Jain Digest 2018 10

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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JainDigest Cleanse Wrong Beliefs
By Himanshu K. Gandhi
Himanshu is based in Boston, MA and is an avid follower of Jainism. He can be reached at h.gandhi@samved.com
PRANAM.
It is fine that...
... under the influence of wisdom... ... abstaining from sacrilegious consumption was considered right...
... and an attempt was made to control dietary intake.
Then why not take a step further in the direction of His wisdom, and make an attempt to cleanse wrong beliefs?
What sense does it make to get entangled... ... where passions (anger, ego, greed, deceit) get agitated?
Moment we see dramatic “news" we get incited with attachment-aversion... ... and then at some gathering with friends debate-argue on the same to consume more of attachment-aversion?
What's good and what's bad... ... where all and whose-all's "wrong beliefs" will you mend?
What's the point of increasing Karma and Samsara (cycle of birth-misery-death)
just like that by holding wrong beliefs?
Hold some thought-discussion on eternal truth that...
... Every living being is perfect... ... When one becomes aware of own pious self, this bit effortlessly comes into full acceptance.
... Every activity is preset and exactly as meant to be... ... Make an effort to witness all change only from the perspective of knower and seer.
Assuming that remote of my path to Moksha/ultimate liberation is only in my hands...
... why not go "pause" on the channel of worldly theatrics...
... and for few moments.. ... make an attempt to consume pure bliss emanating from very own pious, all knowing,
eternal reality of Him within?