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Q) Can we learn any truth from the present tradition, which we are

following?

 

A) Yes. If you observe carefully the present tradition itself, you

can get the whole concept without referring to any Holy Scripture.

When a householder dies the rituals are performed and a cow is

donated so that the diseased person can cross `Vaitarini' (river of

blood and pus) present before hell. This clearly shows that every

householder is going to hell. The householder is doing Gayatri Japa,

wearing the cross belt, worshipping the inert statues and photos

etc., When a saint dies such rituals are not performed. This clearly

proves that a saint goes to Brahma Loka and not to the Hell. The

saint leaves Gayatri Japa, throws away the cross belts, does not

worship inert statues and photos.

 

A saint always propagates the divine knowledge in the world. The

present tradition also shows that all the householders prostrate at

the feet of the saint. This shows that the stage of the saint is

certainly higher than the stage of the householder. This shows that

everybody should pass from high school to the college. All the

rituals should be protected like the high school for the future

ignorant batches. We never say that since you left the school the

school should be destroyed. We are saying only that you should leave

the school and go to the college i.e., you should not die as a

householder but you should die as a saint. Leaving the house and

wearing the saffron cloth are not necessary for a saint, which are

external only. A policeman sometimes does his duty in mufti without

the uniform. An actor wearing the police uniform cannot be the real

police. Therefore anybody can become a saint by participating in the

propagation of divine knowledge and working for the welfare of the

entire humanity without the saffron cloth and without leaving the

house. A householder is burning camphor, fume sticks, oil and ghee

in the lamps and in Yajnas causing lot of pollution and stopping the

rains. He is harming the humanity by such foolish deeds, which are

not mentioned in Vedas. Some ignorant preachers fooled public by

such deeds and he is not benefited at all. A saint never does these

things because he cannot be fooled since he attained the Jnana.

 

Therefore confining to the present tradition itself, one can get the

true knowledge without going to the scriptures. The ancient Indian

sages (rishis) who are the real saints set up this tradition. When

you do not understand even the tradition that is before your eyes,

how can you understand the Vedas and Sastras?

 

At the lotus feet of Shri Datta Swami

surya

http://www.universal-spirituality.org

 

Vikrant <free_for_blue wrote:

>

> i am thinking/planing to bring a tulsi plant in my home..now as

per the ancient hindu scriptures/shastras,which is the

best/favourable day of the week to bring a tulsi plant home and

install it in home...also as per ancient hindu shastras is there

also a defined time during the day when tulsi plant should be

installed in home..can i bring 2 tulsi plants together and install

them at same time in my home..

>can some knowledgable people here please guide me on this..

> thanks.

> Vikrant