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The child who was a victim of the attack of his own karmas despite his tender age and innocence had a smile on his face. This was not death, it was the freezing of a permanently smiling face. The family members were moved to tears that were a mixture of happiness and grief.
From the description of the above episode provided by the family members, it is clear that by diverting the mind, the endurance power increases manifold. It was not that only the child had lost his life, the family members had lost their loving son too. Since they were also engrossed in a wave of devotion and bhakti, their own misery had also reduced considerably. This was their personal experience.
In Bapunagar (Ahmedabad) lived a Jain lady who was struck by dual illnesses. For almost ten years she suffered from paralysis and both her kidneys also had failed. An acharya who visited her to help her retain her equanimity had asked a touching question : "Do you ever feel like dying ?" .
Normally a patient suffering with the pain of paralysis and dialysis would be waiting for the train of death to arrive on the platform of his life. Since he cannot die, he continues to bear the pain of living. So the Acharya had asked this sensitive question with a view to know her mental state, so that he could give her tips for additional peace of mind.
The lady replied nonchalantly: "Why should I think of dying ? A lot of my past karmas are being wiped out and new karmas are almost not being created. I find the day to be really short to complete my reading, listening discourses and chanting
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