Book Title: Half Hour With Jain Muni
Author(s): Abdul Hamiz A Baakza
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House Bombay

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________________ Quest of Happiness n VERY one in the world yearns for happiness. Li He goes to the ends of the earth to secure this illusive happiness. And yet, it ever Happiness eludes his grasp It is because he does not know what real happiness is. He has a general feeling about it but no clear conception of the nature of happiness. Sonde of the things which people desire and believe that if they had them, they would be happy are health, money, power, fame and sexual gratification Suppose, we chance to meet a person in this world of strange happenings, upon whom Dame Nature has showered all these blessings and suppose, we tempt him with the question, "How happy you are, oh fortunate Onel Aren't you?" The man will he embarrassed and you can be sure that he will confess he is not Surfezt cloys and the interest on fullness is returned in boredom. For thousands of years man has been wandering about to obtain real happiness but it is as far away from his reach as when he first started upon this reckless Journey The fact is, he is not sure of himself as to what he is after, what the aim and purpose of living is.

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