Light Of Life

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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Dharma. Dharma is the same at all places and times though it may be called by different names How can there be two Dharmas? The substance is the same; but it is called by various names. We can give a description of the cow. So also we can name the various Dharmas in this world such as Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism. I am not concerned with the labels. We should not think of labels; we should think of the material. Dharma is one but it is described in various ways from various points of view.
If one aspect is properly understood and explained, it is as good as understanding or explaining the whole subject. If we taste one grain of rice, we can make out the taste of all the other grains in the heap. You understand first by yourself the Dharma relating to your soul, then you will naturally understand and assimilate the truth that lies at the core of all Dharmas. You can attain perfection in respect of Dharma by amalgamating and assimilating all the other Dharmas.
Some people approached Sant Tulasi Das and said to him, "Swamiji! What is Dharma ? What is religion?"
Tulasi Das replied.
"If you get into the jungle of the creeds and sects and Shastras and granthas that abound in this world, you will lose yourself in their midst. You lose yourself in the crowd of Shastras and ideologies. You will not find the vital essence of those Shastras. We will undsrstand only the body; not the soul of those ideologies and Shastras".
SEEK THE MEANING; NOT THE WORDS
The one who asks questions seeks only a knowledge of the body or the externals; not its soul. What is its essence ? What is its mystery? I am not interested in the words; but I seek their cream or essence. We seek butter not butter-milk. We should be interested not in
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