Author: jambudweep

The tale of the Creation of Achharya Veer Sagar Chapter 48 A person takes a new birth with the change of his heart. Ex­cellence in life is obtained by the creation of esteemed feelings and with the change of heart. Two youths came to Achharya Shri Shanti Sagar ji Maharaj during his ‘Chaturmas’ with a...

Excellence of Abstinence Chapter- 47 One ‘Muni Maharaj' fell sick in a village. Shravaks of the village made him observe ‘ Yam Sallekhana’(\.e. abandonment of all kinds of food until death) finding his disease incurable. The anguish of thirst began to oppress him gradually and when he could not endure it he started asking for...

Fast: The Redemption from the Moha (Attachment) Chapter- 46 A ‘shravak’ asked Maharaj Shri, “What are the advan­tages of fast?” “Redemption of the body from the “Moha” (attachment)”, Achharya Shri replied. While fasting, weakness in the body and the trouble caused by hunger is natural, but just as the redemption from moha starts, all these...

Pilgrimage and Abstention Chapter- 45 Virtuous are those whose pilgrimage turns into an adora­tion of the Self and who return from pilgrimage with some spe­cial gift. The “Bhavaya” souls develop such magnificent base for the welfare of their Self by going to pilgrimage of ‘Nirvan Kshetrci that incarnates their dormant inert potentials. Achharya Shri, at...

Excess of Devotion Chapter-44 Prudence is necessary while performing religious rituals. Devotion becomes blind in the absence of prudence. A prudence of least “Aadambar” (ostentation) is expected in all religious acts. Although sectarianism has crept in Jainism due to differ­ent manners of worship but Achharya Shri Shanti Sagar ji did not encourage imprudent/indiscriminate religious conduct....

Heroism of Non-Violence Chapter- 43 Non-violence of Jainism is relevant and endowed with lustre of valour on the axis of contemporariness. No cowardice and escapism is hidden in its womb. Achharya Shri Shanti Sagar Ji Maharaj though being an incarnation of non-violence and observer of five great vows, ex­plained non-violence to the Jain society as...

Transcendental Bent of Mind (Disposition) Chapter-31 Focusing of one’s mind on the welfare of the self (i.e., the soul) is a part of the “Sadhana ” (crusade) of Jain Saints having supernatural disposition. The tendency/nature of the mind is to remain unsteady. The mind is of fickle nature like a monkey. It is in the...