"Wishes of the right Guru is beneficial..."

& Shrimadji said..."Whatever is done through the promptings of wantonness is nothing but an expression of pride; it is the wrong kind of means for spiritual progress.At the same time, whatever is done at the wishes of the right Guru is beneficial, the right kind of means for spiritual progress..."

"Characteristics of Pramad..."

& Shrimadji said..."Disrespect for religion, undesirable elation, idleness, and Kashaya (Anger, Pride, Illusion, Greed) all these are characteristics of Pramad..."

"Truth of the self can be seen..."

& Shrimadji said... "As one can see his way in darkness with a lighted lamp, so with the lamp of philosophy, the darkness of worldly life can be totally dispelled and the truth of the self can be seen..." 

"Fire of worldly life can be totally extinguished..."

& Shrimadji said... "As fire consumes everything it gets but by water it extinguishes, so by the water in the form of total non-attachment the fire of worldly life can be totally extinguished..." 

"Listen to the beneficial teachings of the enlightened ones..."

& Shrimadji said... "If one listens to the beneficial teachings of the enlightened ones and contemplates over them, his shortcomings will definitely decrease..."

"Jineshwar Bhagawan has shown the way..."

& Shrimadji said... "Just as wise navigators have found out a safe way of crossing a deep ocean, so has Jineshwar Bhagawan shown the way of best philosophy which will safely save one from worldly life..." 

"Cross an ocean with the help of a Strong boat..."

& Shrimadji said... "Just as one can cross an ocean with the help of a Strong boat and an expert boatman knowing the nature of the sea and trend of its water currents, so with the help of true religion and a set realized preceptor or a saintly Guru or Master, this ocean of worldly life can be successfully crossed by the spiritual aspirant for liberation..." 

"Become God or Parmeshwar..."

& Shrimadji said..."A man who realises the mystery of internal character of great saints becomes God or Parmeshwar..."

"Worldly life show truth as untruth..."

& Shrimadji said... "Just as a string gives us in darkness an impression of a serpent, so does worldly life show truth as untruth..."

"Attachment to sense objects..."

& Shrimadji said... "As fire grows by whatever combustible substance like Ghee or firewood is put in it, so this worldly life grows by Ghee in the form of allurements and firewood in the form of attachment to sense objects..."

"Worldly life destroys all..."

& Shrimadji said..."Just as fire destroys all that is poured in it so worldly life destroys all souls that are led away by it..." 

"A person cries tearfully to get out of worldly life..."

& Shrimadji said... "Just as a person cries tearfully when burned by fire, so a person cries tearfully to get out of worldly life when burnt by hellish unendurable unlimited troubles and torments given by worldly life..." 

"Sufferings by worldly life..."

& Shrimadji said... "Just as fire produces or emits burning heat, so the soul is given many torments, sorrows, miseries and many sufferings by worldly life..."

"Worldly life is full of turning a man round and round..."

& Shrimadji said... "Just as in a sea, many waves arise, similarly waves of sex and other sense desires arise in a man's mind in worldly life, Just as the sea surface is plain on top, so also this worldly life looks quite simple and easy apparently; just as a sea is very deep at some places this sea of Samsara or worldly life is full of turning a man round and round, leading him to his downfall in a feat of illusion or hallucination or infatuation or intoxication...." 

"Worldly life leads a soul to drown..."

& Shrimadji said... "Just as a sea when stormy, drowns a boat or a big ship, so this worldly life leads a soul to drown by storms in the forms of contact of women and strong desire for sex enjoyments..." 

"Get out of worldly life..."

& Shrimadji said... "Just as a person cries tearfully when burned by fire, so a person cries tearfully to get out of worldly life when burnt by hellish unendurable unlimited troubles and torments given by worldly life..." 

"keeping a soul always bound..."

& Shrimadji said... "As in monsoon a sea becomes very deep by rain water, so the sea of Samsara or worldly life by sinful acts of a person leads him to deep down to his downfall and firms up its foundations for keeping a soul always bound and miserable..."

You will certainly be liberated...

& Shrimadji said... "If your entire life is spent in attaining the grace of an Enlightened Being, in honouring all His wishes, in believing them to be the truth, then you will certainly be liberated in a maximum of fifteen lives..."

Lead a pure compassionate life...

& Shrimadji said... "Since we have been born in the family of followers of Jain Religion, we should lead a pure compassionate life and we should constantly remember that we have to protect all living beings with the best of our efforts not only this but we should advise others also by all intelligent ways to follow this universally acceptable and beneficial compassion..." 

Compassion is the very body of a religion...

& Shrimadji said... "No religion is comparable to (Daya) Compassion.

Compassion is the very body of a religion. 

Where there is no compassion, there is no religion at all..." 

In the darkness of worldly life...

& Shrimadji said... "As in darkness, glass and diamond are felt alike and none is correctly known, so in the darkness of worldly life, one does not have the knowledge of what is proper and what is improper from the point of view of soul's real nature..." 

My own experience...

& Shrimadji said... "An Enlightened Being is one whose attention is focused within, day and night; what He says may not be in the scriptures, may not even have been heard before, but can be experienced; whose actions are not easy to understand because they do not spring from any intrinsic desires. Nothing more remains to be said. 
Without doing this, liberation is not possible. 
Consider these words, coming out of my own experience, as truthful..."

Just find one Enlightened Being...

& Shrimadji said... "Seek nothing else, Just find one Enlightened Being, surrender all your feelings at His lotus feet and obey Him. If you still do not attain liberation, then take it from me.

Impurity of soul...

& Shrimadji said... "Stains of blood cannot be removed by blood so it is certain that impurity of soul cannot be removed by worldly enjoyments..."

Non - attachment is the only best guide...

& Shrimadji said... "Non - attachment is the only best guide to a worldly man desiring liberation and resulting unalloyed happiness and peace..."

Wisdom of the Enlightened...

& Shrimadji said... "Since the times are adverse, developing oneness with the Self is a difficult task; however, there is no doubt that the oneness is achieved by imbibing the wisdom of the Enlightened over a long period of time..."

Detached from worldly life...

& Shrimadji said... "A wise man once detached from worldly life should not even look at it, a sea of mere sorrow and suffering..."

More one has to suffer...

& Shrimadji said... "The more lure for prosperity, the more one has to suffer for protecting it or for increasing it..." 

Attachment to worldly life...

& Shrimadji said... "all knowing saints have turned their back towards any attachment to worldly life in whatever stage it may be..."

Worldly life is total unhappiness...

& Shrimadji said... "Worldly life is total unhappiness, full of miseries, infinitely painful, sorrowful and afflicting..." 

All knowing saints do not call worldly life happy...

& Shrimadji said... "All knowing saints do not call worldly life happy even for a moment; not even the smallest spot in worldly life is without poison of attachment and hatred..."

My repeated advice and blessings to you...

& Shrimadji said... "Remember the state of the Great Yogi Bhagwan Parshwanath etc. and aspire only for that state; this is my repeated advice and blessings to you..."

Attractive lure of worldly pleasures have benumbed our soul ...

& Shrimadji said... "The apparently attractive lure of worldly pleasures have benumbed our soul so much that it does not find anywhere else the happiness it sees in worldly life, and in such condition the soul has not even cherished a desire to see the nature of truth and enjoy the real happiness following from such knowledge and vision..." 

Strong influence of infinite ignorance...

& Shrimadji said... "The Soul or Self wanders in the cycles of innumerable births and deaths under the strong influence of infinite ignorance and interminable conflicts of the life lasting for ages, infinite deaths and infinite sorrows and sufferings..."  

An Enlightened Being is beyond the intellect...

& Shrimadji said... "An Enlightened Being is beyond the intellect. 
His opinion is undecipherable. 
The real ingenuity of an Enlightened Being lies in the fact that He has been able to stamp out affinity, aversion and ignorance...

Worldly life as infinitely sorrowful...

& Shrimadji said... "All knowing saints have described worldly life as infinitely sorrowful, infinitely full of miseries, disorganized, like a see-saw and impermanent..."