"Moment Is Most Precious One..."

     
                      Want of Proper Respect For Religion ( Pramad) 


Shrimadji said...


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


Bhagawan Mahavir said to Gautam in Uttaradhyayana Sutra - 


'O Gautam ! This life of man is as short lived as a drop of water falling on the edge of a blade of grass ; as this drop may anytime fall down so this human body may vanish any moment. 


One should Surely keep in memory the fourth line of this lesson giving Poem 'Samayam Goyama Maa Pamae'.


This holy line has two meanings 


(1) O Gautam ! When there comes an opportunity to do good to yourself, take it and use it to your advantage soon without waiting or any loss of time 


(2) Second meaning of this line is that we should not miss even a smallest part of the moment of this life as our living body may die any moment, and as we do not know when we shall die, lord of death like a hunter ready with his bow and arrow to kill his prey any moment, we should immediately devote ourselves to working for self-realization or our liberation. 


By negligence we shall miss the opportunity of performing our progressive religious duties.


Excessively wise men like self realized highest souls leave all the worries of worldly life and devote themselves purely to religion for self-improvement day and night and they do not slacken their religious efforts even for a moment. 


While wise Persons i.e. discriminative householders utilize some portion of their daily life in performing regular religious duties and also attend enthusiastically to religious activities whenever opportunities come forth and do good of their soul. 


But foolish persons waste their life in sleep, food, Sense-enjoyments and useless criticism of others and in merrymaking and as a result they invite their downfall and lower births where they cannot avail religious performances again. 


Therefore so far as possible, one should carefully utilize his time in his self improvement by mastering a liberating religious discipline. 


Out of twenty-four hours of a day and night, eight hours are spent in sleep and the rest are spent in worldly worries wasting time in needless talk and aimless wandering. 


Instead, if one utilizes even a couple of hours for his pure religious development leading him to a noble life, it is quite possible. 


What an excellent result may he yield thereby. 


Moment is most precious one. 


Even a sovereign ruler cannot buy a moment in exchange for his whole kingdom.


Losing a moment may mean losing whole life from viewpoint of philosophical truth...


Shrimad Rajchandra (Mokshmala lesson 50)