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
spiritual happiness results from the destruction and eradication of sinful Karmas. If you desire mental or spiritual happiness at once, Dharma can give it, at once. But the eradication or destruction of sinful Karma has its procedure. We have to proceed only through that course of action.
From the Audience : All of us desire only immediate worldly pleasures.
Maharajashri : You can get immediate worldly pleasures only if your atma (soul) has brought with it such an impact of punyakarmas. If your soul does not possess such punyakarmas, then even if you adopt any number of methods you cannot get happiness immediately. If there is no water in the overhead tank, you will not get water, even if you turn the tap with all your might, and even if you beat your head against the tap. Yes, surely, blood will flow out of your head, but even a drop of water will not fall.
THE PRINCIPLES OF DHARMA CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD WITHOUT SPIRITUAL VISION
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. Man cannot attain worldly pleasures in accordance with his wishes. "If wishes were horses even beggars would ride them." Spiritual felicity can be attained for the time being, immediately. Spiritual felicity means the peace of the soul. The fruit of mental peace can be attained by means of Dharma. Please realize an important point. As long as the heart of man is full of physical, sensual and materialistic desires and as long as he forgets his soul, he cannot understand Dharma. Those who desire to realize the mysteries of Dharma do not run madly after physical and materialistic pleasures. They may enjoy worldly delights but they do not run after them nor do they seek them. The essence of Dharma cannot be understood, without the awakening of the spiritual vision. As in the case of Jivaraj Seth, religious activities make men also take the view-point of materialistic pleasures. Jivaraj used to perform such religious activities as worshipping the Paramatma and reciting holy verses; he also used to tell the beads and perform a japa; and he used to carry out such religious activities but what was