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You haven’t heartily accepted religion as your saviour and
thus there is lack belief that “The founder of this religion is
my father; This precious human birth, healthy body and other
fortunes are all bestowed by Him on me. All is His grace.
Thus, he is my father! If I worship and serve him only from
what He has given me, what great I have done in it ? What’s
the need to put nameplates advertising my name for that?”

How many times in a day do you remember and realise that
you are Lord Mahavir’s heir? How much have we gained
from Him? At what price? On what basis? And even after
attaining so much, do we devote anything to Him?

We have acquired lot with the support of punya but do we
really think that “It is He who has given me everything. His
grace is eternal. He is my father. How can I sincerely serve

Him? He has done a lot for me. Now it is my chance to do
something for Him.” Worth pondering–

Who served / favoured whom?

The Million dollar question

How many favours has the Almighty bestowed upon you??
And how much do you give him in return? By doing Prabhu

Bhakti (God’s devotional reverence) have you favoured him,
or God has favoured you by giving you a chance to revere
him? Ask yourself – after serving God, Guru and Sangha a
little, what do we feel? That we are under their obligation or
do we consider them to be under our obligation? If we
consider ourselves to be under their obligation, then we will

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