The Sanatan Faith — Page 20
20 SANĀTAN DHARM only believe that Parmeshwar has granted their idols and Avatars great powers to fulfil the wishes of people. Such tenets, of course, are also erroneous. There is only One who fulfils human desires and that is God, also called Parmeshwar. Only he who eschews everything and immerses himself in his Lord receives bless- ings and is honoured in this world and the Hereafter. The Holy Parmeshwar always proclaims that: جے تو میرا ہو رہے سب جگ تیرا ہو. If you will be devoted to Me, the whole world will be yours. This is what I have experienced, and I bear testimony to its truth. When someone wholly commits to Him and attains a new life by burning in the fire of His love, when he enters this fire, then all ele- ments of the heaven and earth, which are worshipped by others, become his servants and assistants. Hence, the Sanatan Dharm err when they pray to objects-created like themselves—for the fulfilment of their desires. They do not benefit from that Living and Bright Light which is in front of them and is closer than their deities carved out of stones. However, at least they believe that everything emanates from Parmeshwar, and nothing is Self- Sufficient but Him. It appears that this must be the teaching of the Vedas which remains preserved among the Sanātan Dharm. By looking at the verses of rishis and sages who undertook vig- orous spiritual discipline in forests, it seems that the pure Vedic teaching was shown to them. Therefore, unlike the Āryah Samāj, they did not believe that the body and the soul were eternal and