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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
in order to safeguard the beauty of your soul, pacify your passions. That is the diet-restriction for your spiritual maladies. It is a medicine to cure your thoughts of their ignobility; and it gives you the power of tolerance.
Man's nature is to ask questions about the things he does not know.
On the plane of silence, there is no need for words. I have only been endeavouring to lead you on to the plane of silence.
The sublime lies concealed in your soul. All things lie in us. If we know ourselves, we will know all. He who knows all realizes the soul You do not need the Paramatma to know yourself ; but you need Dharma to know yourself.
Some may say, "We do not need Moksha now (at present)".
But realize this truth. If the present is bright, the future also will be bright. But people are always steeped in the past. We should discard the dead wood of the past which gives us no delight. Mental agitations and distortions are caused by the past. They should be discarded.
If you think of the future and feel that you will achieve your worldly objectives, you will not be able to reach your destination. It is not desirable that you should keep wandering in the samsar aimlessly.
If a man thinks of the present, his existence will be meaningful. Only he who lives in the present according to Dharma, can reach his goal. Dharma teaches you the way in which you can cross the ocean of samsar. Do not be lost in the tangles of untruth and falsehood. We can attain pure knowledge by trying to attain self-realization. When a man once realizes his own duty, he does not care to think of the beauty of the external objects. He will not keep wandering through the samsar, like a beggar. He will not have the desire to continue to live in this samsar. He would listen to the music of his soul and would not hear the disturbing noises of the external world.
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