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For breaking a hard stone 40 strokes of hammer are necessary. No result is visible upto the first 30 strokes. A slight crack is there with the thirtyfirst stroke and with the 40th, the stone breaks to pieces and falls down. This should not imply that the first 30 strokes went in vain. In a region where water comes out at 100 feet, when a well is to be dug, no signs of water are visible at 75 feet. Yet, the effort is not considered to be in vain. One can become free from T. B. only when treatment is taken for quite a long time. Take treatment for a week and on finding no improvement, if you say that the medicine is useless, surely this is wrong. Man in employment works for one full month and then only, on one day he gets salary.
One must remain diligent in life with utmost patience in order to reap fruit.
À servant is diligent, expert and full of sincerity-may be he becomes a partner after long years. This is also true of the Sadhaka who may after years of chanting the Navakara may find place himself in the Parameshthis.
So, think not any more; just experiment. As one saint has said :
"If one enters into conflicting arguements, this attitude is hopelessly bad. Saints find no time for this; they simply mutter and recite the name of god. When the heart gets steady in the heart, all sins come to an end. It is as if a flame of fire has fallen in the dry grass.'
2. The Fuse of Sadhana Another important limb of the Sadhana of salutation is pure background of the mind. We must be in search of sacred pure ground for the construction of the idol of Shri Jina. If this be the case, how will it be possible for Shri
