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If you lead yourself to the path of peace, you will be known as a saint while an anxiety or restlessness will push you into the hell in your own life. It is easy to be a saint in a disguise but to be quiet is a symbol of real sainthood. It is easy to become 'Maharaja' but it is a great thing to become a saint if you can keep yourself quiet in your household life then you are not lesser than a saint. We should not only keep on worshiping God but we should try also to develop Godly values in our actions. Anger is our enemy. To get over anger is a victory.
Remember the incident of past when Lord Mahavira was passing through a forest and he faced a snake named Chandkaushik. The snake stings him. Lord Mahavira, during his twelve and half years of meditation, had told only one word – "O Being! Be quiet! Become quiet! How long will you have been stinging the people in anger? Remember your past what you were and what you have become.” It is said that Chandkaushik examined his previous life and found that he was a saint. That time, his disciples had told him that a frog had come under his feet and told him to repent. The saint did not pay any attention so the disciples repeated the matter three to four times. The saint got angry. He ran after the disciples to punish. The disciples ran away and the saint got struck with a pole and died on the spot. After death, he turned into the birth of a serpent and became Chandkaushik serpent. A saint turned into a serpent after death. Now, you think patiently if we get angry what will we become after death? It is surprising that a saint in anger became a serpent after death but later on he died in a peaceful way, he became a God. Now, it is up to you what you have to become after death a serpent or a God.
I don't know who had imagined about hell and heaven but I enjoy seeing hell and heaven on this earth only. I believe in changing my present life into heaven. If you keep
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