Introduction to Paradise

Once, a man was on an island, where he happened to observe the sun setting. It really moved him. “I wish I could see this sunset forever”, he wrote about this experience.

Nature is astoundingly beautiful. One can never get tired admiring it. One can watch it forever! But of course, we can’t do that, for we have to leave this world one day.

In this world, nature is a glimpse of Paradise. The finesse of Paradise, its beauty and its immense attractiveness—a distant glimpse of all this is available in this world itself, in the form of nature.

Nature reminds us of Paradise. It reminds us that we should lead a virtuous life in this world so that in the Hereafter we may be able to be admitted into the astoundingly beautiful world of Paradise. In the present world, we cannot experience complete enjoyment from a mere glimpse of Paradise in the form of nature. But in the perfect world of the Hereafter, this complete enjoyment will be possible for every person who is settled there.