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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man) guided by knowledge (the lame man) can take us towards salvation. The Vaidik rishis exhort:
चरैवेति चरैवेति
Charaiveti Charaiveti.
"Keep moving, keep moving."
Mahatma Buddha exhorted, "Delusion brings death." Lord Mahavira exhorted, "Oh Gautam! Do not be careless even for a moment." ." The essence of all these exhortations is that after we attain knowledge, we should without any demur, perform the right action. After we attain Moksha even dharma (religious duty) ends.
If a thorn sticks into our foot, we take it out with a pin. After the thorn is removed we have no use for the pin. Similarly, we need discourses, shastras (Philosophical teachings), spiritual studies etc. as long as desires and passions dwell in our mind. After we discard all our passions and desires, we do not need discourses, spiritual studies etc. यदा ते मोहकलिलं
बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदम्
श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च ॥ -गीता
Yada te mohakalilam
Tada gantasi nirvedam
buddhirvyatitarishyati
shrotavyasya shrutasyacha
-Gita
(After your intellect crosses the taint of illusion, you shall attain to indifference, regarding things heard and things yet to be heard.)
The Buddha said to his disciples, "I am preaching to you the dharma so that it may serve as a boat in which you can cross the ocean of samsara." You should use it to cross the ocean not to hold it and keep it with you. After crossing a river, we do not need the boat by which we crossed the river. We discard it. We do not carry it on our heads here and there. In the same manner, after we attain moksha, we do not need to perform religious austerities and so we discard them.