Light Of Life

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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THE LIGHT OF LIFE
I
The desire to acquire knowledge is present in every individual. This desire for knowledge continues in man as long as he exists. You may call it inquisitiveness or interrogative propensity or doubting tendency or intellectual curiosity or you may call it by any other name. As long as man remains imperfect, it is natural that he should desire to know what perfection is and how he can attain it.
Even questions can be of many kinds. Some questions are serious and they arise from years of profound contemplation and reflection and they emerge from the depths of thought. The other kind of questions are ordinary ones that arise in our minds when we happen to be wandering about on the banks of rivers or seas. But the questions that arise from the depths of our consciousness are as valuable as pearls. If you dive into the depths of reflection and contemplation; and if your questions emerge from those depths, they will be worth pondering over; and only such questions can constitute the fit material for a profound study in our lives. But let me tell you that it is hard to examine and solve all the questions and problems on one day and in the course of one discourse, hence we shall consider the questions that remain over, next sunday or on some other day. But what is the question that is to be examined in today's discourse? And the question considered should be such that. it lies in the hearts of all ordinary people. Many cannot ask those questions; and do not also understand them. Many times they do not get convenient opportunities to ask those questions. We are considering some serious questions and will try to answer them so that all such people may benefit by our discussion; and so