Page 179 - Courage Redifined

Whose contribution is significant ? Proper control of fire or
fire itself ? Fire can be considered as the key factor in food
preparation only if it is controlled properly. But fire itself
is only considered to possess exceptional powers. Similarly,
in the case of devotion, whose contribution is considered
significant here ? Ofcourse, Arihanta Lord’s.

Based on this calculation the prayer is made in Jay Veeyaraya
sootra that, “Hey Vitraga Lords ! May I attain benevolence
by your immense power and grace.”

Having this unmovable faith in Arihanta Lord is an extremely
positive feeling and leads to strong Samyakdarshan. This
can eliminate the great antrayas which cause obstacles and
eventually result in the accomplishment of the desired goal.
Thus, we can say that prayers lead to fulfilment of desired goals.

Hence to summarize we can say that due to our intense desire
and urge and due to Arihanta Lords immense power, prayer
can lead to the fulfilment of desires.

The Vedic scholar’s conversation with the shepherdess :

That Vedic scholar was more inclined towards benevolence
rather than his self-interests and hence he gave money to the
other woman to buy a new pot whereas to help Kamlata, he
agreed to listen to her sad story.
Look at the coincidence! Once the scholar had got a
chance to narrate his life history to the prostitute. Now the
shepherdess got a chance to narrate her life incidents in front
of her son. Who creates such coincidences ? Destiny leads
to many such weird circumstances which cannot be justified
by any other things. Hence destiny is also considered as an
independent factor. Destiny is powerful. It can lead to weird
circumstances.

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