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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Until now, you have done everything for your body but you have done nothing for your soul. You have surrendered all your energies and time to something which is transient, perishable and which does not really belong to you. You have done nothing for that which is immortal and that which is yours. What a contradiction !
The sight of the police brings into your mind the idea of custody;
The sight of a lawyer brings into your mind the picture of a court.
The sight of a professor brings into your mind the picture of a university. But do you ever think of the Paramatma when you see a sadhu ?
THINKING OF YOURSELF :
You do not think of yourself. How long can you depend upon borrowed things. 7 The austerity called Samayik helps you to carry out self-scrutiny. It is a safe book to study. If you study that book you will know yourself. Remain within yourself; become absorbed in yourself; and realize yourself. The "I" is the medium through which you can reach that aim.
You stand on the bank of a river and you do not know how to swim across it. In order to learn swimming, we have to leap into the river. Only by means of hard endeavours can you attain perfection. Only by means of hard endeavours can you reach the Paramatma. When you realize yourself you will attain purity and perfection.
When you see a Sadhu you think of Sadhana or spiritual endeavours. The sight of a Sadhu should make you think of the Paramarma and of the next world.
Have you ever thought of your future ?
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