Page 74 - Courage Redifined

Due to wrong thoughts and the habit of looking here and
there, the mind does not remain steady in Arihanta Parmatma’s
worship and virtues.

Will worship done in such a half-heated manner help ?
After worshipping Lord in such a way, will Lord stay in
our memory after leaving the temple ? You climbed the great
Tirthadhiraja Shatrunjay and worshipped almighty Adinath.
After leaving the temple, for how long will Lord stay in your
memory ? Till you climb down the Shatrunjay Mountain or
till you have Bhatu at the Bhataghar located on the Taleti
road or till you reach your Dharamshala ? When do you next
remember Lord Adinath again ? You will say, probably on the
next day when we climb Shatrunjay again and worship Lord
Adinath. What about the 22 – 23 hours in between ? This is
because you do not have the courage to save yourself from
exercising those sins. Only if you remain determined, can
you.

(1) Save yourself from sins.

(2) Not get dragged away in the greed of wealth and sensual
desires.

What did Shrenik consider himself ?
Q. : Shrenik had binded the great Tirthankara Namakarma and
possessed Kshayik Samyaktva*. Will you call Shrenik
undetermined ?

A. : We cannot say so. Instead, we should think about what
he said and believed. During his last times, when he
was imprisoned by his son Konik, he taught, “Great are
Meghkumar, Nandishera, Abhaykumar who renounced
the world and accepted diksha from Lord Mahavira!

* Samyaktva - Right faith in accordance with the preaching of Lord
Mahavira.

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