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AMAR VANI
Therefore it is necessary that the bud of inner consciousness must blossom forth into a flower, before you can accomplish anything. If you are blind, you cannot see even if millions of suns may be shining in the sky.
Study
Do you know what is the real meaning of study? Study does not mean merely the reading of printed books. Study really means the reading of the book of life. It means the study of your own inner self. The first and primary duty of man is to know himself and to adjudge himself correctly. “Who am I, from where have I come, and what am I doing ?"these are the questions which one must put to himself. He who can give judicious replies to these questions has knows everything. All external study beyond the study of the Self is useless. Real study also means the study of those great books and scriptures that are in consonance with the inner soul and which give out an image of the inner self. But these are secondary sources of true study? The primary study is the study of the Self.
"The Path of Progress
The soul of man is shrouded in the delusion and mist of name and form. What is this world after all ? It is nothing but only a collection of false names and forms. It is, therefore, necessary that these stumbling blocks that stand in the way of pure and holy living and which obstruct the march of spiritual progress should be rooted out.
Peace and Happiness
Where is real peace, real happiness? Does it depend upon material possessions? Can happiness or peace be obtained by
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