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Then isn't this stress terrible that it makes one forget the
precious Navkar Mantra ?

2) The second reason why mental disturbances are terrible :

When the mind gets disturbed repeatedly it becomes weak. If
that very mind which is the most powerful instrument in our
journey towards salvation becomes weak, isn't this a great loss ?

Any mental stress which leads to this great loss is terrible. The
human mind can be made strong enough to ignore the worldly
occurrences and engross it in penance and meditation. It can
be trained in a way that it thinks only about spiritual welfare.
When such a mind becomes weak, isn't it a great loss ?

Why does the mind become weak ? Because we lose our
courage.

Why do we lose our courage ? Because our mind gets affected
by worldly occurrences.

This is what happened in the case of Saint Vishwabhuti. His
mind got affected by his cousin brother’s mockery and taunts.
His mind got disturbed, lost courage and thus, become weak.
As a result, he lost the great assets of forgiveness, equanimity
and compassion which are necessary for salvation. Eventually,
he ended up losing his desire to attain salvation. Such a great
loss just due to mental disturbance and stress.

We need to give this a sincere thought. Our mind gets disturbed
and stressed in little things and thus becomes weak. This will
lead to unwanted acts and sins which will contaminate this
precious human birth. Aren’t you worried about that ?

Vasubhooti King was famous as an honest and just ruler.
His Guru Mata (Mentor’s wife) request him to give a false
witness. She narrated the critical situation to him. “My son
Parvat and Narad Brahmin are involved in a debate.

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