Four Doors to Liberation
It is said that there are Four doors to Liberation-liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth, and from a life of misery and sorrow. What are these Four doors to Liberation? The First door is ‘Discrimination’ – Using one’s intellect to discriminate between what is wrong and what is right. While it is very difficult to control our thoughts, we can modulate and filter them through our intellect. If we use this faculty of discrimination, we can abort thoughts before they become actions or filter them by reversing the actions that are the outcome of the thoughts. By using the gift of intellect, we can use our willpower, an instrument of choice, to choose our actions, thereby creating positive Karma for the future. The Second door is ‘Dispassion’ or...