No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it’s okay to remain a radical atheist – it’s absolutely an individual right, but the important thing is with a compassionate heart – then no problem.
The Self, having in dreams enjoyed the pleasures of sense, gone hither and thither, experienced good and evil, hastens back to the state of waking from which he started. As a man passes from dream to wakefulness, so does he pass from this life to the next.
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
Supporting one’s parents, cherishing spouse and children and a peaceful occupation; this is the greatest blessing.
