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is wind, insatiable greed 18 phlegm, choler is bile and when these three inflame the soul a state of general paralysis comes into being. These follow with many diseases like ringworm of selfishness, itch of jealousy, swollen goitre of elation and despondency. phthisis of eavy seeing another's happiness, leprosy of vice and perversity of soul, excruciating rheumatism of egoisn, guinea norm of hypocrisy deceit, vadily, and pride, dropsy of greed, fever of core. tousness These are the diseases suffered by all but only few recognize them These diseases thrive on the indi. gestible food of sensual objects These diseases can be cured by prophylaxis of clever physicians, I donot say of those physicians as Voltaire have written, "Who pour drugs of which they know little, to cure discases of which they know less, into human beings of whom they know gothing." What I mean, is, of a holy Guru acting like a physician who can chalk out the right treatment and admi. Diater the correct drug as prescribed by that great physician Sarvagna Mahavira and that the sufferer should have faith in His prescription. Abstention from worldly objects is the regimen, devotion to spintuality the revivifying drug and a mind full of faith its chariot. Slowly the mind 'heals of its diseases, soul grows stronger in detachment and good thoughts, appetite grows day by day more enthusiastic and the weakness of material desire disappears. Then when a human bathes in the pellucid rivulet of knowledge, bis heart is blleil with full of faith in Him.
