Light Of Life

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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Mandan Mishra realised that she was his wife. He had grown old. He had forgotten even his wife, absorbed in his task of writing the commentary. He dedicated his work to his wife and called it, "Bhamini Tika" and also wrote in the preface that he could not have completed his work without his wife's co-operation.
What an outstanding kind of absorption in the quest for Knowledge ? If one gets absorbed thus in his quest for his soul, he would forget his ship, his family and all his wordly affairs. You have to make this scrutiny. "Who am I?'' and you must find out the answer to this question. This kind of attainment cannot be described in words. It defies definition and baffles analysis. Words are inadequate to describe our voyages through the trackless realms of the spirit. Spiritual experiences cannot be descibed in words They can only be realised through experience.
Nabam (Selflessness) gives suprene felicity. One who has realised the self acquires the fitness to know all tnings.
If you acquire knowledge on the plane of Aham (Ego) and feel, ''I know everything", that knowledge gets distorted
Discard exhibitionism.
Begin seeing.
Exhibitionism is but egoism and it does not lead to selfrealisation.
DISPLAY CAUSES DECLINE
Once there was a priest; who also committed a similar blunder. One day the emperor invited him to his palace to recite the prayer. The priest said to his wife, "I am going to recite the prayer in the palace of the emperor. After the prayer, there will be a grand dinner in the palace. Therefore, i will not take anything today, so that I may
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