Samkit Faith Practice Liberation

SR No.: 007764
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amit B Bhansali
Publisher: Amit B Bhansali
Publication Year: 2015
Total Pages: 447
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 7 MB

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and grief. Such a being is foolish, shallow, incapable of intelligence and wisdom, and suffers lifelong from misery, sorrow and pain.
As time passes, the soul owing to the annihilation of its karmas that impede birth as a human being attains purity, which enables him to be born as a human. Now perhaps it can be realised how difficult it is to attain human birth!
What is the result of attaining the human body? To be a true human being, and further to attain samyaktva, are extremely difficult. There are many who are born as humans, but their acts are more suited to the cruellest animals. They have false belief and lead lives of sin and indulgence.
Even though it is extremely difficult, exceedingly rare and extraordinarily serendipitous to be born as a human being, to be born in a land where true dharma is followed and is rarer. And even if one is born in a place where dharma is followed, in a family, which follows the dharma correctly, it is still difficult indeed to stay away from the human shortcomings of an insatiable hunger for wealth and sensual pleasures. Thus it is very, very rare and extremely fortunate for a soul to turn away from the voluptuous embrace of worldly pleasures and seek the company of sages, the teachings of the Jinaas and wish to walk in the footsteps of the Jinaas.
Despite attaining human birth and wealth, some people are constantly ill. For one who constantly suffers from debilitating disease, it is impossible to have a good positive disposition, humanitarian and deeply ethical approach. And even supposing that the person is meritorious enough to have a positive outlook and deeply ethical approach, how will he put into action the teachings of the Jinaas when his health does not permit him to? It would be extremely, extremely rare for such a person to practise the teachings of the Jinaas (Kaartikeyaanuprekshaa).
Today, many people, despite listening to religious discourses and spending time with true monks, are encumbered by superstition and false belief. They follow the wrong path as they have locked away their discriminative knowledge and are bereft of the true and deep understanding of the reality of the universe (tattva shraddhaa). This is why it has been said that,
"Aahacchasavanam laddhum saddhaa parama dullahaa.
Soccha neyaauyam maggam, bahave paribhaassaim" ~ Uttaraadhyayana Suutra; Verse 1.3.9 (Page 72, Author: Lilambai Mahasatiji, Publisher: Gurupraana Foundation, (Parasdham, Ghatakopar) Mumbai, year 2009)
If one is truly fortunate, one may even hear a religious discourse. But to develop deep and true faith on the Jinaas, their teachings, their preceptors and their dharma is extremely difficult and rare. Many people listen to the perfectly logical path of liberation as taught by the Jinaas, but owing to the strength of their delusion, they cannot follow it and lose their way.
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