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10. Faith Wins Where Medicines Fail
In this world medicine is not everything; real great thing is faith (Astha). Even water acts like nectar in the case of a man full of faith and reverse is the case with a man lacking in faith. We can therefore rightly state that faith is the best of all medicines. Amongst the doctors, the best doctor is confidence and amongst the medicines, the best is faith. One who is endowed with these can possibly be cured even of cancer and become totally free from all diseases. If one is devoid of these, even common cold would be sufficient cause of death. If therefore one has faith and confidence in the Namaskara Mahamantra, the master of all yantra, tantra and mantra, such a diseased person will free himself from all physical ailments and also free himself from the diseases of births.
Here we narrate an incident that is true to the core. The force and power of this Mahamantra uproots outright all the sorrows and ailments of life as also all births and deaths with all their diseases. The present incident is connected with an individual, Ratanchand Hemachand by name.
In 1950 it happened that a tumour was visible on the throat of Ratanchand. Very soon it was detected and diagnoised as 'cancer'. Now cancer means cancel. Ratanchand was all nervous. Dharma presents itself only before one who has observed and propitiated Dharma in life. He was a big blank as far as Dharma and faith were concerned.
He ran to and fro from his house to dispensary and from dispensary to his house. The tumour due to cancer
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