Amar Vani

Author(s): Amarmuni
Publisher: Sanmati Gyan Pith Agra

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The great man is one who takes selfless service of humanity as the breath of his life. His only deity is humanity. The foundation of his life is laid in the service of humanity. The practice of Ahimsa and Truth is the guiding principle of his life. “The great man is a lighthouse who continues to guide mankind through the darkness of the world even thousands of years after his death. He is the greatest artist of the world. Just as an artist makes beautiful statues out of shapeless stones, so a great man, as an artist of humanity, would mould, mend and enlighten the undeveloped, uncultured, unprincipled and rigid humanity. He raises man from the state of animalhood."
Lat man know, feel and realise the power, the beauty, the splendour of his soul. The soul within us is the spark of God. No glory is greater than the glory of the soul : no halo brighter than the halo of the innerself. Let man say and sincerely believe : "I am soul. I possess all the imperishable glory and radiance of God. I am unborn, immortal, infinite. I neither take birth nor do I die. I am beyond the powers of death. My glory transcends all limits of time and space. I am Divine Conflagration, unlimited and infinite.” Man has infinite knowledge, infinite power, infinite wisdom. He should not remain immersed in the mire of mundane pleasures and indulgences. Let him fly up and soar to the highest point of infinite spiritual powers. Exhorting man the Munishri says : “You have the powers of Mahavira, Buddha, Rama, Krishna, Christ, Mohammad and all other great man ever born in the world, Just think for a while with a cool head what. you really want to be. Then whatever you want to be, you will be, if you have faith and determination.”
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