Light Of Life

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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has been made clear. I have been explaining this process in a very brief manner, but this matter will come up every day and every day one aspect of it will become clear. Questions have to be taken up in accordance with the time at our disposal.
You have understood the necessity of Dharma. That was the first point we discussed. The second question pertains to the result of Dharma. "What is Moksha ?" The third question is; "What is the definition of Dharma ?" I have answered this question by saying that Dharma can have many definitions. Each man finds his own definition according to his conception of it. There can appear distortions in something that has been in existence for a long time. It has to be reformed and it has to be revived, and reawakened. According to Mahaveer, the pure form of Dharma is a quality of the soul; and distortions appear in it because of Samsar. The great Acharyas of the past adopted various methods and media to explain it.
Your son does not go to school. You love him. You give him peppermints and chacola les to tempt him to attend his. U.K.G. or L.K.G. classes in a nursery school. He goes to school because of that temptation but he does not realize that going to school will do good to him. He will be angry with you if you force him to go to school and he goes to school because of the temptation. The boy goes to school because he gets four annas and he would not get it if he does not go to school. The boy does not possess the sight to see his future; he does not possess the ripeness of mind and he does not have the necessary mental developent. Sometimes, you may get very angry if he does not yield to the temptation; and you may beat him in anger; but be careful. If you beat him, he will go running to school from fear; but not out of any love for knowledge. You can realize but he cannot realize that education would do him good. But this condition will prevail only upto the end of the primary level. When he goes to the
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