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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
People would say, "'The whole world is afraid of death. Are you not afraid of death ?"
No. Only those who commit sins fear death. Only those who have stayed away from the path prescribed by the Paramatma and who have ignored his commands, fear death. This life is not meant merely to fill the gap between birth and death. It has higher purposes.
We have to make this entreaty to the Paramatma, "'! do not desire worldly prosperity. I do not have any worldly desire. I am not poor. I have not approached you like a beggar seeking alms. I have not come to your doors to agitate you with my problems and worries or entreaties for worldly prosperity. My only aspiration is this. My only request is this, Kindly help me to die, never to be born again. Kindly bestow upon me mental purity and spiritual excellence''.
Do such devotees get anything from the Paramatma ?
They renounce the samsar and approach the Paramatma and return having been elevated to the level of the Paramatma spiritually.
Those who appear before the supreme court of the Paramatma and confess everything become elevated to the level of the Paramatma. We can visualise and realise the Paramatma by means of spiritual endeavours and austerities. What is Dharma ? What is the soul?
Dharma is the friend of the soul.
Dharma is one but the ways to attain it are many. Dharma becomes strengthened by contemplations. Truth is its protein.
Truth makes Dharma strong and firm while karmas weaken it. Karmas are like maladies that disable us and
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