Amar Vani

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

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I would rather say, "I want to taste the crystal of sugar, but at the same time I also want to become the crystal itself. The crystal of sugar symbolises the possession of infinite spiritual flavour and sweetness. I want to taste this sweetness of my own soul. Why should I depend upon the sweetness in other things. I would not merely taste sweetness, I would become sweetness. The real pleasure is in becoming the king and not merely in seeing the king."
God is within you. You cannot find Him in any place outside yourself. If it is so, who should you worship and why should you worship? This is a question that has been coming down since time immemorial. It is our basic question, concerning our ownself and our soul. This is why Shramana Sanskriti does not so much prompt you towards outwardly worshipping and adoring gods; it rather prompts you to know your own soul and meditate upon it with all your power of concentration.
Progress is the Natural Attribute of the Soul
AMAR VANI
Some preachers, philosophers and thinkers hold the following view: "It is easy for man to fall but, difficult to rise. Fall is natural and easy, rise is unnatural and difficult. In brief, fali is a part of our nature, and rise is alien to our nature. Those who hold this view are groping in the dark. They have no message to give to inspire mankind. If fall is natural to man and rise is unnatural, why should we preach morality, and why should we make so much of hue and cry about man's spiritual elevation? Nobody can go or act against his nature. Nobody can abandon his natural. self. Lord Mahavira was, however, opposed to this kind of philosophy. He rather believed that progress is natural
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