Treasure Of Qualities Introduction to Inspiring Life of Acharya Vijaydharmsuri Maharaj

Author(s): Prashamratnavijay
Publisher: Dharmkrupa Trust

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Temples formed with the inspiration of Dharmasuri Maharaj
Shree Mahavir Swami Deraaser
Palej
attacked their town. A huge stream of relatives and townmates started pouring in Chabalben's house, they pouring tears of sorrow. Every corner of the house was witnessing the cries of lamentation and obviously, the most horrible condition was that of Chabalben, who had lost her lifepartner permanently in a very young age! She was bemoaning too badly out of grief!
This environment held its guard continuously for 3 days. Although everyone was drowning in sorrow, there was one person who was busy or what I would say was disturbed with some completely different matter. Our bantling Bhaichand, aged 6, was observing all the scenes of Hirachandbhai's final ritual for the very 1st time ever and his mind was generating bunch of queries related to it. He was in the hunt of a perfect individual who could provide the answers to his queries. He found a man standing beside him and as a temporary source, he started questioning that person, "Uncle! Can you please inform me, why are these people bewailing so much and why are these 4 people carrying my father on their shoulders? The man answered, “Dear! These people are weeping because your father has died and these people are carrying him outside the village." Bhaichand asked, So, when will he return back again?" Man replied, “Dead people never arrive again." Bhaichand continued, “Oh! So will he stay there itself or will go somewhere else?" The man now became silent as he had no answer for this question. As he found that man turning
answerless, Bhaichand had to cut off his series of questionanswers. He understood that none other than his mother only had the capacity to solve his queries, but observing the sad condition of Chabalben, he wasn't able to convoke her.
But after 3 days, when everyone left the house, he approached Chabalben and unearthed his buried curiosity, "Mother! Can you please say, where have father gone after his death?"
If this would have been a scene from a Bollywood movie, the typical answer of each and every mother would have been, “Dear! Your father, after dying has become a star in the sky. Look... there's your father in the form of a glowing star... He's saying hi to you..." The small child, not having much maturity would trust her mother and believing the star as his own father, would keep on chatting with it for a long time! And that's all! He would just become a fool and nothing else!
But here, Chabalben was conscious that along with the fulfillment of her child's curiosity, it was her due responsibility to teach those golden Values of life which would become much useful to him in his future life. She replied, "My dear! It's believed that the creatures that perform good deeds in