Self Realisation

SR No.: 001183
Original Sutra Author: Shrimad Rajchandra
Author: Govardhandas
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 180
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Spiritual, K000, & K001
File Size: 9 MB

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The Self Realization
stereotyped by various religions should be left to themselves, and the disciple should develop in him qualities required by the spiritual aspirant of the Self. The experience of the Self should be as definite and indubitable as the experience of a living body. Many religions differ from one another on many technical points e.g. the modes of living and worship by the disciples, the establishment of religious orders, humanitarean work etc. The bodily attachment of the Soul can be reduced and removed only by intensifying a spirit of non-attachment, etc. Without them the talk of Liberation is meaningless. Even in Jainism there are different sects. One should not get lost himself in any one of them. Only an enlightened living Guru can show the shortcomings of these sects. A spiritual aspirant should keep clear of them. In religious practice one should develop renunciation and non-attachment or dis-interestedness as far and deep as possible. He should know the doctrinal truths of established religions only from an enlightened living Guru and from none else. One who knows and experiences the Self can truly talk about it. Without the help of the enlightened Guru the Self cannot be known. The nature of the Self can be understood only by the teachings of a Self-realized Guru and only after such understanding can the Self be experienced exactly as the Guru describes it. Till one knows and experiences the Self this way, he should constantly aspire for it, and his understanding becomes pure and clear when he folllows the advice of an enlightened living Guru.
आगळ ज्ञानी थई गया, वर्तमानमां होय । थाशे काळ भविष्यमां, मार्गभेद नहि कोय ॥१३४॥ Agala jnani thai gaya, vartamanama hoya, Thashe kala bhavishyama, marga bheda nahi koya. 134
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