Self Effort to Elevate Yourself - II

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

(Delivered by Poojya Swamiji on 28 January 2016)

Volume 6  Number 12

Excerpt:

From the human mind and intelligence, there can only be three enquiries. One is an enquiry into the world we see, another is enquiry into God whom we believe and the third is enquiry into oneself on the basis of which we make a reference to God and to the world. Hinduism says, any enquiry of these three is okay. And all the three converge, converge and become one! This is the uniqueness of Hinduism. You may become religious or not, you may still enquire into the world in which you live. It is a very scientific enquiry. You may not be a scientist but you may take up the enquiry – “Who am I? What am I?” Any enquiry takes you to the same goal. This identity is our uniqueness!

So, where is it mentioned in our scriptures that the spiritual instruction or spiritual wisdom is something very hard and it operates in a very, very long drawn out manner?

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