Page 138 - Faith Personified

He thus gave the photo to the maid. She took it and showed
it to Sujyeshtha and introduced King Shrenik to her. Fresh
youth and captivating beauty! Sujyeshtha was so awestruck
by the photo that she mentally decided to marry King
Shrenik!

Look at the – 1) Significance of external factors,
2) Strength of Moha.

1) Till she had not seen the photo, she was at peace but
as soon as she caught a glimpse of the photo, mental
disturbances prevailed.

2) Such is the strength of Moha that inspite of knowing
that King Shrenik was not a Jain and her father disliked
Non-Jains and despite having 100% faith towards
Jainism herself, she still got attracted towards King
Shrenik. Such is the dominance of Moha over us.

Be cautious before encouraging and increasing Moha. Or
else in the future, this dominance of Moha will obstruct the
grandeur of virtues and religious outlook. Emotions inspired
by Moha will progressively increase.

What does Moha comprise of ?

Moha comprises of attachments and hatred, infatuations and
fascination, anger and greed, pride and ego, animosity and
revenge, jealousy and envy, self-appraisal and others downfall,
violence and cheating, our inclination towards luxuries and a
comfortable life, joy-sorrow-disturbances, fear and irritation,
etc. Exercising any of the above is sure to leave its impression
on our mind and this will eventually increase.

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