Tag: Lokottar Sadhak

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...

Pull Out the Thorn with the Thorn Chapter- 42 The nature of the saints is like a tree laden with fruits. When a traveler throws stones on the fruits-bearing tree it returns them with sweet fruits. When any one hurts the saints with his harsh words, he does not oppose or retaliate but annuls them...

Vow: The Golden Pinnacle of Life Chapter - 41 Can any one ever be relieved from the debts of mother, father and the Guru? The Guru is a unique benefactor and a guide to show the right direction. The Supreme Guru ‘Arihant Dev’ is saluted/bowed first by saying 'Nomo Arihantanam’ before saluting/bowing to the ‘Siddhas’,...

Vani Bane Veena (Let the Speech be Melodious) Chapter 40 The animals are in distress because they do not possess voice of language (power of expression by words). They are mute. The human being is sad because he is garrulous and at times uses incoherent and unrestrained language. The sense-organ of taste, the tongue, works...

The Rare Kindness/Compassion Chapter -39 The birth of a divine child Satgounda in Yelgud village, about four miles away from Bhojbhumi, is an incident to be spe­cially inscribed on the annals of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century. He later became the great Guru of ‘Jain -Shratnan Sangh’ by the name of Achharya Charitra Chakarvarti Shantisagar....

The Death became Immortal by Touching The Feet Chapter -38 It has been said in ‘Ratanakarand Shravkachar’ “Sallekhana” is the renunciation of one’s body with eq­uable feelings at time of calamity, famine, feebleness of the body due to old age or suffering from any incurable disease”. Sallekhana is embraced with the holy intention of crush­ing...

Mookam Karoti Vachalam (The Dumb is given the voice) Chapter-36 “I pay homage to the Guru, who bestows supreme bliss upon us and with whose grace the dumb gets voice and the lame climb the mountain.” All non-realizable become realizable to a person upon whom the Guru showers his compassion. The devout for whom the...

The Supreme Prudence of the Sensitive Saint Chapter-35 As much as the saint is arduous in the observation of his vow, he is soft and sensiti ve by heart. Water of compassion flows in his heart for the poor and the grieved. The heart of the saint is filled with compassion towards the poor and...