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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
conduct is necessary, if the doctrines should produce their effect. If you accept the doctrines with a feeling of absolute self-surrender your soul becomes omniscient.
Once, there was a great yogi. Nobody could check the flood of time. Someone came to know that the yogi possessed the philosopher's stone and began following the yogi wherever he went. One day the yogi asked him, "Why do you follow me thus wasting your time and energy? What do you want actually ?"
The man said, "Oh you great man ! I am absolutely poor because of my sinful karmas. You have with you the Parasmani. Kindly give it to me and I can attain prosperity by using that stone. Till now, I never mentioned my desire to you, but since now you have asked me why I have been following you, I have told you the truth." That man was once prosperous but now he had become poor on account of his karmas.
BENEVOLENCE :
A Sadhu is one who is always ready to render help to others.
A sadhu is always benevolent. He is always ready to help others. He delivers discourses finding some time in the midst of his scriptural studies and his discourses provide light to people and dispel the darkness of ignorance.
The sadhu opened the lid of the container in which he had placed the Parasmani and gave it to the man, saying, "Take it." The man was so greatly delighted that he grew almost mad with joy. He was overwhelmed with joyful emotions. His house had become old and dilapidated. He had in his house a large iron vessel. It had lain in a corner for several years and he put the philosopher's stone into it, brimming with the expectation that the iron vessel would become a gold vessel. But it did not change into a gold vessel. The man felt hopeshattered. He was angry and began shouting that the
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