Page 96 - Courage Redifined

If you are courageous, only then you will be able to blame
your own karmas for your troubles instead of blaming others.
You can also say that once you understand and start seeing
the fault of your karmas, it will increase your courage and
reduce hatred towards others.

There are many occasions inlife where you can get a chance
to increase your courage.

Human being is a goldmine of courage and valour.

Importance of courage :
You should develop the art of extracting gems from the mine.
Do not undervalue the importance of courage. Human life
is considered valuable only due to the presence of courage.
Many other virtues follow courage. Also, courage stops
the emergence of many vices. Hence, courage is of utmost
importance. In day-to-day life also, courageous person is
valued everywhere, not a coward.

How to overcome anger, pride, jealousy, etc. ?

One needs to make a strong resolution that, “I do not want to
lose my courage by lusting over temporary material objects.”
What is the benefit of such a resolution ? It will lead to a
gradual decrease in anger, jealousy, attraction of beauty and
good taste and improve control over sensual desires and
temptations because one will think, “If I succumb to anger, my
courage will decrease. Let me not get angry and burn in the
fire of envy. Let me not get tempted in delicious tastes.”

Asamat Nastik was a coward. Hence when people started
singing the holy saint’s glory, he burned with envy, saw the
saint’s faults, blamed him for his criticism and attempted to
burn him alive. A mind without courage engages in such
cowardly acts and thoughts.

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