SPIRITUALITY IS REFUGE IN GOD bUf2
SPIRITUALITY IS REFUGE IN GOD, NOT THE QUEST FOR HEAVEN AND ITS
COUNTERPART THE CONDEMNATION TO HELL
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"Even very intelligent people can have extremely bad habits of
hurting people. As you can well imagine, this bad habit makes life
unbearable for one's neighbours. So what happens when the call of
death comes? Will such persons be denied the pleasure of eating
sweet and savoury polau for eternity in heaven? Will they be
prevented from having friendly conversations with the angels?"
(BLACK WILL TAKE NO OTHER HUE, Sarkar's Short Stories Part 1)
"The inculcation of self-aggrandisement leads one to the worst hell.
The various hells really just denote the mental and physical states
of human beings. A person whose mind has been converted into matter
like that of a stone is really not worthy to be called a human
being, because he or she has lost the mental qualities of a human
being. A person of this type is said to be living in hell."
(A'NANDA VACANA'MRTAM PART 23, SAFEGUARDS AGAINST THE DEFECTS OF
JINANA AND KARMA)
In actuality "There is no heaven and no hell". "There exists no
such thing as heaven or hell. When a person does a virtuous act or
enjoys the fruits thereof, the environment around him or her is then
called heaven; and when he or she does an evil act and endures the
consequences thereof, then the environment around that person
becomes a hell for him or her."
(Ananda S
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