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wearied of the wandering. I now want go back to my own residence and live there forever. He has therefore, sought refuge with the Gurudev. The Gurudev too says -
a arcuatara n j Ja T... Now I shall not wander about here and there. The state of the supreme, pure true form of the Soul is my residence. I have to reach there and attain infinite rest. Thus an atmarthi jiva is totally disheartened with wandering in this material world. If the world is not required then the reasons for the world are also not required. There is also a total rejection of those and when such a state arises within a jiva, the feeling of disillusionment - vairagya awakens and only then can he realise the Soul. The great Poet Banarasidas says in his play ‘Samaysar'.
कहै सुगुरू जो समकीती,
परम उदासी होई; सुथिर चित्त अनुभौ करै,
HTC # Hts...? The Sadguru says that the samyakdrishti jiva alone, who with a total detachment from the feelings of the material world, experiences the Soul by stabilising the mind, can attain the position of the supreme soul.
For every soul who has tasted the Jain culture, the material world represented by the births and deaths itself has become the reason of sorrow. Gajasukumar's detachment awakened, and he was filled with an absence of feelings within. He realised the meaninglessness of the material world and requested his mother to permit him to accept a vow. The mother's heart cried out, no doubt, filled as it was with affection, but knowing the better path, allowed the prince. She also advised, "Son! You have made me cry, but in future do not make any mother cry!" Saying so she bade him farewell. The mother wishes that her son perform such penance that he be liberated from this material world for ever.
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