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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
SELF-SURRENDER
IV
The supreme benefactor, Arihant Paramatma, out of his aspiration for the spiritual elevation of the world, bestowed upon the world the light he had attained from his sublime spiritual contemplations- "Oh you soul; Give up thinking of the external world and its objects, Attain inner awakening. Endeavour to attain inner felicity, beauty and perfection. The objects that you see outside are not yours. They do not accompany you to the next world."
Borrowed things do not remain with us long Borrowed objects cannot help us to achieve elevation. If you get worldly prosperity from your punya karmas, how can it be firm and lasting? Perfection lies in our own sanctity. External achievements bring only agitations. If you use your energy for the wrong purpose, it causes a loss of your spiritual virtues.
THIRST:
So far no one has been able to attain a total fulfilment of his desires. The thirst of desires is boundless, and endless like the oceans or the sky. It is limitless.
People do not feel satisfied with what they have got. On account of this tendency, they are devoid of internal spiritual awareness. The attachment for external world brings only ruin. Countless emperors, heroes and warriors have lived and died but no one's desires were fulfilled.
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