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🌼My consciousness shines in your world, like a beautiful face in a soiled mirror. Seeing that reflection, I call myself you, an individual soul, as if I could be finite!
🌼A finite soul, an infinite goddess - these are false concepts, in the minds of those unacquainted with truth.
🌼No space, my loving devotee,
exists between your Self and my Self. Know this and you are free. This is the secret wisdom.
— Devi Saraswati 🕉
•Saraswati Rhasya Upanishad 2.31–2.33
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🌼A finite soul, an infinite goddess - these are false concepts, in the minds of those unacquainted with truth.
🌼No space, my loving devotee,
exists between your Self and my Self. Know this and you are free. This is the secret wisdom.
— Devi Saraswati 🕉
•Saraswati Rhasya Upanishad 2.31–2.33
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🍃🌸DAY WISE CHANTS🌸🍃
✨While lighting the lamp -
दीपो ज्योतिः परं ब्रह्म दीपस्सर्वतमोपहः । दीपेन साध्यते सर्वं सन्ध्यादीप नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
dīpo jyotiḥ paraṁ brahma dīpassarvatamopahaḥ । dīpena sādhyate sarvaṁ sandhyādīpa namo’stu te ॥
The lamp is the light of the Supreme spirit, it removes all darkness, everything is achieved through the lamp. Oh sandhyādīpa! (lamp which is lit at the junction of day and night) Salutations to you.
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✨Before stepping out of house -
अग्रतः पृष्ठतश्चैव पार्श्वतश्च महाबलौ । आकर्णपूर्णधन्वानौ रक्षेतां रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥
agrataḥ pṛṣṭhataścaiva pārśvataśca mahābalau । ākarṇapūrṇadhanvānau rakṣetāṁ rāmalakṣmaṇau ॥
May the immensely powerful Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, with their bows strung and drawn back till the ear, protect at the front, at the back and on both sides.
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✨Seeking forgiveness for mistakes -
अपराधसहस्राणि क्रियन्तेऽहर्निशं मया । दासोऽयमिति मां मत्वा क्षमस्व परमेश्वर ॥
aparādhasahasrāṇi kriyante'harniśaṁ mayā । dāso'yamiti māṁ matvā kṣamasva parameśvara ॥
Oh Supreme Lord! Thousands of mistakes are committed by me day and night. Please forgive me, considering me to be a humble servant.
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✨While lighting the lamp -
दीपो ज्योतिः परं ब्रह्म दीपस्सर्वतमोपहः । दीपेन साध्यते सर्वं सन्ध्यादीप नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
dīpo jyotiḥ paraṁ brahma dīpassarvatamopahaḥ । dīpena sādhyate sarvaṁ sandhyādīpa namo’stu te ॥
The lamp is the light of the Supreme spirit, it removes all darkness, everything is achieved through the lamp. Oh sandhyādīpa! (lamp which is lit at the junction of day and night) Salutations to you.
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✨Before stepping out of house -
अग्रतः पृष्ठतश्चैव पार्श्वतश्च महाबलौ । आकर्णपूर्णधन्वानौ रक्षेतां रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥
agrataḥ pṛṣṭhataścaiva pārśvataśca mahābalau । ākarṇapūrṇadhanvānau rakṣetāṁ rāmalakṣmaṇau ॥
May the immensely powerful Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, with their bows strung and drawn back till the ear, protect at the front, at the back and on both sides.
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✨Seeking forgiveness for mistakes -
अपराधसहस्राणि क्रियन्तेऽहर्निशं मया । दासोऽयमिति मां मत्वा क्षमस्व परमेश्वर ॥
aparādhasahasrāṇi kriyante'harniśaṁ mayā । dāso'yamiti māṁ matvā kṣamasva parameśvara ॥
Oh Supreme Lord! Thousands of mistakes are committed by me day and night. Please forgive me, considering me to be a humble servant.
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🌿Work is worship of the Lord.
🌿Karma Yoga is the Yoga of selfless action, without agency and expectation of fruits.
🌿Karma Yoga removes the impurities of the mind. It is a potent purifier of the heart.
🌿Karma Yoga prepares the mind for the reception of Divine Light, Divine Grace, and Divine Knowledge.
🌿See God in every face. Behold the Lord in all creatures.
🌿Share what you have with others.
🌿Serve the saints and sages. Serve the sick. Serve the poor. Serve your parents. Serve your motherland. Serve humanity in general.
🌿Scrutinise always your inner motives. Destroy selfish motives.
🌿Work without egoism. Cultivate the Nimitta-Bhava. Feel you are an instrument in the hands of the Lord.
🌿Surrender always your actions and their fruits to the Lord.
🌿Have equal vision and balanced mind in pleasure and pain, gain and loss, success and failure. Develop nice adaptability.
🌿Serve always with Atma-Bhava and Narayana-Bhava.
🌿Sing Sitaram, Radheshyam or Hare Rama while you work. Remember the Lord always.
🌿Give up Abhimana of all sorts. Kill the Vairagya-abhimana, Seva-abhimana, Tyagi-abhimana, Kartritva-abhimana, male-female-abhimana, and doctor-judge-abhimana.
🌿Do not expect even thanks or appreciation for your work. Do actions as your duty, duty for duty’s sake.
🌿Never say: “I have helped that man.” Feel and think: “That man gave me an opportunity to serve.”
🌿Watch for opportunities for service. Never miss even a single opportunity.
🌿Cultivate amiable, loving, social nature, generosity. Kill selfishness.
🌿Do not be attached to the work itself. You must be able to give it up at any moment.
🌿Control the senses, practise self-restraint, tolerance, sympathy and mercy. These are the qualifications of a Karma Yogi.
~Swami Sivananda
•Amrita Gita, Chapter: Karma Yoga
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🌿Karma Yoga is the Yoga of selfless action, without agency and expectation of fruits.
🌿Karma Yoga removes the impurities of the mind. It is a potent purifier of the heart.
🌿Karma Yoga prepares the mind for the reception of Divine Light, Divine Grace, and Divine Knowledge.
🌿See God in every face. Behold the Lord in all creatures.
🌿Share what you have with others.
🌿Serve the saints and sages. Serve the sick. Serve the poor. Serve your parents. Serve your motherland. Serve humanity in general.
🌿Scrutinise always your inner motives. Destroy selfish motives.
🌿Work without egoism. Cultivate the Nimitta-Bhava. Feel you are an instrument in the hands of the Lord.
🌿Surrender always your actions and their fruits to the Lord.
🌿Have equal vision and balanced mind in pleasure and pain, gain and loss, success and failure. Develop nice adaptability.
🌿Serve always with Atma-Bhava and Narayana-Bhava.
🌿Sing Sitaram, Radheshyam or Hare Rama while you work. Remember the Lord always.
🌿Give up Abhimana of all sorts. Kill the Vairagya-abhimana, Seva-abhimana, Tyagi-abhimana, Kartritva-abhimana, male-female-abhimana, and doctor-judge-abhimana.
🌿Do not expect even thanks or appreciation for your work. Do actions as your duty, duty for duty’s sake.
🌿Never say: “I have helped that man.” Feel and think: “That man gave me an opportunity to serve.”
🌿Watch for opportunities for service. Never miss even a single opportunity.
🌿Cultivate amiable, loving, social nature, generosity. Kill selfishness.
🌿Do not be attached to the work itself. You must be able to give it up at any moment.
🌿Control the senses, practise self-restraint, tolerance, sympathy and mercy. These are the qualifications of a Karma Yogi.
~Swami Sivananda
•Amrita Gita, Chapter: Karma Yoga
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Question: Do Hindus worship cows and the natural elements?
Answer: Hindus revere cows because they regard all of creation as sacred – whether conscious or inert, whether an animal or a plant. It is not that Hindus worship cows as deities. Hindus honour cows in gratitude for their generosity, value, and gentleness. The cow is looked upon as a mother, who contributes unconditionally, in so many ways, to the daily sustenance of the human being.
Vaidika hymns do address the natural elements, but the seeker is told to focus on the elements’ underlying powers and not merely their physical aspects. Each element has ādhibhautika [physical], ādhidaivika [celestial] and ādhyātmika [spiritual] significance.
•Fire on the physical plane
•Purity on the celestial plane
•Light [Consciousness], or God, on the spiritual plane.
~From the Book: Hinduism FAQs, Q.43
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Answer: Hindus revere cows because they regard all of creation as sacred – whether conscious or inert, whether an animal or a plant. It is not that Hindus worship cows as deities. Hindus honour cows in gratitude for their generosity, value, and gentleness. The cow is looked upon as a mother, who contributes unconditionally, in so many ways, to the daily sustenance of the human being.
Vaidika hymns do address the natural elements, but the seeker is told to focus on the elements’ underlying powers and not merely their physical aspects. Each element has ādhibhautika [physical], ādhidaivika [celestial] and ādhyātmika [spiritual] significance.
Example: Agni signifies -•Fire on the physical plane
•Purity on the celestial plane
•Light [Consciousness], or God, on the spiritual plane.
~From the Book: Hinduism FAQs, Q.43
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Forwarded from God
Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. Sun is simply bright, it does not go to light candles anywhere [it does not correct anyone]. But because it is bright, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is the means of giving light to the whole world.
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🍃🌸KANAMPULLA NAYANAR - A brief Story🌸🍃
There was a town named Irukkuvelur on the south bank of river Vellar in Chozha nadu. It was a place surrounded by fertile fields, ponds and orchards. Jack fruit trees flourished on the fields and the honey from them dripped on the water bodies and floated on the surface, making them look like ponds of honey.
A rich landlord by name Kanampullar was the headman of the place. He was so devoted to Lord Shiva that he believed that the holy feet of Ishwar were the only true things in the world. Kanampullar made it his purpose in life to use his wealth to serve adiyars and also to buy oil and wicks for the burning of lamps throughout the night in the Shiva temples. His wealth started dwindlig in due course. At this stage, he left for Thillai to have darshan of Lord Shiva in the cosmic dance pose; thereafter, he decided to stay there.
He wanted to light the lamps in Thirupuleechuram. He sold away his properties and all the materials in his house and used the proceeds for meeting the cost of keeping the lamps in that temple burning. When the money thus obtained was also exhausted, he started cutting a grass known as kanampul and burning it in front of the Lord.
One day, he could not find any grass to cut and burn as a lamp. He then stood in front of the Lord, freed his knotted hair, held it aloft, lit it and waited for it to burn to the root, thus providing light to the Lord. Pleased with the sincerity, stead-fastness and sacrifice of the devotee, Lord Shiva gave Him the darshan, blessed him and let him reach His abode.
~From: Periya Puranam
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There was a town named Irukkuvelur on the south bank of river Vellar in Chozha nadu. It was a place surrounded by fertile fields, ponds and orchards. Jack fruit trees flourished on the fields and the honey from them dripped on the water bodies and floated on the surface, making them look like ponds of honey.
A rich landlord by name Kanampullar was the headman of the place. He was so devoted to Lord Shiva that he believed that the holy feet of Ishwar were the only true things in the world. Kanampullar made it his purpose in life to use his wealth to serve adiyars and also to buy oil and wicks for the burning of lamps throughout the night in the Shiva temples. His wealth started dwindlig in due course. At this stage, he left for Thillai to have darshan of Lord Shiva in the cosmic dance pose; thereafter, he decided to stay there.
He wanted to light the lamps in Thirupuleechuram. He sold away his properties and all the materials in his house and used the proceeds for meeting the cost of keeping the lamps in that temple burning. When the money thus obtained was also exhausted, he started cutting a grass known as kanampul and burning it in front of the Lord.
One day, he could not find any grass to cut and burn as a lamp. He then stood in front of the Lord, freed his knotted hair, held it aloft, lit it and waited for it to burn to the root, thus providing light to the Lord. Pleased with the sincerity, stead-fastness and sacrifice of the devotee, Lord Shiva gave Him the darshan, blessed him and let him reach His abode.
~From: Periya Puranam
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✨QUALITY OF MIND✨
A concentrated mind is a powerful mind and a dissipated mind is a weak mind. In order to develop mental power you must first develop a concentrated mind. A dissipated mind cannot have mental power. If the thoughts are scattered, they can be brought into concentrated focus by specific concentration practices. Then your mind will become so powerful that you can influence the minds of others. You can influence your character, your health, your whole life. If you have a stomach disorder, mental disorder, breathing disorder or any disorder, you can remove it by willpower alone. How can you develop willpower?
The secret is to concentrate the mind on one point. What is meant by a strong mind? A strong mind is one which can carry out its own decisions. In contrast, a weak mind is one which decides one thing but does another. From tomorrow I am going to do this or that but when tomorrow comes you forget everything. You are still the same because your mind is dissipated. All the great men about whom you have read in history, whether artists, writers, musicians, politicians, statesmen, military leaders, scientists or saints, achieved greatness because of the quality of their mind. They did not become great by a freak of nature or a stroke of luck. They each had a concentrated and hence a gifted mind.
To develop a higher quality of mind, you will have to analyze yourself and your aims, and you will have to give some time to the practice of concentration [preferably God forms, saints, sages, divine letters like "Aum", sacred places like Temples, natural scenes and objects, any of the 5 elements etc. - or any thing, the thought of which produces positivity and tranquility within you] for a certain while in the morning and evening. Remember always, if you want to do something or become something in your life, the quality of your mind has to be improved. If you have a low quality of mind then your performance in all spheres will be poor. If the quality of your mind is high then your performance will be correspondingly very great.
~Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
•From - Dharana Darshan
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A concentrated mind is a powerful mind and a dissipated mind is a weak mind. In order to develop mental power you must first develop a concentrated mind. A dissipated mind cannot have mental power. If the thoughts are scattered, they can be brought into concentrated focus by specific concentration practices. Then your mind will become so powerful that you can influence the minds of others. You can influence your character, your health, your whole life. If you have a stomach disorder, mental disorder, breathing disorder or any disorder, you can remove it by willpower alone. How can you develop willpower?
The secret is to concentrate the mind on one point. What is meant by a strong mind? A strong mind is one which can carry out its own decisions. In contrast, a weak mind is one which decides one thing but does another. From tomorrow I am going to do this or that but when tomorrow comes you forget everything. You are still the same because your mind is dissipated. All the great men about whom you have read in history, whether artists, writers, musicians, politicians, statesmen, military leaders, scientists or saints, achieved greatness because of the quality of their mind. They did not become great by a freak of nature or a stroke of luck. They each had a concentrated and hence a gifted mind.
To develop a higher quality of mind, you will have to analyze yourself and your aims, and you will have to give some time to the practice of concentration [preferably God forms, saints, sages, divine letters like "Aum", sacred places like Temples, natural scenes and objects, any of the 5 elements etc. - or any thing, the thought of which produces positivity and tranquility within you] for a certain while in the morning and evening. Remember always, if you want to do something or become something in your life, the quality of your mind has to be improved. If you have a low quality of mind then your performance in all spheres will be poor. If the quality of your mind is high then your performance will be correspondingly very great.
~Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
•From - Dharana Darshan
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🌿The person is noisy and seeks peace, but cannot find it. Peace is not a gift one receives from outside. Paradoxically, it arises from within when the 'person', who appears to be seeking it, is seen to be unreal. When there is true urge to find Truth, grace reveals what mind cannot. Peace is here, behind the mind, awaiting recognition. It is unmixed Presence—timelessly present. It is synonymous with your true Self but not with your person. You exist without the 'person' but the 'person' cannot exist without you, for it is not sentient, whereas You are. Turn your attention within and discern the Real [Self/Atman] from the unreal [body/mind/world].
🌿You say - 'The Truth is uncatchable.'
Do you know why It is uncatchable? Because the one who says that "It cannot be caught" does not exist. Truth is already here, but something, a voice, is referring to Truth as 'It'. But is there really something other than It to be able to refer to It as ‘It’? Or is It itself referring to itself as ‘It’? Because if you feel there is something else called 'a person' referring to It as ‘It’, you will never find It. It will always be a theoretical ‘It’. But when it is found that It alone exists, and only It can call itself ‘It’, then ... that's It!
~Mooji
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🌿You say - 'The Truth is uncatchable.'
Do you know why It is uncatchable? Because the one who says that "It cannot be caught" does not exist. Truth is already here, but something, a voice, is referring to Truth as 'It'. But is there really something other than It to be able to refer to It as ‘It’? Or is It itself referring to itself as ‘It’? Because if you feel there is something else called 'a person' referring to It as ‘It’, you will never find It. It will always be a theoretical ‘It’. But when it is found that It alone exists, and only It can call itself ‘It’, then ... that's It!
~Mooji
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I kept asking repeatedly for your love and grace - thinking I was devoid of them. Only to realise later that it is only due to your love and grace, that fools like me can even think of you in the first place!
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🍃🌸How to become pure in mind🌸🍃
✨Explained by Swami Vivekananda✨
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🍃🌸How to become pure in mind🌸🍃
✨Explained by Swami Vivekananda✨
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Forwarded from Ramana Maharshi | रमण महर्षि | ரமண மகரிஷி
Maharshi: The eternal, unbroken, natural state of abiding in the Self is jnana. To abide in the Self you must love the Self. Since God is verily the Self, love of the Self is love of God; and that is bhakti. Jnana and bhakti are thus one and the same.
~From 'Maharishi's Gospel', Bk. I, Ch. IV
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~From 'Maharishi's Gospel', Bk. I, Ch. IV
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Forwarded from Devotee
What are all these duties and responsibilities? Isn't doing these whole-heartedly, O Lord, your service and your worship only? Why then others see these as a barrier to their spiritual growth? Are not you alone, My Lord, appearing as everything in this world?
Knowing thus, I work and act - offering every work and act to you. By serving others, I serve you only. With this attitude, every work and action of mine, has become a spiritual practice in itself. I need not run away from anything to feel you, O all-pervading one! ✨
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Knowing thus, I work and act - offering every work and act to you. By serving others, I serve you only. With this attitude, every work and action of mine, has become a spiritual practice in itself. I need not run away from anything to feel you, O all-pervading one! ✨
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The Jiva [i.e. the living being, the creature] is subjected to great worldly pain, grief, miseries and torments because it has not understood the real nature of its own ‘Self’. This ‘Self’ is pure consciousness that is also the nature of the Supreme Self known as Brahman, the Supreme Being [ness], that is an embodiment of eternal bliss and beatitude. So therefore, as long as this realisation does not dawn upon the creature because he is deluded and ignorant, he remains engulfed in all sorts of miseries and torments, which however vanish on their own upon realisation of the ‘Self’.
~Rishi Shandilya
•Shandilya Bhakti Sutras, 2/1/7
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~Rishi Shandilya
•Shandilya Bhakti Sutras, 2/1/7
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🍃🌸Human Birth - A Rare Opportunity🌸🍃
✨Explained by Swami Turiyananda✨
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🍃🌸Human Birth - A Rare Opportunity🌸🍃
✨Explained by Swami Turiyananda✨
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Forwarded from God
Spiritual process is not to be practiced as a part-time thing. The whole point of it is that the process should become a part of you. It must be going on, all the time, just like breathing. You may do anything in the outside world, but the spiritual process must be kept on, internally, 24×7.
Worry not if you're unable to make it go on all the time just yet, but make sure to keep it up as long as you can, to the best of your ability. Then everything will fall in place in due time. Otherwise, you will only waste your precious time and the moment of death would be full of self-regret.
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Worry not if you're unable to make it go on all the time just yet, but make sure to keep it up as long as you can, to the best of your ability. Then everything will fall in place in due time. Otherwise, you will only waste your precious time and the moment of death would be full of self-regret.
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Forwarded from Devotee
Every breath that I have taken without your remembrance, is wasted. Now I won't mind even if you take my breath away forever, but never even for a moment, let my mind wander off you!
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