& 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..."
& Shrimadji said..."Disrespect for religion, undesirable elation, idleness, and Kashaya (Anger, Pride, Illusion, Greed) all these are characteristics of Pramad..."
& 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..."
& 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..."
& Shrimadji said... "If one listens to the beneficial teachings of the enlightened ones and contemplates over them, his shortcomings will definitely decrease..."
& 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..."
& 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..."
& Shrimadji said..."A man who realises the mystery of internal character of great saints becomes God or Parmeshwar..."
& Shrimadji said... "Just as a string gives us in darkness an impression of a serpent, so does worldly life show truth as untruth..."
& 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..."
& Shrimadji said..."Just as fire destroys all that is poured in it so worldly life destroys all souls that are led away by it..."
& 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..."
& 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..."
& 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...."
& 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..."
