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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
Atman and Mokṣa
flowering by means of becoming the tree; He has assumed the form of the soul (jiva) to experience the numerous experiences.' Thus, God is the infinite cause of all and is beyond all distinctions; He is the same for all and above all castes and groups.2 God is present everywhere, wherever the eyes are turned. He is simultaneously seen in different places, outside the door, in the lane, and where not? He accompanies and sits by the devotee at the meal-time and shares the bed of the devotee. When He begins to love a devotee He loves him too much and gives him perfect joy of His company. He does not leave the devotee for a moment even; He lives in the heart of the devotee. Such an all-pervading and infinitely great Kṛṣṇa can be also easily included in a pitcher of curds and thus he assumes even such a small form. Thus, the Lord is the subtle principle that is all-pervasive and is the final cause of the whole material universe and the jīvas. Everything is His manifestation. The world is his sportive creation. The Lord has intentionally got Himself entangled in the meshes of Māyā by being incarnated on the earth in order to forward the cause of bhakti; He can be pleased and won only by (bhakti), it is no use torturing the body.5
Whatever happens in the world happens at the will of God. Naught happens without Him. All
1 Desai I. C. (Editor): Bṛhat Kavya Dohana, Song 2, p. 29. Ibid. Song 22, p. 25.
3 Ibid. Song 21, p. 10.
For Private And Personal
Ibid. Song 27, p. 13.
5 Desai I. C. (Editor): Narasimha Mehtakṛta Kavyasaṁgraha, Song 37, pp. 483-484.
