Light Of Life

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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Paramatma our life will become a banyan tree of boundless compassion and benevolence. We should practise those ideals,
Let your actions be experiments in truth.
THE PURITY OF SPEECH :
We have two ears ; two eyes; two nostrils; two legs and two hands but each pair carries out only one functior The tongue is one ; but performs two functions. We can end the samsar or prolong it by means of our tongue (speech). You must think deeply about what you say. You should think : "There should be no harm done to anyone by my speech. I should not antagonize anyone. No conflicts should arise on account of my utterances. My utterances should not bring about impediments on the path of my spiritual endeavours". You must think thus because all these things are related to your speech.
FOOD AND THOUGHT :
Speech oiginates from the Paramacus of thoughts and ideas.
As is the food; so is the thought.
As is the thought ; so is the mood.
Whether your thoughts end the samsar or prolong it depends on your wisdom and intelligence.
Once when the soul was in a state of infatuation, there arose a quarrel among the various organs of the body.
The tongue said, “Remember. I am all inportant !" The teeth said, "Ah ! We have control over you !" The tongue said, "Remember ! Though you are my
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