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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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When Arjuna asked Sri Krishna how one could conquer one's mind, Sri Krishna said ;
अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय ! बैराग्येणच गृह्यते Abhyasena thu Kauntheya Vairagyena cha grihyathe
Oh, Arjuna; the mind can be conquered and kept under control only through parctice and renunciation.
Who will not get the thoughts of renunciation when they see the dead body burning in the cremation grounds ? Who will not think that even he one day must leave all the wealth he has acquired through hard work and go alone? Even the loving members of our family donot come with us.
We deck ourselves with wealth and palatial houses; but all those things will go in vain at the end. The mind feels repentant when it has lost its opportunity.
Money, property, beauty, youth and family are like a furious whirlwind. All things lose their lustre when the air (breath) moves away. Hence, feeling proud of those things is vain and futile. The whole world is like a choultry. We have to stay in it for a fixed period. After the fixed period is over, we have to go forward carrying the bundle of sins and merits. This is inevitable, No body can live permanently in a choultry.
धनानि भूमौ पशवश्च गोष्ठे; कान्तागृहद्वारे जनः श्मशाने । देहश्चितायां परलोक मार्गे; कर्मानुगो गच्छति जीव एकः ॥
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