Page 59 - Courage Redifined

“I have this precious Charitra with me. Now if I have to face
some external problems, why should it disturb me ?”

To conclude, think about the dearest and precious path of
Charitra that you have and there will remain no chance of
unhappiness or stress.
Thus, by keeping his mind undisturbed on the power of his
penance, Lord Rishabhdeva created the Punya of becoming,
Tirthankar.

Everyone needs to keep this in mind that if on one hand, we
perform religious activities and on the other hand, we keep
our mind in tension and distress, then this is a terrible fault
and Karmasatta’s great crime.

Q. : How can we call these mental disturbances to be a great
crime ?

1) The first reason why mental disturbances are terrible :

We get upset by giving importance to little things and then
worrying about its loss. But we forget about the strong
consolation that, “I have the empire of the 3 worlds. Then why
shouldn't I constantly remember the favors of the Arihanta
Lords, chant Navkar Mantra and praise the good deeds of
others ? Why should I dwell my mind in the external minor
problems ?”

If we consider the above things to be precious and have respect
and love towards it, then whenever any external unfavorable
or stressful situations arise, we should start chanting Navkar
Mantra. We need to recognize ourselves. Since infinite times,
we have always been engrossed in external material things and
have thus pampered and conditioned our mind. As a result,
even little inconveniences trouble and stress our mind which
makes us forget the valuable Navkar Mantra at that moment.

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