Three Easy Paths for Salvation
(Kalyaan ke Teen Sugam Maarg)
(Kalyaan ke Teen Sugam Maarg)
Shree Hari
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If a man wishes evil of anyone, the persons will not be harmed, but he himself has to face evil consequences because by wishing evil of anyone, the sentiments within him become evil. The feeling is more subtle and wide-spread than an action. Therefore the wish to do evil to others involves one's own evil. This is a rule that whatever we do to others, the same happens to us. Therefore an aspirant has no right to wish anyone evil, to consider anyone evil and to do anyone evil. He only has the right to have the sentiments of seeing to the welfare of all beings equally and serving them. It is only by serving others, that he becomes eligible to become a karmayogi. He, who does evil to others, considers others evil and wishes others evil can rule over others, but can't serve them. He who rules can't serve and he who serves can't rule. The society progresses through service not through ruling.
If we do good to others, it involves labor but if we don't do evil to others, it involves no labor and no expenses. Therefore all are independent and able to renounce evils. Here a doubt arises, when other person is doing evil to us, how should we not consider him evil and wish him evil? The clarification is that the evil has visited him, that evil tendency is not natural in him because his "self" is totally free from evils. The second point is that when he does evil to us, our old sins are destroyed and we are purified. Thirdly, if we think over it deeply, we come to know that the other person does evil to us only when we are weak (spiritually weak). We are weak because of our attachment to life-breath, and are afraid of death and therefore we tolerate the evil done to us. If we are not attached to life-breath, we have no desire to live and no fear of death, no strong person can harass us. This is the rule that physical power cannot get victory over spiritual power. How can the perishable get victory over the imperishable? How can dark get victory over light? No one can subjugate him who has no sense of "I" ness and mine-ness with the body that is acquired and lost. No one can get victory over him. We should think over, when the self does not perish, when the body perishes, then what is the use of having a desire to save the body and to be afraid of death? Therefore to an aspirant, even his life is not as dear, as his duty. He even sacrifices his life in order to protect his duty. Even the strongest man cannot deviate such an aspirant from his duty by subjugating him. (to be continued)
From book "For Salvation of Mankind" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
If we do good to others, it involves labor but if we don't do evil to others, it involves no labor and no expenses. Therefore all are independent and able to renounce evils. Here a doubt arises, when other person is doing evil to us, how should we not consider him evil and wish him evil? The clarification is that the evil has visited him, that evil tendency is not natural in him because his "self" is totally free from evils. The second point is that when he does evil to us, our old sins are destroyed and we are purified. Thirdly, if we think over it deeply, we come to know that the other person does evil to us only when we are weak (spiritually weak). We are weak because of our attachment to life-breath, and are afraid of death and therefore we tolerate the evil done to us. If we are not attached to life-breath, we have no desire to live and no fear of death, no strong person can harass us. This is the rule that physical power cannot get victory over spiritual power. How can the perishable get victory over the imperishable? How can dark get victory over light? No one can subjugate him who has no sense of "I" ness and mine-ness with the body that is acquired and lost. No one can get victory over him. We should think over, when the self does not perish, when the body perishes, then what is the use of having a desire to save the body and to be afraid of death? Therefore to an aspirant, even his life is not as dear, as his duty. He even sacrifices his life in order to protect his duty. Even the strongest man cannot deviate such an aspirant from his duty by subjugating him. (to be continued)
From book "For Salvation of Mankind" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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