Tripura Rahasya

Sri Dattatreya said:

• Just as a man sinking in the ocean suddenly finds a boat to rescue him, so also your virtuous actions of the past have now place you on the most sacred heights of Self-realization. That Devi Tripura, who is the conscious core of the heart and therefore knows each one intimately, swiftly rescues Her unswerving devotees from the jaws of death, after manifesting Herself in their hearts.
• As long as a man is afraid of the nightmare, obligation, so long must he placate it, or else he will not find peace.
• Wrongly do they every engage in work, being deluded; such is the plight of humanity stupefied by the poison of the sense of obligation.
• You are fortunate, Bhargava, in having transcended that distracted state. Investigation is the root-cause of everything, and it is the first step to the supreme reward of indescribable bliss. How can anyone gain security without proper investigation?

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Excerpts from Chapter 2, Tripura Rahasya