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INTRODUCTION
There is one omnipotent Ishwara who controls and guides this universe. He can immediately supply a thousand and one Tilaks, Newtons, Shakespeares, Napoleons, Valmıkis and Yudhistiras. When you serve a man, think God has given you an opportunity to improve, correct and mould yourself by service. Be grateful to that man who gave you a chance to serve.
Pain is the best teacher in this world Man learns very useful lessons daily through pain, suffering, poverty, privation and sickness. It is the eye-opener. It is a blessing in disguise. It is the sweet messenger from God. Kunti Devi said: "O Lord Krishna! Let me always remember Thee Give me always pain I may forget Thee if I get pleasure.” Bhaktas rejoice in suffering. They welcome pain always Stoics also do the same
Pain corrects, educates and disciplines the soul. It infuses mercy in the heart. It develops power of endurance and patience. It softens the hard heart. It develops the will-power. It fills the heart with sympathy. It makes the proud man humble. It purifies the heart Just as the iron is shaped in the anvıl by heating, so also man's character is moulded by blows, knocks and pains. Just as impure gold turns out to be pure by melting it in the crucible several times, so also man becomes pure by being burnt in the furnace of pain.
Philosophy aims at finding out the cause for this
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