Golden Steps To Salvation

SR No.: 008710
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 224
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Religion
File Size: 12 MB

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ceive themselves. They indulge in self-deception. is nothing but double-dealing. Candid people would not do so. It is said:
"Those who are straight-forward, walk on a straight path. Those who are crooked, walk on a crooked path. The arrow goes straight but the wheel goes rolling and swerving from the path."
The noble people are distinguished from the ignoble by the fact that in their case there is unity between thought and word, and between word and deed.
मनस्येकम् वचस्येकम् कर्मण्येकम् महात्मनाम् । मनस्यन्यद्वचस्यन्यत् कर्मण्यन्यद् दुरात्मनाम् ॥
Manasyekam Vachasyekam,
Karmapyekam Mahātmanām
Manasyanyadvachasyanyat
Karmanyanyad duratmanām.
"There will be unity or oneness in thought, word and deed in the case of great men (Mahātmās), but in the case of wicked men (Durāthmās), there will be a divorce between thought and word, and between word and deed.'
Great men speak out what they think and act in accordance with their word. They say whatever they think and they do whatever they say. The nature of wicked people is completely opposite to this. Their thought is different from their word and their word is different from their actions.
A Philosopher says that pomp and show are like a false dress. The meaning of this is that there is untruth at the roots of pomp and show. A man who is hypocritical is not truthful. We cannot believe him. If a Bakula bird and a crow are seated before you, which would you consider better? A poet says this while expressing his opinion on this point.
"The Bakula bird is a hypocrite because its body is white but its mind is black. The crow is better of these two because it is the same inside as well as outside."