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Nothing in the world can provide you with the lasting happiness.
Because you already have it within you.
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Because you already have it within you.
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asanśhayam—undoubtedly; mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one; manaḥ—the mind; durnigraham—difficult to restrain; chalam—restless; abhyāsena—by practice; tu—but; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; vairāgyeṇa—by detachment; cha—and; gṛihyate—can be controlled
Oh, Son of Kunti, it is undoubtedly very difficult to gain control over the restless mind. But by constant practice [abhyasa] and detachment [vairagya], it can be done.
~Lord Krishna to Arjuna
•Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 35
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असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् |
अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते ||asanśhayam—undoubtedly; mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one; manaḥ—the mind; durnigraham—difficult to restrain; chalam—restless; abhyāsena—by practice; tu—but; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; vairāgyeṇa—by detachment; cha—and; gṛihyate—can be controlled
Oh, Son of Kunti, it is undoubtedly very difficult to gain control over the restless mind. But by constant practice [abhyasa] and detachment [vairagya], it can be done.
~Lord Krishna to Arjuna
•Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 35
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🌿The eye cannot see it; mind cannot grasp it. The deathless Self [Atman] has neither caste nor race, neither eyes nor ears nor hands nor feet. Sages say this Self [Atman] is infinite, [pervading] in the great and in the small, everlasting and changeless, the source of life.
🌿As the web issues out of the spider And is withdrawn, as plants sprout from the earth, as hair grows from the body, even so, the sages say, this universe springs from the deathless Self [Atman], the source of life.
~Mundaka Upanishad, 1.1.6-7
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🌿As the web issues out of the spider And is withdrawn, as plants sprout from the earth, as hair grows from the body, even so, the sages say, this universe springs from the deathless Self [Atman], the source of life.
~Mundaka Upanishad, 1.1.6-7
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🌿Delight in the study of the writings that glorify the Lord and His works. Have earnest faith in the teachings of the great Gurus of yore.
🌿Once that your Guru has opened your eyes to the Light of Lights [God], never again to be seduced by the fatal charms of the senses. Learn to regard all sensations with equal indifference.
🌿A seeker must acquire a true knowledge of the individual self [Jivatman] and the Supreme [Paramatman]; he must devote himself to meditation, worship and the adoration of the Supreme; this knowledge with discipline leads him to the realization of the Supreme.
🌿Seek not the company of those that are ever intent on the pursuit of wealth and pleasure; but remain, as much as possible, with those that are devoted to the Lord. Nor converse with slanderers and scandal mongers.
~Sri Ramanujacharya
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🌿Once that your Guru has opened your eyes to the Light of Lights [God], never again to be seduced by the fatal charms of the senses. Learn to regard all sensations with equal indifference.
🌿A seeker must acquire a true knowledge of the individual self [Jivatman] and the Supreme [Paramatman]; he must devote himself to meditation, worship and the adoration of the Supreme; this knowledge with discipline leads him to the realization of the Supreme.
🌿Seek not the company of those that are ever intent on the pursuit of wealth and pleasure; but remain, as much as possible, with those that are devoted to the Lord. Nor converse with slanderers and scandal mongers.
~Sri Ramanujacharya
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🌿The first signs of progress on the path of yoga are health, a sense of physical lightness, clearness of complexion, a beautiful voice, an agreeable odor of the person, and freedom from craving.
🌿As a soiled piece of metal, when it has been cleaned, shines brightly, so the dweller in the body, when he has realized the truth of the Self, loses his sorrow and becomes radiant with bliss.
🌿The yogi experiences directly the truth of Brahman by realizing the light of the Self within. He is freed from all impurities–he the pure, the birthless, the bright.
~Shvetashvatara Upanishad, 2:13-15
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🌿As a soiled piece of metal, when it has been cleaned, shines brightly, so the dweller in the body, when he has realized the truth of the Self, loses his sorrow and becomes radiant with bliss.
🌿The yogi experiences directly the truth of Brahman by realizing the light of the Self within. He is freed from all impurities–he the pure, the birthless, the bright.
~Shvetashvatara Upanishad, 2:13-15
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Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.
When the mother and father love their children, they do not compare them, they do not compare their child with another child; it is their child and they love their child. But you want to compare yourself with something better, with something nobler, with something richer, so you create in yourself a lack of love.
So as long as the mind is comparing, there is no love, and the mind is always judging, comparing, weighing, looking to find out where the weakness is. So where there is comparison, there is no love.
Love is not a sentiment, not romanticism, not dependent on something, and that state is extremely arduous and difficult to understand, or to be in-because our minds are always interfering, limiting, encroaching upon its functioning. Therefore it is important to understand first the mind and its ways; otherwise we shall be caught in illusions, caught in words and sensations that have very little significance.
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
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When the mother and father love their children, they do not compare them, they do not compare their child with another child; it is their child and they love their child. But you want to compare yourself with something better, with something nobler, with something richer, so you create in yourself a lack of love.
So as long as the mind is comparing, there is no love, and the mind is always judging, comparing, weighing, looking to find out where the weakness is. So where there is comparison, there is no love.
Love is not a sentiment, not romanticism, not dependent on something, and that state is extremely arduous and difficult to understand, or to be in-because our minds are always interfering, limiting, encroaching upon its functioning. Therefore it is important to understand first the mind and its ways; otherwise we shall be caught in illusions, caught in words and sensations that have very little significance.
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Forwarded from God
Don't get disappointed if your wishes are not granted. It is all for your good. You are given only that much, which you're ready for and capable to handle. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Forwarded from Devotee
You must bear the burdens of those who, out of wisdom and devotion, surrender to you, O Lord. For they have offered you their life, with faith and love. It is this surrender, devotion, love and faith - that holds the power of even binding You - the boundless one. You too, my Lord, out of your compassion, gladly accept this bondage as well.
Others - who lack faith and love towards you - you take care of them as well. Unfortunately they are not aware about it, as they are not conscious enough to acknowledge your blissful all-pervading presence. They act too much out of their blunt limited logic and arrogance and even deny your existence. That's why they always complain, lament and suffer, out of their own folly.
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Others - who lack faith and love towards you - you take care of them as well. Unfortunately they are not aware about it, as they are not conscious enough to acknowledge your blissful all-pervading presence. They act too much out of their blunt limited logic and arrogance and even deny your existence. That's why they always complain, lament and suffer, out of their own folly.
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🌿Don't talk of evil, don't think of evil, and don't do evil. Be like a rose, wafting to all the sweet fragrance of soul goodness.
🌿Make everyone feel that you are a friend; that you are a helper, not a destroyer. If you want to be good, analyze yourself and develop the virtues in you.
🌿Banish the thought that evil has any part in your nature, and it will drop off. Make everyone else feel that you are an image of God, not by your words but by your behaviour.
🌿Emphasize the light, and darkness will be no more. Study, meditate, and do good to others.
~Paramahansa Yogananda
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🌿Make everyone feel that you are a friend; that you are a helper, not a destroyer. If you want to be good, analyze yourself and develop the virtues in you.
🌿Banish the thought that evil has any part in your nature, and it will drop off. Make everyone else feel that you are an image of God, not by your words but by your behaviour.
🌿Emphasize the light, and darkness will be no more. Study, meditate, and do good to others.
~Paramahansa Yogananda
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Start your day with the auspicious darshan of Bajrang Bali. 🙏
Jai Shri Hanuman! ✨
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Start your day with the auspicious darshan of Bajrang Bali. 🙏
Jai Shri Hanuman! ✨
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SIGNIFICANCE OF WORSHIPPING AN ATMA-GYANI
🌿यं यं लोकं मनसा संविभाति विशुद्धसत्त्वः कामयते यांश्च कामान् । तं तं लोकं जयते तांश्च कामांस्तस्मादात्मज्ञं ह्यर्चयेत्भूतिकामः ॥
Whatever worlds [realms] he covets by his mind, and whatever objects he, the man of pure mind wishes, he gains those worlds and those objects. Therefore, let him who longs for such desires worship him [the realised one] who knows the atman.
[The above verse indicates that worshipping the realised being, with certain desires in mind, fulfills those desires]
🌿स वेदैतत्परमं ब्रह्म धाम यत्र विश्वं निहितं भाति शुभ्रम् । उपासते पुरुषं ये ह्यकामास्ते शुक्रमेतदतिवर्तन्ति धीराः ॥
He [the realised one] knows the highest Brahman, the place where all this universe rests, and which shines with clear brightness. The intelligent, who, free from all [worldly] desire, worship this [realised] man, go beyond this seed [of samsara].
[The above verse indicates that worshipping the realised being, with no desires in mind, makes one liberated from samsara]
~Mundakopanishad, 3.1.10 and 3.2.1
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🌿यं यं लोकं मनसा संविभाति विशुद्धसत्त्वः कामयते यांश्च कामान् । तं तं लोकं जयते तांश्च कामांस्तस्मादात्मज्ञं ह्यर्चयेत्भूतिकामः ॥
Whatever worlds [realms] he covets by his mind, and whatever objects he, the man of pure mind wishes, he gains those worlds and those objects. Therefore, let him who longs for such desires worship him [the realised one] who knows the atman.
[The above verse indicates that worshipping the realised being, with certain desires in mind, fulfills those desires]
🌿स वेदैतत्परमं ब्रह्म धाम यत्र विश्वं निहितं भाति शुभ्रम् । उपासते पुरुषं ये ह्यकामास्ते शुक्रमेतदतिवर्तन्ति धीराः ॥
He [the realised one] knows the highest Brahman, the place where all this universe rests, and which shines with clear brightness. The intelligent, who, free from all [worldly] desire, worship this [realised] man, go beyond this seed [of samsara].
[The above verse indicates that worshipping the realised being, with no desires in mind, makes one liberated from samsara]
~Mundakopanishad, 3.1.10 and 3.2.1
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Be truthful in every way. Without purity, one cannot advance towards Divinity.
~Anandamayi Ma
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Forwarded from God
Whenever the mind becomes distracted, recollect it and turn it back within. Do this repeatedly and make it a habit. Eventually, the day will dawn when mind won't wander compulsively at all and become still in its source. That's the day when your true glory will be revealed to you.
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वेदः स्मृतिः सदाचारः स्वस्य च प्रियं आत्मनः ।
एतच्चतुर्विधं प्राहुः साक्षाद्धर्मस्य लक्षणम् । । २.१२ । ।
The Veda, the Smṛti, the conduct of noble men, and what is agreeable to one's conscience—these directly constitute the fourfold means of knowing Dharma.
~Manu Smriti, 2.12
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एतच्चतुर्विधं प्राहुः साक्षाद्धर्मस्य लक्षणम् । । २.१२ । ।
The Veda, the Smṛti, the conduct of noble men, and what is agreeable to one's conscience—these directly constitute the fourfold means of knowing Dharma.
~Manu Smriti, 2.12
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WHAT IS VEDANTA?
🌿वेदान्तो नामोपनिषत्प्रमाणं तदुपकारीणि शारीरकसूत्रादीनि च ॥३॥
Vedānta¹ is the evidence² of the Upaniṣads, as well as the Śārīraka Sūtras³ and other books⁴ that help in the correct expounding of its meaning.
Vedānta—It literally means the concluding, or the philosophical, portion of the Vedas.
Evidence—The Sanskrit word Pramāṇa literally means the instrument of Pramā or Knowledge. The Vedānta philosophy acknowledges the following six classes of evidence: (a) Pratyakṣa (Direct Perception), (b) Anumāna (Inference), (c) Upamāna (Analogy), (d) Śabda (Scriptural Statement), (e) Arthāpatti (Presumption), (f) Anupalabdhi (Non-apprehension). The evidence furnished by the Upaniṣads falls under the Śabda Pramāṇa.
Śārīraka Sūtras—Literally the words signify the body aphorisms by Bādarāyaṇa which rightly determine the nature of the “embodied Self”.
Other books—The commentaries on the Upaniṣads and the Gītā, etc.
WHO IS QUALIFIED TO STUDY VEDANTA?
🌿अधिकारी तु विधिवदधीतवेदवेदाङ्गत्वेनापा-ततोऽधिगताखिलवेदार्थोऽस्मिन् जन्मनि जन्मान्तरे वा काम्यनिषिद्धवर्जनपुर:सरं नित्यनैमित्तिकप्रायश्चित्तो-पासनानुष्ठानेन निर्गतनिखिलकल्मषतया नितान्तनिर्म-लस्वान्त: साधनचतुष्टयसम्पन्न: प्रमाता ॥६॥
The competent student¹ is an aspirant who, by studying in accordance with the prescribed method² the Vedas and the Vedāngas³ (the books auxiliary to the Vedas), has obtained a general⁴ comprehension of the entire Vedas; who, being absolved from all sins in this or in a previous life⁵ by the avoidance of the actions known as Kāmya (rites performed with a view to attaining a desired object) and Niṣiddha (those forbidden in the scriptures) and by the performance of actions called Nitya (daily obligatory rites) and Naimittika (obligatory on special occasions) as well as by penance and devotion, has become entirely pure in mind, and who has adopted the four Sādhanas or means to the attainment of spiritual knowledge.
Student—It is connected with “Pramātā”, the last word of the text. By Pramātā (aspirant) is meant one whose conduct is based on truth.
Prescribed method—By practising Brahmacharya and other austerities of the student life.
Vedāṅgas—These are six in number: (a) Śīkṣā (The science of proper articulation and pronunciation) (b) Kalpa (Rituals or ceremonies), (c) Vyākaraṇa (Grammar), (d) Nirukta (Etymological explanation of difficult Vedic words), (e) Chandas (The science of prosody), (f) Jyotiṣa (Astrology).
General, etc.—Otherwise there will be no necessity for his further study of the scriptures.
Previous life—This is an explanation of the cases of Vidura and other sages who, though not endowed with scriptural knowledge, etc., were yet said to have attained the highest realization. These sages were born with purity and other requisites of realization as a result of their having undergone the required discipline in a past life.
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~Swami Sadānanda
•Vedanta Sara, Verse 3 & 6
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🌿वेदान्तो नामोपनिषत्प्रमाणं तदुपकारीणि शारीरकसूत्रादीनि च ॥३॥
Vedānta¹ is the evidence² of the Upaniṣads, as well as the Śārīraka Sūtras³ and other books⁴ that help in the correct expounding of its meaning.
Vedānta—It literally means the concluding, or the philosophical, portion of the Vedas.
Evidence—The Sanskrit word Pramāṇa literally means the instrument of Pramā or Knowledge. The Vedānta philosophy acknowledges the following six classes of evidence: (a) Pratyakṣa (Direct Perception), (b) Anumāna (Inference), (c) Upamāna (Analogy), (d) Śabda (Scriptural Statement), (e) Arthāpatti (Presumption), (f) Anupalabdhi (Non-apprehension). The evidence furnished by the Upaniṣads falls under the Śabda Pramāṇa.
Śārīraka Sūtras—Literally the words signify the body aphorisms by Bādarāyaṇa which rightly determine the nature of the “embodied Self”.
Other books—The commentaries on the Upaniṣads and the Gītā, etc.
WHO IS QUALIFIED TO STUDY VEDANTA?
🌿अधिकारी तु विधिवदधीतवेदवेदाङ्गत्वेनापा-ततोऽधिगताखिलवेदार्थोऽस्मिन् जन्मनि जन्मान्तरे वा काम्यनिषिद्धवर्जनपुर:सरं नित्यनैमित्तिकप्रायश्चित्तो-पासनानुष्ठानेन निर्गतनिखिलकल्मषतया नितान्तनिर्म-लस्वान्त: साधनचतुष्टयसम्पन्न: प्रमाता ॥६॥
The competent student¹ is an aspirant who, by studying in accordance with the prescribed method² the Vedas and the Vedāngas³ (the books auxiliary to the Vedas), has obtained a general⁴ comprehension of the entire Vedas; who, being absolved from all sins in this or in a previous life⁵ by the avoidance of the actions known as Kāmya (rites performed with a view to attaining a desired object) and Niṣiddha (those forbidden in the scriptures) and by the performance of actions called Nitya (daily obligatory rites) and Naimittika (obligatory on special occasions) as well as by penance and devotion, has become entirely pure in mind, and who has adopted the four Sādhanas or means to the attainment of spiritual knowledge.
Student—It is connected with “Pramātā”, the last word of the text. By Pramātā (aspirant) is meant one whose conduct is based on truth.
Prescribed method—By practising Brahmacharya and other austerities of the student life.
Vedāṅgas—These are six in number: (a) Śīkṣā (The science of proper articulation and pronunciation) (b) Kalpa (Rituals or ceremonies), (c) Vyākaraṇa (Grammar), (d) Nirukta (Etymological explanation of difficult Vedic words), (e) Chandas (The science of prosody), (f) Jyotiṣa (Astrology).
General, etc.—Otherwise there will be no necessity for his further study of the scriptures.
Previous life—This is an explanation of the cases of Vidura and other sages who, though not endowed with scriptural knowledge, etc., were yet said to have attained the highest realization. These sages were born with purity and other requisites of realization as a result of their having undergone the required discipline in a past life.
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~Swami Sadānanda
•Vedanta Sara, Verse 3 & 6
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Don't mind the discomforts. Realisation must stand amidst all the turmoils of life. Don't seek comfort all the time, for it will make you crippled. Face the troubles, let what comes come, but keep yourself steady in your meditation. Endeavor to maintain your inner peace and tranquillity in all the walks of life.
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