Way of Life Part 1

SR No.: 006513
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 432
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Religion
File Size: 22 MB

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THE WAY OF LIFE
and tortures in a state of absolute helplessness, despair and despondency. Great men who possess supreme knowledge and supreme grace and compassion have seen this pitiable predicament of jivas in hell and so they have shown the path of dharma to save them from those agonies, torments and desperations. Those people who walk on the path of Dharma, who think of Dharma, and who act according to it do not go to hell. Do you understand? Dharma originated from compassion. Dharma has been expounded to liberate jivas from sorrows and to confer upon them, bliss.
Just as it is possible to prove the existence of hell by means of logical arguments, it is equally possible to prove the existence of heaven by the same means. Swarga is also called Devalok. Yes. There is also Devalok. Now, even science has to recognise the existence of heaven, because such miracles have occurred. Physical science cannot explain those miracles.
Hundreds of people have memories of their earlier lives
Of late, science has recognised the validity of parapsychology. Scientists began to be shocked and surprised when they found that in this world, hundreds of events had taken place indicating the existence of Poorvajanma and that many displayed memories of their previous lives. Physiology, physical science and psychology failed to discover the cause for the memories of previous lives. Countless people not only in India but also in other countries like America, Russia, England, Iran, Iraq etc., showed their memories of their previous lives. In order to carry out a scientific research in respect of previous lives and the memories of previous lives a new branch of science called parapsychology emerged.
This incident took place in America. A woman called Ruth Symmons showed her memory of her previous life. She remembered to have lived in Devalok (heavenly world). In her previous life, that woman claimed to have been a goddess or a god. An eminent American doctor and parapsychologist by name Alexander Connon carried out research in one thousand three hundred and eighty two cases of people displaying their