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good habits of honesty, loyalty etc.
4) A single vice of the a racts plenty of other vices like
thirst for wealth, deceit, fraud, falsehood, selfishness, betrayal
etc. It enslaves the soul. It makes one forget religion resul ng in
making the wish-fulfilling gem like precious human life fu le
and waste.
5) Right in the present life he gets sorrows like being
jailed, bodily tortured, hanged etc. and gets unbearable series
of pains and sufferings in future lives like hell.
6) In this precious life, one should get closer and nearer
to 'Salva on' by developing perennial holy thoughts and noble
feelings. But one fails to take advantage of this golden
opportunity of nurturing such holiness because the and
women are such things which hover in one's mind all day long.
The makes ones mind extremely vile and blemished. There is
no place le for noble thoughts and feelings.
How can a Shravak commit the who understands
such significant losses of the ? But, this shravak maybe
undergoing some excrucia ng sorrow. Due to which, he had to
do this. Actually, in this case, the fault is mine because I didn't
take care of my brother (Sadharmika) in spite of being capable.
He is a loving child of my life like dearest Bhagwan. Oh! I forgot
him! I have right to consider myself as a Jain, only if I feel
aiding my ailing Jain brother as a duty. The duty is such that if
you fail to perform, you become the culprit. If you fail to
favour someone, it is not considered a crime, but if you fail to
perform your duty, then it is a big crime. So it is my great fault
that I didn't take care of my religious brother. He made me
conscious of it. Now I'll repent for it before Guru Maharaj and
ask for Prayashchit.¹ He reached home with tears in his eyes.
1. Compensa on by following the extra-religious prac ce to wash off
the sin
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Such noble thoughts and wisdom are the signs that prove
one has a ained'Loko ar shashan' the superhuman world!
(Rank above the common world) What great thoughts and
wisdom! How deep is the contempla on of things! How true
are the hearty feelings and affec on towards 'Tirthankar'
(God) as his child! As a result, he could generate brimming
feelings of brotherhood towards another son of his father.
What is the value of money and facili es? The real
significance lies in unveiling and bringing out the jewel quali es
of love and generosity hidden in the inner core of our soul from
me immemorial, through money. Such incidents inspire us to
bring out such virtues. How could one exercise generosity
without any occasion!
The next day he came in the Guru's sermon. Even that
shravak was present over there. Why? Thinking that if today I
won't go to upashray as usual then that businessman would
have a doubt on me. 'Surely, he must have stolen my necklace,
so he is not showing his face over here' so I should con nue
going over here like every day “Look, even a er commi ng the
sin, he makes up his mind, “A er all, who knows my sin, or else
they would have caught me.” What is this?
1) Repentance, fear, suspicion etc. is difficult to arise in
one's mind a er commi ng a sin
2) A single sin drags you along the road of deceit.
3) It makes you follow even spiritual prac ces like
coming in upashray etc. just for hiding one's sin.
The businessman got up in the sermon at an occasion
and addressed to Guru Maharaja, “O Bhagwan (venerable)! I
want to say something.”
The necklace-thief felt a tumult in his stomach. His
conscious froze on listening to this.”Oh my God! He'll definitely
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