Golden Steps To Salvation

SR No.: 008710
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 224
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Religion
File Size: 12 MB

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16. FEARLESSNESS
OH FEARLESS PEOPLE!
Fear is the enemy of courage. Those living beings that do not commit sins are fearless. Only sinners shudder with fear at the thought of being caught and punished.
Man increases his wants observing the possessions of his neighbours. He wants to buy furniture, he desires sofa-sets, air-coolers, fridges, scooters, cars, aeroplanes etc. and there is no end to his desires. Man needs money to satisfy his desires. and he tries to earn money by foul means. He takes bribes. He acts dishonestly. He utters lies. He makes others utter lies. He deceives others and we do not know what other foul measures he employs to earn money. As his sinful actions increase his anxieties and fears also increase.
It is easy to fill our stomach but difficult to fill the iron-safe. We desire to fill our iron-safes. We desire to accumulate more and more wealth. But we forget the fact that desires are limitless like the sky. It is nothing but madness to endeavour to fulfil our desires because desires are endless. The poet Sundar says, “If we get ten, twenty or fifty, we desire for a thousand or a lakh. If we acquire crores and crores of rupees, we desire to become the masters of the world and then of the whole universe. Our hunger for wealth cannot be quenched. Self-contentment is the only way to keep out the tangle of desires." Here, the poet Sundar has stated that self-contentment is the only way to escape from the eternal perplexities of desires. If we are contented with a few possessions, the desire for many disappears. We should limit our desires and wants and a man who controls his desires does not earn
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