Light Of Life

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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The body is more valuable than money ; but the soul is more vaiuable than the body The soul is immortal. When that is so, what do you do for the soul during the twenty four hours of the day?
You spend all the twenty four hours of the day taking care of the things that are not permanent. You are attached to the worldly objects which you have got by virtue of your punya, or good fortune. You are attached to external objects
ATTACHMENT AND ILLUSION :
You do not spend even a single hour on that thing that really belongs to you; and which is permanent and imperishable, Even if you attain the Dharmadasha, your soul does not experience delight because the soul carries with it the impact of the karmas of all the lives from time immemorial ; and you have made no effort to produce on your soul new and auspicious impacts. When you are asked to make some sacrifices or to do a deed of benevolence, your mind is agitated and you feel greatly unhappy. Your mind grows indifferent when you are asked to make some sacrifice. If there is any opportunity of acquiring wealth, your face blcoms into bliss; and when you are asked to do a deed of charity or magnanimity, your face grows bleak and blighted as if you have drunk casior oil.
If you attain spiritual realisation, you will use external objects for the benefit of others and you will attain spiritual elevation. Therefore, it is not proper to have attachment for external objects, and to think of your worldly prosperity.
A SECRET GIFT ;
If you are asked to do a deed of benevolence, you would speak of the slump in prices and you would plead
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