Selected 100 Letters by Shrimad Rajchandraji

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

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Mumbai, Posh, V-S-1951
Om
If by getting the full shelter of an enlightened saint the best stage i.e, liberation becomes easy, then how can it be difficult to be in one's self every moment when a spiritual aspirant lives in full protection of his spiritual master? Because without single-minded devotion to the enlightened spiritual master there can be no attainment of liberation. All saints have decided in the same way that only by following a spiritual master's instructions carefully his disciple undoubtedly liberates himself. To him all means to it become very easy and favourable. Then when I say that you must be victorious on some of your mental dispositions then how can you not be victorious? It means you must be victorious. It is quite true that in these troubled times you should have more of spiritual contact and complete renunciation from wrong affections and attachments. Then a spiritual aspirant should desire hardest self liberating means and this way all spiritually beneficial means will be at his command in a very short time.
Shri Tirthankara has also said that an enlightened saint whose worldly life has diminished to a great extent, is not bound by traditional ties, still he must continue constantly being in his pure self as this can more inspire and help his disciple in quickly reaching his goal of liberation.
It will be easy for me to explain the poem quoted from Samayasara and other related principles when we personally meet in future.
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The enlightened saint has nothing to do with social service if it comes in the way of his self-freedom, but it may be as a result of his past deeds and still the spiritual saint wants to get rid off that too. And this is what I have done forcefully since past three years and while doing so whatever obstacles have come in my way of enjoying pure self, I have bravely gone through them, and during this period of patiently suffering them have always felt that I should be relieved of all contacts, and I have behaved in such a way that I may enjoy complete ease in completely getting away from all contacts. Still I think in my mind, now that it would be good for me to get relieved of all family relations even if it may not be possible for me to leave home and hearth. It is clear that no spiritual aspirant can continue his worldly activities and get remain in his pure self and become a spiritually enlightened saint. These days I have more and more been thinking in this matter whatever its result may I face. This need not be disclosed to the public at this stage. I may come to your side by the second day of the bright half of the month of Maha.
- Salutations to the pure self.
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Mumbai, Falgun V-S-1951
A living being has been mistaken from times immemorial in deciding the nature of his pure self. So even today the living beings repeat the same mistake and this matter is not at all surprising.
There is no other way to freedom from all afflictions and miseries but the acquisition of self-knowledge. Self knowledge can only result from right reflection or thinking about the self, and