Book Title: Self Realisation Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, Govardhandas Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra AshramPage 24
________________ 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. The Self Realization Jain Education International none is really related to the other. This body is unholy, it gives out and absorbs many unholy and impure substances. I, as a soul, am quite independent of my body which is subject to disease and death. Attachment, avarice, ignorance, sense of futility etc. are binding the soul. One should devote his time to acquiring knowledge and meditation and thereby save oneself from the bondage of fresh actions. To act with full knowledge of the nature of the self is the way to cut the knot of binding actions. To think of the fourteen worlds in which the soul wanders in bondage. To determine that a man cannot attain the gift of right knowledge of the nature of the self while going the way of the world. Even if such a knowledge may be had, conscious abidance in the true nature of the Self will become difficult. Hence one should feel intense obligation of the enlightened Guru who explains the true nature of the Self. Therefore one should appreciate the rare possibility of obtaining the right preceptor of religion and one should lose no time in following his advice, should he be available. Srimad Rajachandra writes about his Mokshamala that a reader, on deep thinking and reflection on the subjects discussed in it, will find his way to salvation. The book is an impartial composition on philosophy and ethics. Its aim is to retrace young minds from 21 For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.orgPage Navigation
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