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The Jains through Time
Love is not something that can be poured into
us from outside. It is simply there within. It only needs to be unveiled to bring it forth. A sculptor breaks into a stone; with a hammer and chisel he carves it. But what is made new through this process? Nothing! The sculpture
was already hidden in the stone. It is a question of shaping the stone, and chiselling it using the proper methods and techniques.
Digging a well does not create any water. Water is already present in the perpetual flow from the earth's womb. All that is required is to dig through the earth's layers to allow it to emerge. In the same way, purity of the soul, or godliness, is hidden in every man. It need only be unveiled. It is this godliness, or essence of
the purified soul that is love - that which leads a man to become a supreme man. And this is the golden path that takes a man from the pursuit of worldly pleasures to the
attainment of liberation.
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