Selected 100 Letters by Shrimad Rajchandraji

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra,
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Prabhavak Trust Hubli

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SELECTED 100 LETTERS
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religious beliefs, then you should not expect to be liberated at
concentration of mind on some point or a yoga of some kind may do him spiritual good but by none of these imaginary means, his good can be realized. His spiritual good is always thought of by an enlightened saint and it can be well grasped by coming in personal contact with him. Therefore all imaginary ideas of self liberation should never be entertained by any spiritual aspirant An aspirant for liberation should clearly bear in mind that whatever spiritual teaching he has received from his contact with his spiritual master, he should try to prove it true and effective by his complete surrender to him and by following him in letter and spirit and thereby get free from prejudices of all kinds in such a way that no other person has any occasion to mistrust those teachings of enlightened saints The enlightened saint has said quite enough by way of guidance to all spiritual aspirants but only the hearer disciple has not followed it well or has not acted accordingly, very rarely it happens that a spiritual aspirant has met an enlightened saint and has followed him completely. The devotion to a great saint is always effective as it never fails its end. Once you desire to meet a geat soul with a view to be his faithful disciple and accordingly you secured him then whatever results from it is beneficial as compared with the fruitlessness of meeting a wrong spiritual guide. If in that time you show firmness in the nature of a great saint his contact will be beneficial to you by passage of time in leading you to a clear path of liberation. At some time I felt much restrained in this matter but keeping the good of a spiritual aspirant in mind, I have forgotten to keep or harbour any such restraint or dejection
I do not say of my own that one should do this or that for liberation, but when somebody repeatedly asks me about the religious path then only what things as said above are in my memory, I recite them to him. Till now, to none coming in my contact, have I said you behave this way or you do this or that. What I have said to them is only repeating the teachings of Tirthankara Mahavir helpful to all aspirants for self realization or liberation. My nature is such that I stop speaking about my practical spiritual guidance. To normal questions by some one, I give replies by speaking to him, but my speech returns to me when there is an occasion of giving religious advice. Innumerable spiritually enlightened great men of the past, though exceptional experts in self-realization, can not effectively remove the spiritual faults or defects of the spiritual aspirants or devotees of the present time. This means that they of the past, cannot come now to the present, and point out the aspirants defects but only one who is an enlightened person now can show the present disciples fault and help him to get it removed from him. It is just like the scene of sweet water or milk at a great distance, cannot quench the thirst of water or milk of a thirsty man near here. What he requires now is only a tumbler full of milk or water here that can satisfy orquell his thirst.
A living being by his imagination, may think that a sort of meditation will do him spiritual good, or by Samadhi or right
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