Shrutsagar 2019 03 Volume 05 Issue 10

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

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श्रुतसागर
मार्च-२०१९ Awakening (from past issue...)
Acharya Padmasagarsuri There is a difference between the nature of the soul and the nature of the senses. Human life is caught between these two. The senses are attracted by worldly pleasures and sensual delights. Their way is inferior and harmful. Children are attracted by biscuits, toffees, chocolates and ice-creams. But their mother knows that these things affect their health. Hence she tries to save the children from the harmful effects of these things. Like mother, Gurudev (the preceptor) tries to draw people away from sensual pleasures and guides them on the way to spiritual prosperity. From this, they get not transitory but everlasting bliss. People should love themselves; not their bodies only. Those who love themselves (their souls) can love others also.
He who loves his soul becomes a Samyami (A saintlyman who has self-restraint). Those who come in contact with him also acquire his qualities of nobility and self-restraint, just as, one lamp is lighted by another. Love is the basis for unity among human beings. Hatred causes divisions and dissensions. The place of love in human life is supreme because it unites separated hearts and brings them felicity.
Someone asked a tailor, “Why is it that you keep such a small thing as your needle pinned on your turban and why is it that you keep such a large thing as your scissors at your feet?”. The tailor replied, “Brother, the tailor does not do so after his desire. Those articles occupy a high ora low position according to their own quality. The needle is certainly small but it does the work of uniting pieces of cloth, that is why it is placed on the turban. On the contrary the scissors are used to cut the cloth into pieces and to separate them. Hence, it is kept at the feet.”
Love brings unity and unity brings strength. Ashoka could achieve victory over the Kalingas with great difficulty. Amazed