"To greater or lesser degrees, consciously or unconsciously, all human beings are seeking joy, fulfillment and Truth in our lives.
We mistakenly seek such positive attainments in the external world due to our profoundly mistaken forgetfulness of the fact that such positive attainments are actually rooted in our own, internal spiritual nature.
We seek truths and facts in the external world not realizing that God has already equipped us with inner wisdom.
We seek beauty in the material world not realizing that our own souls have already been gifted by God with unimaginable beauty.
We look for wealth in the world not realizing that our souls already possess the greatest of spiritual treasures.
We fantasize about living in our material bodies forever, and never dying, forgetting that we are already eternal beings who never die.
All the positive attainments that we have spent our entire lives looking for in the outer world already exists to complete perfection within our own God-gifted souls."
— Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya
Introduction to Sanatana Dharma
Chapter 3: Philosophy of Sanatana Dharma
We mistakenly seek such positive attainments in the external world due to our profoundly mistaken forgetfulness of the fact that such positive attainments are actually rooted in our own, internal spiritual nature.
We seek truths and facts in the external world not realizing that God has already equipped us with inner wisdom.
We seek beauty in the material world not realizing that our own souls have already been gifted by God with unimaginable beauty.
We look for wealth in the world not realizing that our souls already possess the greatest of spiritual treasures.
We fantasize about living in our material bodies forever, and never dying, forgetting that we are already eternal beings who never die.
All the positive attainments that we have spent our entire lives looking for in the outer world already exists to complete perfection within our own God-gifted souls."
— Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya
Introduction to Sanatana Dharma
Chapter 3: Philosophy of Sanatana Dharma