Book Title: Jaina Acara Siddhanta aur Svarupa
Author(s): Devendramuni
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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________________ 200 Jaina Acara : Siddhanta aura Svarūpa even from a dunghill is accepted without reservation. In a word, it means imbibing the goodness of all and thus disseminating light in all corners. The third is Karunā or compassion. The world is a vale of tears. Our aim and attempt should be to help the distressed and needy in whatever way we can. The Vedic prayer is for the happiness of all and misery for none. The fourth is to be wholly dispassionate. You win a lottery and you are puffed up with joy. You lose lacs that you thus earn and you are downcast. This is not how a spiritual aspirant should behave. What is his life if he has failed to attain equipoise. It matters little to him whether he has won or is defeated, whether something good or bad has happened to him. Joy and sorrow are alike to him. So are winter and summer. It is not for him to be agitated, even if it be his impending death. Earthquake or flood, conflagration or bomb-blast, he should be steadfast in his devotion. Man dies but once and when, nobody knows. To die many times a day does not behove a seeker of Truth. It is necessary to remain impartial, indifferent when occasion so demands, uninterested where the mind says no, but always to be truly disinterested. All these are to strengthen the soul. They are meant to take you away from the world to enable you to strive for spiritual upliftment which alone can be the legitimate goal of an enlightened soul. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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