Jain Journal 1982 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

Page 20

APRIL, 1982
153
Said the Lord : “A last counsel, Dear Ones, then 'tis farewell...
Life-span is short, so hasten ye to spiritual effort, for the soul, by its present nature pre-arranges its future. 'Tis the Jinas' law : as from love and hatred ye withdraw, ye pass from fleshly transmigration into the enduring free form of liberation. Verily, at the end of the path the Jinas trod, ye, too, are Soul-God.
Patient Ones, as waters deeply flowing, mystic depths are beyond your present knowing. Just know, beyond the leg-hook and the tether and the animal-misery binding ye all together, ye each are a pure and perfect soul, O blissful.
Dear Ones ...at the deathblow moment, as best ye can, hold non-attachment. Yes, to your butcher and to your body hold the non-attachement of the saintly." (soft-toned): "Peace at death shall release the soul to a serene rebirth outside of time on this wretched earth.
Alas, earth's red monsoon does not pass. In the forest, a Gir lion slays a mother's child in savage passion, and by the boulder, a granite snake stings a saint, for evil's sake.
Shame to man's face ! Is he superior when he sinks to a vulture's behavior ? Shame! He disregards brazenly that human birthright is living with earth peacefully.
Yet every soul has the potential to quit itself of its body-material.