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उवसमेण हणे कोहं माणं मद्दवया जिणे । ATP Toutaindu MH HATTENT FUT 11 (2.1:31)
Uvasamena hone koham mānam maddavayā jine, Māyam chajjavabhāvena lobham santosao jine.
"You remove anger with calmness. You remove ego with humbleness. You remove deceit with straightforwardness. You remove greed with contentment.”
A voice from within reminded him of this powerful mantra his Master had taught him earlier.
Coming in touch with his navel center, the Manipura chakra, where his anger lodged, he realized why he had disliked his fellow monk for being domineering. It was because something in him had also wanted to dominate and control. Once Munishree Chandraprabh saw this weakness in himself, it occurred to him that he had been projecting it onto others. He was experiencing that truth which lay at the heart of Jain philosophy -- that no enemies exist on the outside: all socalled outer enemies are really projections of our own inner world.
I don't have command over my own thoughts, my own dreams, even my anger, why should I try and have command over others? What right do I have to impose my will on anyone else? Instead, why should I not work towards controlling myself?
In this way, Chandraprabhaji started asking himself probing questions.
Do I have the seeds of violence nesting in my consciousness? What are they? Competitiveness, grudge, ill will. Why did these come on the surface?
Reviewing the recent episode, he saw that he had been offended by his fellow monk because instead of seeing the other as an individual, as a life, he had seen him as a usurper and as one who was insulting his Guru.
I put out an extra emotion, possessiveness. Like glue, I applied ‘my' to the situation and turned the teacher into an
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