Three Easy Paths for Salvation
(Kalyaan ke Teen Sugam Maarg)
(Kalyaan ke Teen Sugam Maarg)
Shree Hari
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A man has got three powers - the power to know, the power to do and the power to accept. The power to know is for Jnanayoga, the power to do is for Karmayoga and the Power to accept is for Bhaktiyoga. The proper use of the power to "know" is to know the "Self", the proper use of the power to "do" is to "serve" others and the proper use of the power to "accept" is to "accept" the existence of God.
Things, body, ability and power - these four things belong to the insentient (non-self) division. They have no access to the sentient (self) division. Therefore objects, bodies, ability and strength belong to the world and are of use to the world, they are of no use in the least to the self. By the insentient division i.e. by the body and the world, we (the self) don't gain anything, they neither nourish us, nor do any good to us in the least. Renunciation of attachment to the body and the world is useful and beneficial to us. Therefore with the help of the body and the world no one can be liberated from the bondage. The actions taking place with the body are useful only for the body and the world. It is only the detachment from them that is useful for the self.
The thought that we'll be benefited by doing something is a mistake. The reason is that all actions are insentient and perishable, while the self is sentient and imperishable. What will the sentient gain from the insentient? What benefit will the imperishable derive from the perishable? The insentient and perishable actions can do no good to us (the self). Therefore we have nothing to do with the performance of an action or its non-performance - "naiva tayakrtenaartho naakruteneha kaschana" (Gita 3/18). "Performance of an action" and "non-performance of an action" - both are in Nature (insentient division) and are non-existent. In the self (sentient division) - "performance of an action and its non-performance" - both are not there. But the self is the transcendental entity which illumines both of them. As in performing an action the body has to labor, similarly in its non-performance i.e. sound sleep, the body gets rest, not the self. The self will get rest by renouncing affinity with the gross, subtle and causal bodies.
An aspirant by thinking deeply should understand the fact - I am neither the gross (physical) body, nor subtle body, nor causal body. Things, ability and power etc. none of these are mine. All of them are kaleidoscopic, while the self is the unchanging Existence (Divinity). The self undergoes no appearance-disappearance, no birth-death but ever remains the same. By understanding this fact, an aspirant by getting established in the divine self (Existence) should become silent.
In Divinity i.e. our existence there is no "I" ness. The relationship of "I" ness is assumed by mistake. "I am" - in it "I" is non-existent while "am" is existent. Our existence persists without "I". God pervades everywhere, In the form of "Is-ness". "Am" is a part of that "Is". "I am" , `you are", "this is", "that is" - Out of these four "am" has been used only with "I". If there is no "I", then "am" will not be used but "is" will be used. It means that in fact "am" is only "is". If an aspirant understands this fact, it is very beneficial for him. (to be continued)
From book "For Salvation of Mankind" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Things, body, ability and power - these four things belong to the insentient (non-self) division. They have no access to the sentient (self) division. Therefore objects, bodies, ability and strength belong to the world and are of use to the world, they are of no use in the least to the self. By the insentient division i.e. by the body and the world, we (the self) don't gain anything, they neither nourish us, nor do any good to us in the least. Renunciation of attachment to the body and the world is useful and beneficial to us. Therefore with the help of the body and the world no one can be liberated from the bondage. The actions taking place with the body are useful only for the body and the world. It is only the detachment from them that is useful for the self.
The thought that we'll be benefited by doing something is a mistake. The reason is that all actions are insentient and perishable, while the self is sentient and imperishable. What will the sentient gain from the insentient? What benefit will the imperishable derive from the perishable? The insentient and perishable actions can do no good to us (the self). Therefore we have nothing to do with the performance of an action or its non-performance - "naiva tayakrtenaartho naakruteneha kaschana" (Gita 3/18). "Performance of an action" and "non-performance of an action" - both are in Nature (insentient division) and are non-existent. In the self (sentient division) - "performance of an action and its non-performance" - both are not there. But the self is the transcendental entity which illumines both of them. As in performing an action the body has to labor, similarly in its non-performance i.e. sound sleep, the body gets rest, not the self. The self will get rest by renouncing affinity with the gross, subtle and causal bodies.
An aspirant by thinking deeply should understand the fact - I am neither the gross (physical) body, nor subtle body, nor causal body. Things, ability and power etc. none of these are mine. All of them are kaleidoscopic, while the self is the unchanging Existence (Divinity). The self undergoes no appearance-disappearance, no birth-death but ever remains the same. By understanding this fact, an aspirant by getting established in the divine self (Existence) should become silent.
In Divinity i.e. our existence there is no "I" ness. The relationship of "I" ness is assumed by mistake. "I am" - in it "I" is non-existent while "am" is existent. Our existence persists without "I". God pervades everywhere, In the form of "Is-ness". "Am" is a part of that "Is". "I am" , `you are", "this is", "that is" - Out of these four "am" has been used only with "I". If there is no "I", then "am" will not be used but "is" will be used. It means that in fact "am" is only "is". If an aspirant understands this fact, it is very beneficial for him. (to be continued)
From book "For Salvation of Mankind" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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