Sanatan Jyoti - Bharat Sevashram Sangha

Recommendations

Info

ETERNAL LIGHT ♦ SANATAN JYOTI ♦ 2013“O denizens of the world and the gods residing in the luminous heaven listencarefully. I found the ultimate one, adorned by the color of sun, who existsbehind everything in the entire universe. With the knowledge of his existencewe can win over death. There is no other way to become deathless.”Like animals, the human body is made of organic materials. Consequently, ahuman being without culture, acts and thinks like an animal. Animal wisheskeep him arrested in the cycle of life and death, making them return to theworld again and again. An ordinary man identifies his body with the soul or “I”and believes that the soul is different from the “I”. However, concealedbeneath the animal body, every human possesses the divine. The only way toextricate ourselves from this cycle is to bring to light that hidden divinity toestablish the sovereignty of the soul, as the soul is eternal and does not getbirth or death. Continuously performing the task of exposing the soul or thelotus-like divinity from the cover of the animal instincts should be the duty ofall mankind.Evil actions are leading human civilization toward destruction. However, gooddeeds of enlightened people provide natural protections from that destruction.The collection of rules that guides humans to conduct protective duties isdefined to be religion. Consequently, the religion is the holder of the world.Nothing stronger exists. To reach the top of the mountain, we need to climbmany steps following many techniques. However, the mandatory series ofsteps to climb are guided by good Achar or rules, good Acharan or actions,and good Charitra or characters. Achar means the collection of rules of living.Personal characters are molded by the rules. Good rules are essential for theenhancement of characters. There are significant differences of opinionsamong religious groups regarding definitions of good rules. If ordinary peoplefeel conflicted with different rules, they should follow the steps followed bygreat man. That is why one of the tenets of Hindu religion is to follow theexamples set by great sages.36BHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGHA OF NORTH AMERICA, CHICAGO
ETERNAL LIGHT ♦ SANATAN JYOTI ♦ 2013To purify our soul by winning over the animal nature, there are four essentialrules. First, self-control and self-discipline as achieved by controlling sensesby focused mental practice. The second is being truthful. The third rule is topractice selfless love and the fourth rule is to perform selfless duties.Performance of good deeds in association with good characters and goodrules of living leads humans to enhanced wisdom which in turn leads them toself-knowledge. As the saying goes, “Conquer habit by counter habit.”When humans are animal-like, they are extremely selfish, bound by desires,inclined toward fulfilling their senses, and becoming slaves of sins. At thisstage, they lose the desire for purity, truth and morality. Fulfilling bodilydesires becomes their primary goal of life. They shun spiritual ideals andbelieve that spending time and energy on religious discussions is fruitless.Carnal desire, ego, anger, greed, infatuation, envy, and disgust are thenatural outcomes of such attitudes. The thirst for desire is a true disease.Those who practice restraining their minds from desire and anger canbecome truly happy and peaceful by achieving the knowledge of Brhman. Selfcontrol is easy for those who can test their minds to discover their ownweaknesses and attempt at correcting their faults. It is easy for them toachieve peace. The true objective of religion is to help us to achieve peacethrough the knowledge of Brhman. The goal of human life is to focus ourscattered thoughts toward our inner soul to gain self-realization.Ideas and experiences about religion and its ideals in occidental countries arevery different. The religion to men and women of these countries is defined bythe practice of narrow rules and customs. Since these practices areconflicting to each other, arguments and infractions are created.Consequently, as a result of these conservatisms, one religious group tries todestroy another group so that the winner can impose their own religion on thelosing group.BHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGHA OF NORTH AMERICA, CHICAGO 37
Page 3 and 4: ETERNAL LIGHT ♦ SANATAN JYOTI ♦
Page 35: ETERNAL LIGHT ♦ SANATAN JYOTI ♦

Sanatan Jyoti - Bharat Sevashram Sangha

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?