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AMAR VANI
himself complete and perfect, and to raise himself from manhood to godhood. The Garuda aims to soar to the snowcapped peaks of the mountains, while mosquitoes and flies hover around the heeps of rubbish only. Thus, whereas man is externally just like a fly or a mosquito, internally he is as great as the Garuda. He can attain the height of spiritual greatness.
Soul and Body
The soul is immortal and body ephemeral. Soul is eternal and body short-lived. Soul is holy, body is unholy. Soul is not subject to disease, sorrow, grief and struggle of life ; body is chained down in them.
Self-realisation apd Time
How much time is needed for sealf-relisation ? In fact, this question is irrelvent. Incalculable time has already passed, but we have not been able to obtain even one spark of light. When the flash of spiritual light comes, it comes in a moment. When you awake from your sleep of thousands of years, you do not take more than a few minute. Does man take years in waking-up ?
Asceticism of the Modern Age
Imagine a man going to the ocean of nectar carrying with him a broken pitcher to fill it from the ocean. So long as the pitcher remains immersed in the holy ocean, it appears to be full of the nectar, but as soon as it is lifted up, it becomes empty. Modern ascetics are almost in the same plight. They do not close the holes of weaknesses and temptations in their life and conduct, and they hope to fill the pitcher of their soul with the nectar of spiritulity. How can it be possible ?
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| SR No. | 006593 |
| Book Title | Amar Vani |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Amarmuni |
| Publisher | Sanmati Gyan Pith Agra |
| Publication Year | 1998 |
| Total Pages | 176 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Discourse, L000, & L010 |
| File Size | 6 MB |