Shrutsagar 2018 11 Volume 05 Issue 06

Author(s): Hiren K Doshi
Publisher: Acharya Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Koba

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श्रुतसागर
नवम्बर-२०१८ Awakening
Acharya Padmasagarsuri
(from past issue...)
fr-lut arenTui” Tinnana Tarayanam
An enlightened man swims across the ocean of samsar (the cycle of birth and death) and also helps others to cross it. Besides knowledge, there is the need for right action also. "Targhet 21 HTT:9 Jnana Kriyabhayam Mokshah
The good man flies towards Moksha (deliverance) on the wings of knowledge and action. He does not forget to use the oil of action to burn the flame of knowledge. How can the light of knowledge burn without the oil of action?
Knowledge gets satisfaction only from the food of right action. Knowledge comes to us through the sacred voice of the Lord. An enlightened Mentor can enable us to hear the Lord's voice. If we act in accordance with that sacred voice, our souls will reach the highest peaks of excellence and perfection.
When the sacred voice of the Lord is raining, we should collect it in the vessel of our mind or memory. In case we are separated from the mentor (i.e. when he goes on his holy wanderings) we should open the vessel and drink the essence of knowledge and wisdom. If the Gurudev is not available; and if we have with us the collections of his discourses, we can study them repeatedly and with concentration. All can endeavor to lave their minds in the ambrosia of his precepts and can purify their minds. By this means we can acquire (Samyaktva) rightness; and get rid of our (Mithyatva) illusion.
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