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requisites if you want to experience transcendental peace and happiness.
There are many paths that lead to salvation. Bhagwan Mahavir, who attained a state of perfection, has said that the finest among them is by the possession of the three gems – perfect vision, perfect knowledge and perfect character. By gaining these three, a man attains the purpose of life and without this precious trinity, no matter what else he might gain, his journey through life is a failure.
A thing which one has to give up after attaining, is as good as not attained.
In Burma, when the government seized the assets of the Indian settlers, they came here as refugees. Some of them had been millionaires, but of what use were their millions when they had difficulty in getting one square meal a day. No matter how much you earn, if you cannot take it away with you, it is as good as not having earned. All the accumulations of a lifetime are worthless if you cannot take them away with you. Therefore do the sages tell us to collect such things as we can carry away with us, they do not ask us to give up everything. Your religion does
