Book Title: Way of Life Part 1
Author(s): Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana

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________________ DISCOURSE 11 179 your mind? Search well; check whether the connection from the power-house of the Paramatma is alive. THE WAY TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARAMATMA From the Audience : When there is no connection given at all, where does the question of its being alive appear ? Maharajashri : You are intelligent. Are you not? How can you adore and follow the path of Moksha described by the Paramatma until between your soul and the Paramatma, there appears a relationship on the plane of love and devotion ? How can there be a proper fitting of the principles of observance in every spiritual austerity? Both these things namely fittings and connection are essential. Even if one is absent, of these two, there won't be light. Both these things have to be carried out. My suggestion is that first you must obtain the connection; then fitting will not take much time. Therefore, begin the procedure to get the connection. Yes. There is a proper procedure even for obtaining the connection. It is not an easy matter to establish a relationship with the principles of the Paramatma. It is not an easy thing. But if you make a firm determination, there will not be any great difficulty. Begin the work with a firm determination. There are four planes on which you can establish a relationship with the Paramatma. They are : (1) Reminiscence (2) Seeing the Paramatma (3) Glorification and (4) Perception (worshipping by means of touching).. Reminiscence or recollection takes place in the absence of a person. We remember a person, when he is not present. The recollection may be of good things or bad things. The recollection of a person whom we love is sweet though at the same time, it may bring agitation. Even this agitation is sweet. In this agitation, there is no excitement or anguish. There is encouragement and the agitation is born out of separation. Do you not experience separation from the Paramatma as an embodied reality? Have you experienced agitation on account of the separation from the dear Lord ? Have you experienced at any time the agitation of the separation from the Lord ? Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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