are always satisfied with drinking deep the sweet nectar of the highest everlasting bliss. Fired with the generous desire of flooding the whole world with peace they give forth everflowing cool stream of their nectar-like preachings and bring peace to the world which is full of miseries, troubles and discord. These noble men, who bathe in this cool stream bring about the well being of their souls, experience its real nature and in the end attain salvation by getting self-realization and enlightenment.
To get renunciation concentration of the mind is most
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