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========================================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Monday 17, December 2024, 05:30. 3839. / Philosophy: 2.##Religion and Social Values:  The Mistake of Religions: Chapter 3: The Reason for Birth and Death - 5. Swami Krishnananda. Post 17.  ========================================================================================== Thus, freedom which is ultimate, which is called moksha or the liberation of the spirit of man, is considered as the goal of life. How do we know that this is the goal of life? We ourselves can know this. We need not go to a scripture to understand this or to any adept to be taught. Our own internal content will reveal what we are aspiring for. We are, no doubt, in a miserable world and an unfortunate condition, yet we have a great strength within us. This strength is the power embedded in our mind to comprehend that the world is not final; there is a 'beyond' to this world. The finitude of our exper...

  ================================================================================= Sunday 16, February 2025, 05:30. Article: Philosophy: An Analysis of Our Perception of Historical Personalities: 4. Swami Krishnananda (Discourse given on the occasion of Dakshinamurthy Jayanti in 1966) Post-4. ================================================================================= Likewise, the demand of the inner consciousness of the human being requires that God must exist. If we exist, God must exist; and if God does not exist, we also have no right to exist. That we see a world outside us is itself enough proof that God must exist. Why? How do we interpret the existence of God by mere perception of the world outside? The man in the street also sees the world, just as we see the world, but he understands in a different manner. The child also sees the Ganges, but the child does not understand. The very fact that we exist and the world is appearing before us as a tentative existence show...