🍃🌸Patience - The most important key🌸🍃
🌿After all we have all spent several lives without any thought of God. Now we have awakened to the need for spiritual life and begun some practice. And we want immediate result! How absurd! We spend years to learn a language or a subject. How much more will be required to learn even the A B C D of Atma Vidya!
🌿Do not feel any disappointment. Go on with your spiritual practice with infinite patience. A seasoned angler, who knows that the fish is in the water, will sit patiently for the fish to swallow the bait. Infinite patience is a sign of sincere faith. The Lord’s grace is sure to uplift you in the long run. A few years is not a period of any significance in the scale of infinity. If we understand this, we will not feel we have been struggling too long without any result.
🌿Realization of God is not like eating some sweet balls. In the first place one must have strong yearning for God and one with such yearning will develop detachment for the objects of the senses. Then one must practise Sadhanas and dedicated work all through life. Making all effort with all our strength and still not attaining Him, we should surrender ourselves to Him and seek His grace.
🌿There is a saying of Sri Ramakrishna to the following effect: A bird sitting on the mast of a ship wants to cross the ocean. Being impatient, it tries to fly in all directions to reach the shore. Failing in it and realizing that its own effort cannot take it to the destination, it comes back to the ship. The ship in its own time takes it across the sea to the other shore. True resignation can come only after we have exhausted all our efforts. And when we are truly resigned to Him, He bestows His grace. So Sadhana and self-surrender accompanied by work, must go on all through life. You must never be impatient that our efforts have not brought any results. His grace must be the only result we should have in view.
~Swami Tapasyananda
•From: Spiritual Quest, P. 184-185
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🌿After all we have all spent several lives without any thought of God. Now we have awakened to the need for spiritual life and begun some practice. And we want immediate result! How absurd! We spend years to learn a language or a subject. How much more will be required to learn even the A B C D of Atma Vidya!
🌿Do not feel any disappointment. Go on with your spiritual practice with infinite patience. A seasoned angler, who knows that the fish is in the water, will sit patiently for the fish to swallow the bait. Infinite patience is a sign of sincere faith. The Lord’s grace is sure to uplift you in the long run. A few years is not a period of any significance in the scale of infinity. If we understand this, we will not feel we have been struggling too long without any result.
🌿Realization of God is not like eating some sweet balls. In the first place one must have strong yearning for God and one with such yearning will develop detachment for the objects of the senses. Then one must practise Sadhanas and dedicated work all through life. Making all effort with all our strength and still not attaining Him, we should surrender ourselves to Him and seek His grace.
🌿There is a saying of Sri Ramakrishna to the following effect: A bird sitting on the mast of a ship wants to cross the ocean. Being impatient, it tries to fly in all directions to reach the shore. Failing in it and realizing that its own effort cannot take it to the destination, it comes back to the ship. The ship in its own time takes it across the sea to the other shore. True resignation can come only after we have exhausted all our efforts. And when we are truly resigned to Him, He bestows His grace. So Sadhana and self-surrender accompanied by work, must go on all through life. You must never be impatient that our efforts have not brought any results. His grace must be the only result we should have in view.
~Swami Tapasyananda
•From: Spiritual Quest, P. 184-185
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🍃🌸MAYA AS THE LIBERATING POWER [VIDYA]🌸🍃
🌿In God there are both Vidya Maya and Avidya Maya. The Vidya Maya takes man towards God, whereas the Avidya Maya leads him astray. Knowledge, devotion, dispassion, compassion—all these are expressions of Vidya Maya; only with their help can one reach God.
🌿 It is Maya which reveals Brahman. Without Maya, who could have known Brahman? Without knowing Sakti, the manifested power of God, there is no means of knowing Him.
🌿 It is only due to Maya that the attainment of supreme knowledge and final beatitude becomes possible for us. Otherwise who could even dream of all this ? From Maya alone spring duality and relativity; beyond Maya there is neither the enjoyer nor the object of enjoyment.
🌿 The cat catches her kitten with her teeth and they are not hurt; but when a mouse is so caught, it dies. Thus Maya never kills the devotee, though it destroys others.
~ Ramakrishna Paramahansa
•Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna, Chapter 2, Verses 62-65
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🌿In God there are both Vidya Maya and Avidya Maya. The Vidya Maya takes man towards God, whereas the Avidya Maya leads him astray. Knowledge, devotion, dispassion, compassion—all these are expressions of Vidya Maya; only with their help can one reach God.
🌿 It is Maya which reveals Brahman. Without Maya, who could have known Brahman? Without knowing Sakti, the manifested power of God, there is no means of knowing Him.
🌿 It is only due to Maya that the attainment of supreme knowledge and final beatitude becomes possible for us. Otherwise who could even dream of all this ? From Maya alone spring duality and relativity; beyond Maya there is neither the enjoyer nor the object of enjoyment.
🌿 The cat catches her kitten with her teeth and they are not hurt; but when a mouse is so caught, it dies. Thus Maya never kills the devotee, though it destroys others.
~ Ramakrishna Paramahansa
•Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna, Chapter 2, Verses 62-65
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🌿प्रस्तावसदृशं वाक्यम् स्वभावसदृशीं क्रियाम्। आत्मशक्तिसमं कोपं यो जानाति स पण्डितः ॥
A person can be called wise if he knows what to speak in a given situation, knows what to do in accordance with his innate nature and knows how far to be angry in proportion to his strength.
~From: Hitopadesha
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What we speak has to be appropriate to the occasion, or the given time. Words, deeds and display of emotions are important in human relations. Inappropriate or intemperate words can land a person in an awkward situation.
Similarly, a wise person does not take up an activity which is not compatible with his aptitudes or innate talents. He does not embark on the proverbial wild goose chase. An old proverb reads - "A man without a smiling face should not open a shop".
A wise person also knows to what extent he can demonstrate his anger, for the good or welfare of the other person. He knows his own strength before displaying his anger or doing something in a fit of anger. His anger isn't a result of a compulsive reaction.
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prastāvasadṛśam vākyam svabhāvasadṛśīm kriyām atmaśaktisamam kopam yo jānāti sa panditaḥ ||A person can be called wise if he knows what to speak in a given situation, knows what to do in accordance with his innate nature and knows how far to be angry in proportion to his strength.
~From: Hitopadesha
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Commentary:What we speak has to be appropriate to the occasion, or the given time. Words, deeds and display of emotions are important in human relations. Inappropriate or intemperate words can land a person in an awkward situation.
Similarly, a wise person does not take up an activity which is not compatible with his aptitudes or innate talents. He does not embark on the proverbial wild goose chase. An old proverb reads - "A man without a smiling face should not open a shop".
A wise person also knows to what extent he can demonstrate his anger, for the good or welfare of the other person. He knows his own strength before displaying his anger or doing something in a fit of anger. His anger isn't a result of a compulsive reaction.
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Here Rishi Vasistha interposed and asked:
How did you manage to get out of the clutches of Yama [Death], engaged as you were in worldly actions?
Kak Bhusunda said:
What good results will accrue to those who will not act up to the injunctions of the Great ones? Though you know this, I shall explain it to you, in as much as you have asked of me.
🌿Yama will not in the least approach those whose minds have cast off the beads of the pearls of stains strung in the string of pains.
🌿Yama will not approach those minds are never subject to the agonies which are like a sword to the tree of certitude or vermin to the body.
🌿Yama will not approach those wise persons who do not nourish in themselves the hissing serpent of desire which rests its head in the mind and twines itself round this tree of perishable body.
🌿Yama will not approach those Jnanis who are not bitten by the serpent of greed in the hole of their mind and emitting the venom of likes and dislikes.
🌿Yama will not approach those persons who have eradicated the root of anger in the ocean of the body without making the Vadava fire to spread itself without making the waters of discrimination to dry up.
🌿Yama will not approach those whose minds are not inflamed by Kama [passion] but are crushed like sesame seeds in an oil-press.
🌿Yama will not approach those who attain quiescence in the imperishable and immaculate Nirvanic Seat without any pains through excessive meditation.
It is the stains above mentioned that form the germs of existence. But they will not affect those great minds that have become non-dual and without any differences [of conception]. Those pains which arise through mental disease and produce all illusions will not even go near that non-dual mind divested of all differences. They will not come in contact with that non-dual mind devoid of all differences, wherein the Hridya-Akasa [Space of Heart] is not obscured, and Raga and Dwesha [likes and dislikes] thoughts are destroyed. They will not in the least enter that non-dual mind which is free from bad thoughts, words, qualities or actions and whichever looks equally upon all.
~From: Laghu Yoga Vashishta, Nirvana Prakaran
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How did you manage to get out of the clutches of Yama [Death], engaged as you were in worldly actions?
Kak Bhusunda said:
What good results will accrue to those who will not act up to the injunctions of the Great ones? Though you know this, I shall explain it to you, in as much as you have asked of me.
🌿Yama will not in the least approach those whose minds have cast off the beads of the pearls of stains strung in the string of pains.
🌿Yama will not approach those minds are never subject to the agonies which are like a sword to the tree of certitude or vermin to the body.
🌿Yama will not approach those wise persons who do not nourish in themselves the hissing serpent of desire which rests its head in the mind and twines itself round this tree of perishable body.
🌿Yama will not approach those Jnanis who are not bitten by the serpent of greed in the hole of their mind and emitting the venom of likes and dislikes.
🌿Yama will not approach those persons who have eradicated the root of anger in the ocean of the body without making the Vadava fire to spread itself without making the waters of discrimination to dry up.
🌿Yama will not approach those whose minds are not inflamed by Kama [passion] but are crushed like sesame seeds in an oil-press.
🌿Yama will not approach those who attain quiescence in the imperishable and immaculate Nirvanic Seat without any pains through excessive meditation.
It is the stains above mentioned that form the germs of existence. But they will not affect those great minds that have become non-dual and without any differences [of conception]. Those pains which arise through mental disease and produce all illusions will not even go near that non-dual mind divested of all differences. They will not come in contact with that non-dual mind devoid of all differences, wherein the Hridya-Akasa [Space of Heart] is not obscured, and Raga and Dwesha [likes and dislikes] thoughts are destroyed. They will not in the least enter that non-dual mind which is free from bad thoughts, words, qualities or actions and whichever looks equally upon all.
~From: Laghu Yoga Vashishta, Nirvana Prakaran
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✨HAPPY GURU-PURNIMA✨
🌿Salutations to Sri Guru who shows the right path to one whose mind is deluded by attachment and thus confused in the forest of Samsara.
🌿Afflicted by the three kinds of fires, the restless creatures on earth wander aimlessly. To such people the Guru is verily the Supreme Ganga. Prostrations to such Guru.
🌿Whatever the merit is acquired from pilgrimages and bathing in the sacred water extending to the seven seas by one, cannot be equal to one-thousandth part of the merit derived from partaking the feet-washed water of the Guru.
🌿If Shiva is angry, the Guru saves you; but if the Guru is angry, even Shiva cannot save you. Therefore, with every effort, take refuge in the Guru.
🌿The syllable “Gu” is that which transcends all attributes, and the syllable “Ru” is that which is without form. The Guru is said to be the one who bestows the state that is beyond attributes (and form).
🌿O dear, Guru is the Shiva without three eyes; He is the Lord Vishnu with two hands. He is again Brahma with one face.
🌿Even the Devas, the Kinnaras, Gandharvas, Pitris Yakshas and the sages like Tumburu and others do not know the right technique of serving the Guru.
🌿People who are well versed in Tarkashastra (Logic), in the Vedic Chhanda Karmakandins (one well-versed in religious ceremonies, rites and rituals), people well versed in worldly sciences - none of them knows the pure Guru Tattva in its entirety.
🌿On account of great egotism, pride, power of tapas, and education, Jivas (individual souls) roam about in this world like the pots in a persial wheel.
🌿Neither those who perform great sacrifices, nor yogis, nor those who practice severe austerities are liberated if they are averse to Guru Tattva.
🌿Those who are averse to the service of the Guru cannot be expected to be liberated from the cycle of Samsara (birth and death), may be they are Gandharvas, Pitris, Yakshas, Rishis, Siddhas or Devas.
🌿What is the use of elaborating here? Without Guru’s infinite grace peace of mind is difficult even after studying millions of scriptures.
🌿O Mahadevi, having heard the importance of the Guru, whoever indulges in vilifying the Guru goes to terrible hells and stays there as long as the sun and moon shine on the earth.
🌿At all times and under all conditions one should feel the non duality of the Self but one should never have this feeling with his Guru.
🌿One should worship the sacred lotus feet of the Satguru till the “seen” disappears (absence of duality). To those only there is liberation and not to those who act in contradiction.
🌿Even though one is the knower of the entire truth (knower of all shastras); if he is a Guru Tyagi (abandoner of the Guru) he will face, at the time of death, great distraction.
🌿On seeing a person speaking ill of the Guru, if one is not able to cut his tongue, one should drive out that person from that place. If the person lives there, then one should leave that place.
🌿The Guru is one who instructs the disciple about attributeless, eternal Brahman, and there by reveals the Brahmanbhava (feeling of being Brahman) in his heart just like one lamp kindles another lamp is the Guru.
🌿By steadiness in the path to liberation, by seeing one’s own Self in oneself, by the practice of introspection within and by the Grace of the Guru, the Knowledge of the Self dawns in the Sadhaka.
🌿Guru is Shiva, Guru is God. Guru is the relative of all embodied beings. Guru is the Self. Guru is Jiva. There is nothing other than the Guru.
~Lord Shiva to Devi Parvati 🕉
• Verses from Guru Gita, Chapter 1 and 2
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🌿Salutations to Sri Guru who shows the right path to one whose mind is deluded by attachment and thus confused in the forest of Samsara.
🌿Afflicted by the three kinds of fires, the restless creatures on earth wander aimlessly. To such people the Guru is verily the Supreme Ganga. Prostrations to such Guru.
🌿Whatever the merit is acquired from pilgrimages and bathing in the sacred water extending to the seven seas by one, cannot be equal to one-thousandth part of the merit derived from partaking the feet-washed water of the Guru.
🌿If Shiva is angry, the Guru saves you; but if the Guru is angry, even Shiva cannot save you. Therefore, with every effort, take refuge in the Guru.
🌿The syllable “Gu” is that which transcends all attributes, and the syllable “Ru” is that which is without form. The Guru is said to be the one who bestows the state that is beyond attributes (and form).
🌿O dear, Guru is the Shiva without three eyes; He is the Lord Vishnu with two hands. He is again Brahma with one face.
🌿Even the Devas, the Kinnaras, Gandharvas, Pitris Yakshas and the sages like Tumburu and others do not know the right technique of serving the Guru.
🌿People who are well versed in Tarkashastra (Logic), in the Vedic Chhanda Karmakandins (one well-versed in religious ceremonies, rites and rituals), people well versed in worldly sciences - none of them knows the pure Guru Tattva in its entirety.
🌿On account of great egotism, pride, power of tapas, and education, Jivas (individual souls) roam about in this world like the pots in a persial wheel.
🌿Neither those who perform great sacrifices, nor yogis, nor those who practice severe austerities are liberated if they are averse to Guru Tattva.
🌿Those who are averse to the service of the Guru cannot be expected to be liberated from the cycle of Samsara (birth and death), may be they are Gandharvas, Pitris, Yakshas, Rishis, Siddhas or Devas.
🌿What is the use of elaborating here? Without Guru’s infinite grace peace of mind is difficult even after studying millions of scriptures.
🌿O Mahadevi, having heard the importance of the Guru, whoever indulges in vilifying the Guru goes to terrible hells and stays there as long as the sun and moon shine on the earth.
🌿At all times and under all conditions one should feel the non duality of the Self but one should never have this feeling with his Guru.
🌿One should worship the sacred lotus feet of the Satguru till the “seen” disappears (absence of duality). To those only there is liberation and not to those who act in contradiction.
🌿Even though one is the knower of the entire truth (knower of all shastras); if he is a Guru Tyagi (abandoner of the Guru) he will face, at the time of death, great distraction.
🌿On seeing a person speaking ill of the Guru, if one is not able to cut his tongue, one should drive out that person from that place. If the person lives there, then one should leave that place.
🌿The Guru is one who instructs the disciple about attributeless, eternal Brahman, and there by reveals the Brahmanbhava (feeling of being Brahman) in his heart just like one lamp kindles another lamp is the Guru.
🌿By steadiness in the path to liberation, by seeing one’s own Self in oneself, by the practice of introspection within and by the Grace of the Guru, the Knowledge of the Self dawns in the Sadhaka.
🌿Guru is Shiva, Guru is God. Guru is the relative of all embodied beings. Guru is the Self. Guru is Jiva. There is nothing other than the Guru.
~Lord Shiva to Devi Parvati 🕉
• Verses from Guru Gita, Chapter 1 and 2
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Wishing each and everyone of you a very auspicious Guru Purnima. May, by the grace of Lord/Guru, you all be guided towards the knowledge of Brahman and attain your highest good. 🌸🍃_____________
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