Rays of Dharma

Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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Spiritual Talks
the sake of momentary pleasure.
The enlightened people have therefore urged to recognize the true nature of soul. If one does it, he can get the idea of his own spiritual worth. It is a valuable treasure, which can be realized by those, who have freed themselves from Räg and Dwesh (Sense of craving and of aversion). It is therefore said that the happiness experienced by a person, who is free from defilement and sensual instincts, is not available even to a sovereign ruler. As a matter of fact, the worldly life does not provide even a negligible fraction of happiness that is experienced in the pure state.
One can experience it when he gets freed from the concept of worldly happiness. He can get a glimpse of the pleasure inherent within the soul, when he is free from the sense of Räg. What we normally experience is not happiness; it is an illusion. If one gives up the ego and stays absorbed in contemplation of the Lord, he can experience the true inner peace.
Spiritual talks provide the pleasure, which is not experienced in worldly happiness. The true nature of the soul manifests during such talks. Spiritual talks are in the interest of the soul. They deal with invaluable and indefatigable truth. As sandalwood provides increasing fragrance as it is scrubbed, one can gain increasing pleasure when he remains busy with talks about the nature of the soul or with contemplation thereof. The Lord has therefore said, “Know thy soul and you will be able to understand the world.”
Just think of the nature of worldly life. We might have close ties with our relatives and friends; for them we might be holding much regard and love. No sooner, however, one of them dies, than we take his body to a cemetery and put it on funeral pyre, while taking care that our fingers do not get burnt. We turn to ashes the body of the very person for whom we cared much and whom we loved intensely. Religion therefore wants to point out that since this is the ultimate end of the body, how is it worth to indulge in sins for its sake?
The body is inherently impure and continually goes on decaying.