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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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here?" The old woman said, "I am searching for it here because here there is light and there is no light in the house.” We may laugh at the old woman. But we too are foolish in the same manner. Peace dwells in our own mind but we search for it in external objects though it is not there.
Once a gentleman had some difficulty in breathing. The doctor came and examined him. He could not find out what his ailment was. He advised the gentleman, "Go to London. There perhaps your disease may be cured.” The gentleman was affluent. He went to London seeking a cure for his ailment. There an expert examined him. He too could not discover what his disease was. He said, “There seems to be something wrong with your teeth. So you go to a dentist." When he went to a dentist even he could not discover his ailment. He however gave this advice to the gentleman, "If all your teeth are removed and if you get a new set of teeth it may give you relief." The gentleman agreed to this suggestion. But even after his teeth were removed and a new set of teeth was given to him by the dentist, be continued to have the same difficulty in breathing. The dentist said, “Your disease seems to be a new one. That is why no doctor has been able to cure it. It must be some dreadful disease. So, please go back to your country at once and spend the last moments of your life happily with your family. Nothing else can be done.” The gentleman returned home. He thought, "Any way, I am going to die very soon. Let me live happily during my last days."
He sent for his tailor. He told his tailor, "Take the necessary measurements and stitch for me some excellent suits and bring them as soon as possible." The tailor took the measurements. His collar measurement was usually 12 inches. Now it was 14 inches. The tailor had stitched his earlier coat with a collar of 12 inches. The gentleman said, “Do not make the coat peculiar. Retain the same measurement. Let the collar be 12 inches." The tailor said, “I can retain the same measurement. But
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