Manava Dharma

Author(s): Bhurmal Shastri, Nihalchandra Jain
Publisher: Aacharya Gyansagar Vagartha Vimarsha Kendra

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56 / MANAV DHARMA us are troubled by this Illusion. Instead of finding faults with others, it will be better if we care for own faults and try to rectify them. Without getting rid of false arrogance, we can not expect to achieve truth and happiness. We generally like to see the dots in the moon, but we fail to look our own dots. We see faults with others but we donot look to our own. Even being full of faults and errors, we consider ourselves as innocent persons. This is nothing but a deep illusion of ours which prevents us from reaching to the truth and that is why we feel always in misery and troubles. We must note it that without the achievement of truth, the happiness of inner self will not be achieved and if we reach the truth, then troubles will exist no more.
Once a man went to another village for some work and while returning, night fell in. His friends and well-wishers advised him not to travel at night, because the path was haunted by witches and wizzards. But he did not hear to them and started for his journey. While going ahead on the way, he saw a stump of a tree (an amputated tree). Though it was moon lit night but the moon was covered with clouds and the atmosphere was dark. The stump appeared to him as a ghost or wizzard and he prevented himself from going ahead. He began to tremble with extreme fear and thought about the advice of the friends given to him at his departure. He became bewildered but at that very moment the clouds were swept away and the moon- lit shined clearly. Then he realised that this was a stump to which he considered a ghost by mistake. With this right thinking, he was highly pleased and arrived at his house. In the same way those, who walk on the right path of truth, are unique but those, who are fully aware about this path of truth, are also respected and honoured in the world. While living in worldly atmosphere such people hold good and respectful position and they never fall down to attain a dishonoured position.
सम्यग्दर्शनशुद्धा नारक तिर्यङ्कनपुंसक स्त्रीत्वानि ।
दुष्कुल-विकृताल्पायुर्दरिद्रतां च व्रजन्ति नाप्यवतिकाः ॥३५॥ Explanation :
Those, whose mind is illumined with Right Faith, may not observe vows, yet they are not re-born in hells or the lower grades of life, they escape from neuter and female sexes, as well as from birth in) a low family, physical deformity and short life, nor are they overtaken by poverty. Description :
To err is human but to rectify ones errors is really great. Those, who have very well understood their errors and faults, they do not