Who Is A Saint

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Who is a Saint?

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For centuries, the world has revered various spiritual masters and has considered them as Saints.


Various religions and cultures stipulate different attributes or criteria for Sainthood to be bestowed upon someone.


What does the world think of Saints?

Generic criteria that prompted people from various religions to consider a person as a Saint



1. Righteous and virtuous

Some generic criteria from various religions to consider a person as a Saint




2. Needs to be from a particular religion






3. Has to have passed away before they can be

considered for Sainthood






3. Has to have passed away before they can be

considered for Sainthood

4. Needs to have performed miracles while

living and also after death

5. He needs to be able to intercede with God

on behalf of people


After her death, Saint Bernadette's body reportedly remained incorrupt


How Saints are proclaimed| Common viewpoints

• Informal or formal

For example : The formal process in the Roman Catholic Church is known

as canonization




In most cases, the people conducting this formal or informal process of

proclaiming a Saint are not Saints themselves but just religious people

or people of some standing in the religion




• Popular vote of society





• Has to be from a certain religion to be considered





• Has to be from a certain religion to be considered

• Self-proclaimed (along with display of supernatural powers)


Who is a Saint?

How does the science of Spirituality define a Saint?


Increasing spiritual level through spiritual practice

Spiritual level

Who is a Saint?

1%

100% Being one with God


The spiritual level of an average person today


Spiritual level

20%

Who is a Saint?

1%





Spiritual level

20%

Who is a Saint?

1%


35% Over 80% of the world below 35% spiritual level




Spiritual level

20%

Who is a Saint?

1%


35% Over 80% of the world below 35% spiritual level

One has to be at a spiritual level of at least 70% to be recognised as a Saint

70%


Om Namo Bhagawate Vasudevyaa

What are we comprised of?

1. Physical body

The physical body:This includes our physical being and the five senses of touch, taste, sound, smell and sight.

Note: Refer to our website ssrf.org for more information on what we are comprised of




1. Physical body

2. Mind

The Mind:This consists of both the conscious and sub-conscious mind. The mind is the source of all our feelings and emotions





1. Physical body

2. Mind

3. IntellectThe Intellect:Our ability to process information





1. Physical body

2. Mind

3. Intellect

4. Subtle ego

The Subtle Ego:Which gives us the feeling of being separate from God





1. Physical body

2. Mind

3. Intellect

4. Subtle ego

5. Soul

The Soul:The God Principle within each one of us

Soul

The five senses, mind and intellect



What is spiritual level

1. Physical body

2. Mind

3. Intellect

4. Subtle ego

5. Soul

The ego

The God Principlewithin each of us



Definition of spiritual level?

20% 70%High ego Low ego

The ‘evolved-ness’ or spiritual maturity or spiritual level of a person: is how

much they identify with, or have an experience of the Soul within and

conversely how much they dissociate their identity from their five senses, mind

and intellect that they are born with or in short their ego.


Who is Saint?

A Saint is therefore a person who

has a very low ego as they

experience God within themselves

and see others as the God principle

within them.

His Holiness Dr. Jayant Athavale

For more information please refer to our section on Saints on www.ssrf.org


Raising one’s spiritual level to reach Sainthood

• The only way to raise one’s spiritual level is by doing progressively higher levels of spiritual practice as per the 6 basic principles of spiritual practice.

• These principles have been explained in detail in other tutorials in the SSRF classroom.

For more information please refer to our section on Saints on www.ssrf.org