Quite Simple: Economize or Agonize. {56.}

Quite Simple: Economize or Agonize. {56.}
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“The one who will not economize
will have to agonize.”

---- Confucius {551 BC - 479 BC};
Chinese philosopher & reformer.
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Way to Attain Spiritual Tranquility. {55.}

Way to Attain Spiritual Tranquility. {55.}
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“One gradually attains tranquility of mind
as a result of keeping the mind
fully absorbed in the Self
by means of a well-trained intellect,
and by thinking of nothing else.”

---- The Bhagavad Gita.
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Humility is Best for All. {54.}

Humility is Best for All. {54.}
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"What good is social class and status?
Truthfulness is measured within.
Pride in one's status is like poison;
holding it in your hand and eating it,
you shall die."

---- The Guru Granth Sahib.
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Accept the Signs from Heaven. {53.}

Accept the Signs from Heaven. {53.}
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"These are the verses of the Book
that makes {things} clear.
Perhaps you will kill yourself with grief
because they do not believe.
If We please, We should send down upon them
a sign from the heaven
so that their necks should stoop to it.
And there does not come to them
a new reminder from the Beneficent God
but they turn aside from it.
So they have indeed rejected {the truth},
therefore the news of that which they mock
shall soon come to them.
Do they not see the earth,
how many of every noble kind
We have caused to grow in it?
Most surely there is a sign in that,
but most of them will not believe.
And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful."

---- The Quran; Ash-Shu'ara {The Poets}, 2-9.
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God's Plans for Human Welfare. {52.}

God's Plans for Human Welfare. {52.}
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"I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord,
plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future."

---- The Bible; Jeremiah: 29:11.
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Vegetarianism is Necessary for Nirvana. {51.}

Vegetarianism is Necessary for Nirvana. {51.}
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"To become a vegetarian
is to step into the stream
which leads to Nirvana."

---- Gautama Buddha.
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Loftiest Origin of Radhasoami Religion. {50.}

Loftiest Origin of Radhasoami Religion. {50.}
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The Radhasoami religion has been founded by the only Living Incarnation of the Supreme Godhead, Radhasoami Dayal.

Not Content with merely having Incarnated {so to say} in the world out of Parental Compassion for such undeserving beings as all of us & the whole of humanity & living kingdom, the Nij Dhar or Incarnated Divine Current has Been Continuing Its most glorious Mission of universal salvation through the agency of a continuing lineage of Param Gurus since August 24, 1818.

In a unique benediction, the Incarnated Divine Current has Declared & Reassured all living beings that It shall not return to its original Abode until It has Redeemed all jeevas or living beings in this world-system, prior to the impending MahaPralay at the end of the present decadent age of Kaliyuga.

The above tenets constitute the core of the weltanschauung or worldview of the Radhasoami religion of Dayalbagh.

The concept of heaven being a hierarchical structure may be found in various religions of the world, particularly Buddhism.

The Radhasoami religion affirms the truth of this divine spiral, & clearly states the name, precise location & other description of each divine realm.

It also describes where the various other divine incarnations & prophets of the world’s other major religions {Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism & Sikhism} had descended from.

This also indicates the severe limits of the spiritual benefit that they can possibly confer on their followers, because of their own relatively inferior origin & limitations.

These intermediary heavens are to be traversed by the individual “surat’ or soul, {with the Permission, Grace & Help of the Param Guru of Dayalbagh}, to finally access & reach the Ultimate Abode of Radhasoami Dham, the loftiest paradise in existence.

It is only this that constitutes true & final redemption.
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Note: This is drawn from & inspired by the scriptures, practices & teachings pertaining to the Radhasoami religion of Dayalbagh.

Spiritual Benefit of Agricultural Labor. {49.}

Spiritual Benefit of Agricultural Labor. {49.}
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“The one who sows the ground with care and diligence
acquires a greater stock of religious merit
than one could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers.”

---- Zoroaster, Persian philosopher and religious leader
{c. 628 BC - c. 551 BC}.
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Work without Focus on Reward. {48.}

Work without Focus on Reward. {48.}
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"Thou hast power only to act,
but not over the reward thereof.
Act thou, therefore,
without prospect of the reward
and without succumbing to inaction."
---- The Bhagavad Gita.
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Karmas: Good, Bad & Effects. {47.}

Karmas: Good, Bad & Effects. {47.}
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"You unite me with Yourself, O True God.
Through perfect good karma, You are obtained."
"Those who act in ego do not go beyond karma.
It is only by Guru's Grace that one is rid of ego."
"Through the perfect karma of good deeds,
one meets the Perfect Guru, whose speech is perfect."
"According to the karma of past actions, one's destiny unfolds,
even though everyone wants to be so lucky."
"Those who were pre-ordained to have no good karma at all:
gazing into the lamp of emotional attachment,
they are burnt, like moths in a flame."
"Those blessed with the karma of good actions praise the Lord.
O Nanak, they make the Guru their spiritual teacher.
In the fourth watch of the early morning hours,
a longing arises in their higher consciousness.
They are attuned to the river of life;
the True Name is in their minds and on their lips."
"Whatever pleases You is a pure action of karma."
"As she has planted, so does she harvest; such is the field of karma."
"When good karma dawns, the wall of doubt is torn down."
"With good karmas or actions,
some come to serve the Perfect Guru."
"Born because of the karma of their past mistakes,
they make more mistakes, and fall into mistakes."
"Without the karma of good deeds,
they are only destroying themselves."

---- The Guru Granth Sahib.
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Good Deeds, Honor; & Creation. {46.}

Good Deeds, Honor; & Creation. {46.}
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"Whoever desires honor, then to Allah belongs the honor wholly.
To Him do ascend the good words; and the good deeds,
lift them up, and {as for} those who plan evil deeds,
they shall have a severe chastisement;
and {as for} their plan, it shall perish.
And Allah created you of dust, then of the life-germ,
then He made you pairs;
and no female bears, nor does she bring forth,
except with His knowledge;
and no one whose life is lengthened has his life lengthened,
nor is aught diminished of one's life,
but it is all in a book;
surely this is easy to Allah."
---- The Quran; Fatir {Originator} 10-11.
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Righteousness is One's Ultimate Security. {45.}

Righteousness is One's Ultimate Security. {45.}
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"Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way:
but wickedness overthroweth the sinner."

---- The Bible; Proverbs 13:6.
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Buddha's Last Words to Humanity. {44.}

Buddha's Last Words to Humanity. {44.}
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"All composite things are subject to decay. Strive for your own liberation with diligence."

---- The Buddha's last words,
uttered to his close attendant of years, Anantha.
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Dayalbagh: Garden of the Merciful. {43.}

Dayalbagh: Garden of the Merciful. {43.}
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“DAYALBAGH, which translated into English means the ‘Garden of the Merciful’, is the headquarters of the Radhasoami Satsang Community. The foundation of this Ashram was laid on the Basant Panchami day, the 20th of January 1915 by a simple ceremony of planting a mulberry tree by His Holiness Huzur Sahabji Maharaj, the fifth Revered Leader of the Radhasoami Faith. It is a self-contained colony of the followers of the Radhasoami Faith, and is well-known for its institutions and for the activities of its inmates in the social and economic spheres, undertaken by them in a spirit of cooperation and for the organized way of life that conforms to the spiritual ideals of the Radhasoami Faith.”
---- "Dayalbagh"; published by the Radhasoami Satsang Sabha, Dayalbagh.
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Devotion is an Upward Spiral. {42.}

Devotion is an Upward Spiral. {42.}
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"Devotion, like fire, goeth upward."

---- Zoroaster; Persian philosopher and religious leader,
(c. 628 BC - c. 551 BC).
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Temperance Necessary for Successful Meditation. {41.}

Temperance Necessary for Successful Meditation. {41.}
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"Those who eat too much or eat too little,
who sleep too much or sleep too little,
will not succeed in meditation.
But those who are temperate in eating and sleeping,
work and recreation,
will come to the end of sorrow through meditation."

---- The Bhagavad Gita.
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Conquer Death while Yet Alive. {40.}

Conquer Death while Yet Alive. {40.}
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"While you are alive, conquer death,
and you shall have no regrets in the end."

---- The Guru Granth Sahib.
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Divine Injunction against Causeless Murder. {39.}

Divine Injunction against Causeless Murder. {39.}
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"Whoever kills another one without justifiable cause,
surely he is killing all of humanity.
And whoever saves the life of another one,
surely he saves the lives of all of humanity."

---- The Quran; Sura Al Ma'aidah; Ayah 32.
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Gate to Damnation or Paradise. {38.}

Gate to Damnation or Paradise. {38.}
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“Enter through the narrow gate.
The gate that leads to damnation is wide,
the road is clear, and many choose to travel it.
But how narrow is the gate that leads to life,
how rough the road,
and how few there are who find it.”

---- The Bible; Matthew 7:13-14.
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Habitually Think Very Carefully, Indeed! {37.}

Habitually Think Very Carefully, Indeed! {37.}
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“The thought manifests as the word.
The word manifests as the deed.
The deed develops into habit.
And the habit hardens into character.
So, watch the thought and its ways with care.
And let it spring from love,
born out of concern for all beings.”

---- Gautama Buddha.
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