ignorance of the Self (mithyatva), materialize in the worldly life.
Religion that is beyond the world is not found in renunciation
(tyaag) nor is it found in pleasure (bhoga). ‘That which is
renounced, will be met with ahead.’ One can accumulate as
much burden as one can carry! True renunciation, is that which
helps get rid of artadhyan (adverse internal meditation that hurts
the self), and raudradhyan (adverse internal meditation that
hurts the self and others)!
That which protects you in your troubled times is religion
(dharma)! At the time of artadhyan and raudradhyan, true
religion will be ever present for our protection! For endless
lifetimes, people have followed religion but if they did not
receive any protection in their time of need, how can one call
this following a religion? If one experiences worries, then it can
be said that one has not understood religion at all.
Whatever becomes religion, and yields results, is called
religion. Whenever someone shouts abuse or curses, religion is
there to help us! Religion yields results; whereas non-religion
does not. One, who maintains equanimity in times of trouble,
receives the stamp of approval to attain liberation (moksha).
One does not have to ‘follow’ (ritualized activity) religion;
one has to remain sincere to religion (dharma). While doing the
Lord’s darshan in a temple if at the time the person ‘sees’
(thinks about) his shoes that he left at the entrance, or thinks
about his shop, how can he be considered sincere? True religion
is one that gives one freedom from all types of pain.
The one and only path to moksha is through Gnan
(knowledge), vision (darshan), conduct (charitra) and penance
(tapa): there is no other path.
For infinite lifetimes, one paid devotional observation
(darshan) to the ‘form’ (murta – the physical; tangible form).
If only once, the darshan of the ‘formless’ (amurta) occurs
within a person, the losses of infinite lifetimes are made up.
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