Golden Steps To Salvation

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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(That ideal state is called Moksha in which happiness is unbroken and continuous.)
The lives of most jivas are wasted on the attempt to attain ephemeral pleasures because on account of the absence of pure intelligence, they cannot realise the nature of the bliss of salvation, therefore, the enlightened people have said this emphasizing the necessity of awakening and sharpening the intellect.
विवेको मुक्ति साधनम् ।
(Pure intelligence is the means to attain salvation.)
The awakened intelligence reveals how far the state of salvation is from the soul that lives in this mundane world. The action of attaining that state begins with Samyaktva or right faith.
ना दंतणिस्स नाणं नाणेणविणा न होंति चरणगुण ।
अ गुणिस्य नत्थि मे क्खा, नत्थि अमोक्श्वस्त निव्वाणं ॥
He who lacks Darshan or righteousness cannot attain enlightenment. Without enlightenment, the auspicious fruits of austerities cannot be attained. Without virtues liberation from sensual passions cannot be attained; and without liberation there can be no salvation.
In this book, there are twenty sections, each section dealing with such themes as Achaurya (non-stealing), Anasakti (non-attachment) etc. which provide a knowledge of the way to salvation. In the last section, there is a discussion of the nature of Moksha,
Come on, let us proceed on the Moksha Marg (the path of salvation, at least twenty steps.
Your fellow travelier Padmasagar