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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Atman and Moksa
attain the final bliss by uttering God's name. He crossed the waters of the world in the boat of Hari's name; Hari's name is a horse and spear and he can pierce the burly world with His name. Through His name and its power His devotees are exalted high in the three worlds.' The desire for difference must be cast away and one must worship God by uttering His name. God delights in faith alone; He dwells wherever his name is uttered. Hari's name alone can save men from the cycle of rebirth. The labour on wife, son, and wealth is wasted; where the seed is sorrow, the fruit is sorrow. What is, therefore, necessary for reaching God, is bhakti or devotion. Tukārama says - “There is no force strong enough to prevail over faith. It controls God Himself, and who is higher than God?"4 The jīva must feel the most intense love and devotion to God just as a chaste widow feels to her just departed husband and she throws herself into the burning pyre of her husband; she then does not think of wealth, family, children.5 Faith in Him alone is enough for God; that in itself will give the devotees a place at His feet.6 God, if He is pleased with the sincere love and devotion of His devotee, shows mercy to him and simply by His mercy and grace He can bring to an
1 Fraser J. N. and Marathe K. B. (Tr.): The Poems of Tukārāma, Vol. II, 1728, p. 177.
2 Ibid. 1729, p. 177. 3 Ibid. 1730, p. 178. 4 Ibid. 2034, p. 257. 5 Ibid. 2040, p. 258. 8 Ibid. 2071, p. 266.
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