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.... ĀTMĀ
T he Self....
THE PATH-WELL DEFINED !
Acāryadēva Srimad Vijaya Rāmacandra Sūriśvarji Maharājā had been propounding for decades the three basic simple cardinal principles for 'Bhavyātmā' towards spiritual purification. They are :
i) Worth renouncing 'Samsāra'. ii) Worth accepting 'Samyama'. iii) Worth achieving 'Mõkşa'.
1. 'Samsāra': The Ocean of temporal life in which entrapped souls remain in the cycle of births and deaths for indefinite periods of time.
Kāla : The time shall not wait for sickness, old age or death. There is no medicine, no science nor any skill nor strategy by which one can avoid the serpentine jaws of death.
The Soul endlessly wanders in the ocean of worldly illusions in continuous modifications in various Kingdoms of life, according to the law of 'Cause and Effect'. Once you lived as a king in a palace and at other time as a beggar; as a celestial one in heaven and later also in hell as an infernal being. The same self was the most same you, who was born handsome and intelligent, and in next deformed and dumb. You have been to earth and water body, plant-life and as worm, bird, animal, and also as a human. According to the cosmic law all these conditions were the result of your actions/deeds - good or bad, love or hatred, magnanimity or miserlinessimpure desires or contentment, during the endless journeys. They play a major role in the creation of pain and sufferings or happiness and pleasures.
To be released from the clutches of 'Samsāra', 'Samyama' is the solution - the right royal path towards the 'Mõkşa'.
11. Samyama Complete renunciation with three divine qualities : A) 'Ahimsā', B) 'Samyama' and C) 'Tapa'.
II. A) Ahimsā : Non-injury, harmlessness-not to abuse, injure, oppress, enslave, insult, torture or kill any creature or living being.
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