Aptavani Shreni 04

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust

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ignorance of the Self (mithyatva), materialize in the worldly life. Religion that is beyond the world is not found in renunciation (tyaag) nor is it found in pleasure (bhoga). “That which is renounced, will be met with ahead.' One can accumulate as much burden as one can carry! True renunciation, is that which helps get rid of artadhyan (adverse internal meditation that hurts the self), and raudradhyan (adverse internal meditation that hurts the self and others)!
That which protects you in your troubled times is religion (dharma)! At the time of artadhyan and raudradhyan, true religion will be ever present for our protection! For endless lifetimes, people have followed religion but if they did not receive any protection in their time of need, how can one call this following a religion? If one experiences worries, then it can be said that one has not understood religion at all.
Whatever becomes religion, and yields results, is called religion. Whenever someone shouts abuse or curses, religion is there to help us! Religion yields results; whereas non-religion does not. One, who maintains equanimity in times of trouble, receives the stamp of approval to attain liberation (moksha).
One does not have to 'follow' (ritualized activity) religion; one has to remain sincere to religion (dharma). While doing the Lord's darshan in a temple if at the time the person ‘sees? (thinks about) his shoes that he left at the entrance, or thinks about his shop, how can he be considered sincere? True religion is one that gives one freedom from all types of pain.
The one and only path to moksha is through Gnan (knowledge), vision (darshan), conduct (charitra) and penance (tapa): there is no other path.
For infinite lifetimes, one paid devotional observation (darshan) to the ‘form' (murta – the physical; tangible form). If only once, the darshan of the 'formless' (amurta) occurs within a person, the losses of infinite lifetimes are made up.