Three Easy Paths for Salvation
(Kalyaan ke Teen Sugam Maarg)
(Kalyaan ke Teen Sugam Maarg)
Shree Hari
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Bhaktiyoga (The Path of Devotion) continued.....
The body and the world, which existed neither in the past nor will exist in the future and are perishing every moment at present also, are not worthy to be believed. How can the world and the body, which don’t stay with us even for a moment and which change every moment be believed? They can be served, but can’t be believed. Only He can be believed who ever lives with us and never separates from us. God ever lives with us in our hearts “sarvasya chaaham hrdi sannivishthah” (Gita 15/15). We may go to any womb, to any world such as heaven and hell etc., God never parts company.
When a man can’t fulfill his necessity himself nor can the world fulfill his necessity, he is naturally attracted towards God, Whom he has not seen but about Whom he has heard. When a man is in crisis and he finds no way to escape it and all his efforts go in vain, then having a belief in God, he has to invoke Him.
The man who instead of believing in God, believes in the body and the world, he getting entangled in the wheel of birth and death, has to suffer in different ways. Belief in the body etc., gives birth to several evils such as egoism, the sense of mine, desire, attachment and greed etc. The result is that the body etc., don’t remain but attachment to them persists which is the cause of birth in good and evil wombs - Kaaranam gunasangosya sadasadhyonijanmasu” (Gita 13/21).
He who neither believes in God, nor in the body and the world, but believes in the self, he is an aspirant of Jnanayoga. Such an aspirant tries to discover “Who am I?” - While discovering “I”, “I” perishes and “Is” (God) remains. An aspirant may accept “Is” or may not accept “Is” but at last only “Is” is attained in the same way as a man may leap and frisk or dance, but at last he will stay on the ground.
When an aspirant believes that there is one Divinity (God) , then his belief in the existence of the body and the world becomes lifeless and insipid. The reason is that two contrary beliefs can’t stay together. When an aspirant accepts that God is unparalled, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, ever existent and the disinterested friend of all, then his faith in God is naturally aroused. When he has faith and belief in God, then he does not accept any other existence besides God at all. When a man awakens from sleep, he forgets the dream and remembers the awakened state, in the same way within the aspirant naturally the memory of his eternal relationship with God (Is) is aroused and the world (not) is totally forgotten - “naasato vidyate bhaavo, naa bhaavo vidyate satah” (Gita 2/16). As soon as the memory of his eternal relationship with God is aroused, his intimacy and inseparability with God is revealed. As soon as there is inseparability with God, the aspirant attains that love which increases every moment and which is the ultimate goal of human life.
When a man can’t fulfill his necessity himself nor can the world fulfill his necessity, he is naturally attracted towards God, Whom he has not seen but about Whom he has heard. When a man is in crisis and he finds no way to escape it and all his efforts go in vain, then having a belief in God, he has to invoke Him.
The man who instead of believing in God, believes in the body and the world, he getting entangled in the wheel of birth and death, has to suffer in different ways. Belief in the body etc., gives birth to several evils such as egoism, the sense of mine, desire, attachment and greed etc. The result is that the body etc., don’t remain but attachment to them persists which is the cause of birth in good and evil wombs - Kaaranam gunasangosya sadasadhyonijanmasu” (Gita 13/21).
He who neither believes in God, nor in the body and the world, but believes in the self, he is an aspirant of Jnanayoga. Such an aspirant tries to discover “Who am I?” - While discovering “I”, “I” perishes and “Is” (God) remains. An aspirant may accept “Is” or may not accept “Is” but at last only “Is” is attained in the same way as a man may leap and frisk or dance, but at last he will stay on the ground.
When an aspirant believes that there is one Divinity (God) , then his belief in the existence of the body and the world becomes lifeless and insipid. The reason is that two contrary beliefs can’t stay together. When an aspirant accepts that God is unparalled, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, ever existent and the disinterested friend of all, then his faith in God is naturally aroused. When he has faith and belief in God, then he does not accept any other existence besides God at all. When a man awakens from sleep, he forgets the dream and remembers the awakened state, in the same way within the aspirant naturally the memory of his eternal relationship with God (Is) is aroused and the world (not) is totally forgotten - “naasato vidyate bhaavo, naa bhaavo vidyate satah” (Gita 2/16). As soon as the memory of his eternal relationship with God is aroused, his intimacy and inseparability with God is revealed. As soon as there is inseparability with God, the aspirant attains that love which increases every moment and which is the ultimate goal of human life.
(to be continued)
From book "For Salvation of Mankind" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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If in doubt regarding the translation, please read the original Hindi message by Swamiji.
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