Book Title: Path to Righteousness
Author(s): Atmanandji Maharaj
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Sadhna Kendra Koba

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________________ | Crave No Forgiveness The great thinker was on his deathbed preparing to depart this life. All his life he had devoted to thinking about ways and means for improving the condition of mankind. Not a word, not a line, in the book of his life needed to be blotted or scrapped, and now he lay quietly waiting to meet his end. It is not uncommon for elderly folk to gather around a dying person with advice and instruction about correct forms of ritual to be followed to sanctify the death. In this instance, an old lady approached the thinker and said, "This is the time when you should confess all your sins and seek forgiveness." The thinker gently replied, “Madam, I have never deviated from the straight righteous path the divine wisdom showed me. I have always done His will. I have not caused injury to any fellow being. I can die with a clean conscience without seeking forgiveness of God or anybody in this world." That thinker was none other than the American philosopher Thoreau whose thoughts served as a source of inspiration for Mahatma Gandhi. Path to Righteousness 48 Jamalonumuna MONCLUDESIUSION W iainerINAND

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