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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
They thought that on that day they would have the opportunity of hearing a discourse from the sadhu and hoped that he would speak out his heart. With these expectations a large number of people gathered and sat eager to hear the discourse
The sadhu said in a very serene manner, "I want to know whether you have faith in the Paramatma."
The people fell into a dilemma. They began to wonder whether they would visit the temple without faith in the Paramatma They replied, "Yes, revered sir ! We have faith in the Paramatma".
The sadhu said, "Then, my discourse has ended". The people said, "Revered sir! What is this? You have completed your discourse by posing only one question."
The sadhu said, ''What I wanted to communicate to you through my discourse has been already attained by you. You have faith in the Paramatma. That is enough What is the use of wasting time in delivering discourses ? Let us all turn inwards and try to attain self-realisation".
Some days later, the people again insisted upon his delivering a discourse. They said, "Today is an auspicious day. Kindly give us some spiritual guidance".
Since the people were so insistent, the sadhu gave his consent to deliver a discourse. On this occasion also a large number of devotees came to hear his discourse They were all greatly eager to hear his discourse.
On that day also, the sadhu posed a question, He said, "Do you have faith in the Paramatma ?".
They had already known what the sadhu would ask them, from their experience of the earlier day. So they had got ready a different answer. They said, "No. we have no faith in the Paramatma".
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