THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

wastes this life wherein he has been born as a human being which is very difficult for the simple
reason that after dying as a human there is absolutely no guarantee that he will be born as a human
in his next life, rather the chances of being born into some other life form are very high indeed and
when that occurs the Moksha is thus far delayed. It has been fervently preached in the Hindu
philosophy that one is born as a human being only after the amount of his pious deeds equal his
sinful ones.
Although being born as a human is thus not that easy, the birth as a
human occurs on account of certain unfulfilled desires and/or unimplemented decisions. It is then
important to handover your whole self in following Guru’s preaching and the way he advises to
lead life in its entirety without even once allowing your senseless body mind intellect conglomerate
to interfere. If you behave contrary to this you are committing suicide doubtlessly. You end up a
sinner leading to endless cycles of birth and death. Every time death catches you in a state wherein
you are lacking in the real knowledge and thus the cycle goes on without any break unless the God
and the Guru bless you and you too follow the rigorous routine made simpler by the Guru.
Despite this people crave for the next birth which Shree Samarth says
is not only inexplicable but is also like badly stinking rubbish. They crave shamelessly for the birth
as humans in the next life knowing fully well that there can be no guarantee of that. These fools get
bound by their own desire of getting the next birth which essentially means that they become their
own enemies. This binding can be removed by the company of the Saints.
Our body and the entire universe are made up of the five basic
elements; their rules govern the happenings in the universe. These are set patterns and therefore we
find some orderliness in the happenings, reasoning behind the occurrences. There are seemingly
different views amongst the philosophers regarding the constitution of the universe which create
confusion in the mind of the follower leading to unnecessary disputes which are resolved only by
the really knowledgeable Saints. Shree Samarth now tells his view which would be acceptable to
all. The body is constituted of the five basic elements which are ignited by the Soul which seems to
reside in the body but is different from it. The body is subject to destruction while the soul isn’t. If
we concentrate our vision and look for the micro form of the body we find that it consists of the
mind, the life, the organs and their subjects. These too are different from the soul. Both the macro
and the micro forms of the body wrap the soul within. The soul is just witness to both of them and
also to the doings, the doer and the reason. That being the case the soul isn’t party to any of them.
One has to find the real meaning of the philosophy that the mind body intellect conglomerate runs
on the fuel made available by the soul yet the soul isn’t in any way a part of them, with the
blessings of the Guru. The soul thus is in no way responsible for anything that the visible presents
to us. Shree Samarth says that this subject of the purest soul, the soul within the live form, the
universe in its entirety, the Maya the lack of it and the four different types of souls; if studied
without paying attention to the real knowledge and without the blessings of the Guru leads to utter
confusion and nothing else. Suffice it to say that the Soul, the Atman or the Parbrahma are one and
the same and at that stateless state it is fuller than the fullest with the indescribable bliss. It
encompasses everything known and unknown. One who has the knowledge of the soul is easily
able to throw the body mind intellect conglomerate out. He is freed of the cycles of birth and death
and attains Moksha. He had undertaken the journey of finding the principles producing and
sustaining life and blissfully ends up experiencing the Parbrahma. The real meaning of the first and
the final commandment is, “I am the Brahma”. The real meaning of it is explained to us by the
Saints and the Guru without whom it is well nigh impossible to understand it. When the Guru
blesses you as such you attain Mukti there and then. The real knowledge should be combined with