samsaran, meaning that which is constantly changing. That
which is constantly changing is called the world. All embodied
souls are constantly traveling in this moving path and are
attaining higher life forms. Only after coming to the human form,
is it possible for the embodied soul to return to a lower state
(regress), but at the same time, there is also the benefit that from
this human state, the embodied soul can attain the state of
freedom, the final salvation!
The Gnani Purush gives a description of the world in a
very simple and yet eloquent language through the following
simile. The world is like a horse. People of the world are the
riders of the horse. The rider believing the horse to be weak,
mounts it fearfully, carrying a bale of grass on his own head.
However, in the end the burden still falls on the horse! Similarly,
all of you should put your burden on the horse that is the world,
why carry the burden on your own mind? In the end, the horse
(the world) carries it!
Only the Gnani Purush is capable of uprooting the tree
of this worldly life. How? Without touching anything else, He
puts a pinch of medicine at the main root of the tree of the
worldly life, so that the tree will dry out on its own and be
uprooted.
Who is a satdev? Sat means eternal, Dev means god.
Is it the idol in the temple or the derasar? No. It is the one who
is ‘within’ i.e. the parmatma (the supreme Lord or the supreme
Soul) that resides within every living being. That verily is a
Satdev. Until the realization of that supreme Soul is attained, one
should accept the idol God in the temple, as the Satdev.
Who is a Sad Guru? The final guru is the Gnani Purush.
But, until one meets a Gnani Purush, anyone who is at a higher
spiritual level, even if it is by two degrees, can be one’s guru.
What is Sat Dharma? Dharma means religion. The agnas
(spiritual instructions) of a Gnani Purush is the only sat-dharma.
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