Light Of Life

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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If you roar, your passions like anger, will run away from you. If you look into the mirror of shastras, you will realise that there is no essential difference between you and Mahaveer.
you. If you looking
I am roaring out only to mike you realise yourselves.
This is a supreme truth. The moment you realise yourself, you will attai firmness of mind. Therefore, in order to see yourself, you must carry out spiritual contemplations. By this means, you can rid your soul of its Kashayas ; and you will commenc: carrying out spiritual austerities; and all your Kashayas will be burnt to ashes.
FIRE AND TAPAS :
Once we were going on our Vihar (travelling on foot); and on the way, I happened to see a heart-rending spectacle. At that time, we happened to be staying at place called Manor Gav. Nearby some tribal people were living in their cottages. On that night, a heavy rain had fallen there. Everywhere there was water. The cottages of the tribals had been flooded with water. A poor, old woman wanted to cook food. She cut fire-wood and put it in the owen. She had to cook food for her hungry children. She put some kerosene on the fire-wood and lighted it. But since the fire-wood was wet, it did not burn. Her face grew red with blowing air into the owen. She lost all hopes of cooking food. She went to some neighbours and brought dry fire-wood. It burnt well ; and she cooked food.
My task also is similar to that. Your souls are the vessels ; your spiritual perfection is the food I have to prepare. I have come here to prepare that food. With the fire of my discourses, I have to burn your Kashyas ; but your souls are fully drenched in Kashayas. Hence, they cannot be made to catch the fire of spirituality easily.
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