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The world is the result of your mind. Know your mind. Then see the world.
You will realize that it is not different from the Self.
~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
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You are the Self. You are already That. The fact is that you are ignorant of your blissful state.
Ignorance supervenes and draws a veil over the pure Bliss. Attempts are directed only to remove this ignorance.
~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
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The wise and the ignorant both perform work. But there is a clear difference in attitude between the two. The wise act without attachment to the fruits of work. The ignorant act with attachment to the fruits of work.
The wise are not entangled in work because they have no sense of doership.
The ignorant are caught in the meshes of work by thinking that they are the doers.
The wise work for the welfare of the world. The ignorant work for their own satisfaction.
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What are the marks of an earnest disciple?
There is an intense longing for the removal of sorrow and the attainment of joy, and there is an intense aversion to all kinds of mundane pleasure.
~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
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‘I’ and ‘mine’ constitute ignorance. If you think about it deeply, you will find that what you call ‘I’ is none other than the Atman. Think about it. Are you the body? Are you bones, flesh, or something else? You will conclude that you are none of these.
~ Sri Paramhansa Ramakrishna
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How can people who are slaves to their senses expect happiness?
Happiness comes in the state of perfect freedom, not in slavery; that freedom again can be acquired only through the practice of self-control.
~ SWAMI ABHEDANANDA
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15. If one realizes the unity of things everywhere, one always remains tranquil, inwardly cool and pure like space without the sense of ' I '.
16. If inwardly one is cool the whole world will be cool, but if inwardly one is hot (i.e. agitated) the whole world will be a burning mass.
~ Yoga Vashistha 5.15-16
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When I chanced to go to the Ashram again, I went to the hall. No one else being there, I gathered courage and asked, “What is atma?”
Bhagavan replied, “To remain without thinking is atma.”
Then he looked at me and I felt my mind melt away into nothing. No thoughts came. Only the feeling of immense unutterable peace was there.
~Subbalakshmi Ammal
•Excerpt From: Face To Face with Sri Ramana Maharshi
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Man’s real nature is happiness.
Happiness is inborn in the true self. His search for happiness is an unconscious search for his true self.
The true self is imperishable; therefore, when a man finds it, he finds a happiness that does not come to an end.
~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
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Question: Who can attain peace?
Answer: He whose mind is free from attachment, whose senses are restrained, and whose mind is controlled attains peace.
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Suffering is sent to remind you to turn your thoughts towards That which is real—to God, who will give you solace and peace.
SRI ANANDAMAYI MA
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You partake of the nature of him on whom you meditate. By worshipping Śiva you acquire the nature of Śiva.
Jnāna is the characteristic of Śiva, and bhakti of Vishnu.
One who partakes of Śiva's nature becomes a Jnāni, and one who partakes of Vishnu's nature becomes a bhakta.
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Nothing can happen without the will of God.
Everything happens in time according to the will of God.
It is God alone who expresses His will through the actions of men.
~ Sri Sharada Devi
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SECRET OF HAPPINESS
If bliss resided in objects there could not be bliss in Samadhi, because in Samadhi there is no relationship with objects. So is the case with the bliss of deep sleep.
All those who are immersed in sensual pleasures are deluded. Wealth, power, sex-relationship, name and fame have no real capacity to make one happy.
Life is characterized by incessant change, and nothing here seems to have the nature of reality; nothing here can satisfy man completely. Ponder day and night over the unreality of the world.
Think always of the real, eternal blissful Atma, your innermost Self.
There is no joy in the world comparable to the delight found in the pursuit of the spiritual ideal.
It is in God alone that you have all your desires finally fulfilled and obtain supreme peace, bliss and satisfaction.
~ Swami Shivananda Saraswati
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"Whatever is done with love, with purity and peace of mind, is a good deed."
~ Ramana Maharshi
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Just try to find out who this 'I' is. While you are searching for 'I', 'He' comes out. 'I am the machine and He is the Operator.' God alone is the doer.
Do your duties in the world as if you were the doer, knowing all the time that God alone is the doer and you are the instrument.
~ Sri Paramahamsa Ramakrishna
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22. The Self is pure Consciousness, eternal, omnipresent, immutable and self-effulgent like the light of the sun.
23. The omnipresent Self, the substratum of all, is non-different from the effulgent Consciousness like heat from fire. It can only be experienced (not known).
24. Pure Consciousness without intellect, the Supreme Self, the illuminator of all, the indivisible, pervading (everything) within and without, is the firm support (of all).
25. The Self is absolute Consciousness. It is pure awareness, undecaying, free from all ideas of
acceptance or rejection and not limited by space, time or genus.
26. Just as the air in the universe pervades everything, so also the Self, the Lord, abides bodiless (in everything).
27. The Consciousness which exists in the expanse of earth, in the ornaments, in the sky and in the sun, exists also inside the worms lying in their shells under the earth.
28. There is neither bondage nor liberation, neither duality nor non-duality. There is only Brahman always shining as Consciousness.
~ Yoga Vashistha. Chapter 9
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No one wants to give up 'lust and greed'.
Man, deluded by the beauty of women and the power of money, forgets God.
But to one who has seen the beauty of God, even the position of Brahma, the Creator, seems insignificant.
~ Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna
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WHAT IS DHARMA?
जगतःस्थितिकारणंप्राणिनांसाक्षात्अभ्युदयनिःश्रेयसहेतुर्यः स धर्मः ।
Dharma is that which accomplishes the three tasks of:
(1) Keeping the social system in a excellent condition.
(2) Bringing about the worldly progress of every human being.
(3) Causing progress in the spiritual realm as well.
– Adi Shankaracharya
From: Preface to the Gita Bhashya
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Unless one has tasted the bliss of God, one cannot understand that bliss.
Worldly people talk about God only through hearsay. It is not their fault. Can everybody conceive of Indivisible Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute?
~ Sri Paramhansa Ramakrishna
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Morality is the gateway to religion. Those who leads a moral or virtuous life attains Moksha, Immortality and ever-lasting bliss.
Practice of ethics will help you to live in harmony with your neighbours, friends, your own family members, fellow-beings and other people.
The ethics of the Hindus is subtle, sublime and profound.
The basis of Hindu ethics is this:
“There is one all-pervading Atman. It is the innermost soul of all beings.
This is the common, Atman or Self that exists in everything and in everyone.
If you injure your neighbour, you really injure yourself.
If you injure any other creature, you really injure yourself, because the whole world is nothing but your own Atman or Self or Pure Consciousness.
This is Hindu ethics. This is the basic Vedantic truth that underlies all Hindu ethical codes.
The Atman or Self is one.
One life vibrates in all beings. Life is common in animals, birds and human beings. Existence is common.
This is the emphatic declaration of the Upanishads.
This primary truth of dharma is the foundation of morality or science of right conduct.
Morality has Vedanta as its basis.
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"What is the use in knowing about our previous births? It will result in unbearable sorrow and chaos. You are unable to bear the sorrow of this birth itself. Apart from this, if we add the baggage of all our previous births, then the load becomes unbearable.
Out of unconditional love, God has erased the memories of our previous births. So without bothering about the past, if we realize our true nature, and be with it, is more than sufficient. That is the full use of this birth."
~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
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On Occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi , Lets understand Ganesha Tattva From Shastras.
What is gaṇēṡvarāya?
viyadādiprapañcasya samūho gaṇa ucyate tadātmakastadīśaśca tena devo gaṇeśvaraḥ
The elements starting from ākāsha (Space), air, fire, water, earth and the subtle elements and the entire universe is collectively called as Gana.
The lord who is in the form of all these elements and one who is the lord and controller of all these elements and the universe (which is a product of the combination of these elements) is called Ganeshwara.
Any Group which is a collection of the same type of people or things or qualities can be referred to as Ganas.
Lord is the leader of all the Ganas. Ganas means groups. Groups of gods are called devaganas. rushis (sages) are called rushi ganas etc. Lord ganeshwara is the leader and controller of all these groups.
Avyakta and other tattvas are collectively called tattvagaNas. Brahma and other devatas are collectively called devatā gaNas, different food particles like grains are collectively called brahmagaṇa. These are the three important classifications of gaṇa
jagadrūpo gakāraśca ṇakāraḥ brahmavācakaḥ tayoryoge gaṇeśāya namastubhyaṃ namo namaḥ
The letter ‘ga’ represents the Prakruti , the letter ‘ṇa’ represents ParaBrahman, the union of both Brahman and the Prakruti is Ganesha,
I bow to you again and again.
I wish everyone a Happy Ganesha Chaturthi. lets pray to help us overcome any obstacles in our spiritual path and Attain Moksha.
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Self-control means the control of the lower self, or the animal nature of man, by developing the higher powers that are latent in the individual soul.
~ Swami Abhedananda
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Bhakti, the love of God, is the only essential thing. One kind of bhakti has a motive behind it.
Again, there is a motiveless love, pure devotion, a love of God that seeks no return.
In this love, there is no desire; it is nothing but the pure love of the Lotus Feet of God.
~ Paramahamsa Ramakrishna
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Philosophy of Lord Krishna:
To You, O Govinda, who is of the form of this universe, who is the cause of its preservation and destruction, who is its Lord, nay, who is the universe itself - I prostrate.
Although every name of Krishna is distinct and potent in itself, four names are supreme.
They are ‘Krishna’, ‘Vasudeva’, ‘Damodara’ and ‘Govinda’.
Krishna –
1. He radiates magnificent in blue/black color. This color connotes infiniteness – infiniteness of breadth and depth - like sky & sea. Every color submerges into black. Hence, Krishna is one into which everything merges.
2. ‘Krish’ means ‘Sat’ (eternal existence – that which is permanent at all times); 'Na' means Nivritti i.e. 'Chid-ananda'.
Hence, Krishna means ‘Sat-chid-ananda’ – Existence – Consciousness – Bliss, which is the nature of Brahman.
Another meaning of Krishna is - The omnipresent cosmic energy that conjoins different things and puts everything together – the energy or cosmic force that is keeping all the galaxies and planets in their orbit and is holding them together, and the same energy that keeps everything together in our body is called Krishna.
Vaasudeva –
Vaasudeva – Made of two words ‘Vasu’ & ‘Deva’.
‘Vasu’ means living.
‘Deva’ means self-effulgent consciousness.
Hence, Vasudeva means self-effulgent consciousness, the light of Brahman and it exists in everyone as Atman.
Sun, moon, stars, fire, and lightning, shine by the light of Brahman.
Brahman or Vasudeva is subtler than the subtlest grain or atom. It is also bigger than the biggest, such as Earth.
Brahman or Vasudeva is the abode or support of this world with all its inhabitants. He is life, speech, mind, and all the instruments.
Brahman is the Prana of Pranas, mind of minds, ear of ears, eye of eyes. Prana, mind, eye, etc., derive their power and intelligence from Brahman.
Damodara –
1. One who is tied with rope around His stomach.
2. One who contains all the worlds inside His stomach, means he holds the entire universe inside him. The primary cause and basic support for the existence of the world is the Damodara. This also shows that he is the source of all the worlds.
Govinda –
Govinda contains the syllable ‘Go’. Govinda is one who is - known by ‘Go’, The Lord of ‘Go’, Protector of ‘Go’.
According to Vedas, different meanings of the syllable ‘Go’ – Veda Mantras, Mother Earth, Cows, Sense Organs, Sun rays & Pranas (Life force energy).
Hence, ‘Govinda’ is known by Veda Mantras. He is the Lord of Vedas. And, He protects ‘Vedas’ and the dharma proclaimed therein.
Wishing everyone a happy Krishna Janmashtami.
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Can there be darkness before the sun?
Similarly, can there be ignorance before the self-evident and self-luminous Self?
If you know yourself, there will be no darkness, no ignorance, and no misery.
~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
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Whatever work you do, do it with perfect concentration.
Never leave the work without finishing it completely.
~ Swami Shivananda Saraswati
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SECRET OF HAPPINESS
Everyone is seeking happiness. No one wants pain, sorrow and misery and yet the deluded, ignorant man ignores God, the Source of all happiness, and runs after the worthless, perishable, mundane objects. Is there happiness beyond the senses and the mind? Yes; it is the true everlasting bliss of Atman or the Supreme Self.
Renounce the material pleasure of life and find the eternal bliss that lies in your heart, in the peace of the Soul.
True happiness has nothing to do with money, possessions or other material objects. You cannot buy happiness. It has to come from within. Conquer Trishna (craving) and attain the everlasting peace of the Eternal.
~ Swami Shivananda Saraswati
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Effect of Food on Mind:
food turns into physical energy which in its turn is turn into mental energy that leads to spiritual illumination. Impure food not only unhinges the physical body but also irritates and provokes all kinds of undesirable humours which are detrimental to self-control. Some kinds of food like meat, garlic, and spices induce physical aberration like indulgence in sex and irritability of temper, cruelty in word and deed, and other discordant impulses. They are all obstacles to spiritual progress.
Just as a loose nut in a complicated machine brings it to a standstill, just as a train meets with disaster if one of the sleepers is taken off, even so the whole system of spiritual life is disrupted if care is not taken about food. If the food is pure, the mind is pure; if the mind is pure, liberation is attained. The Lord here mentions that regulation of food is also a yajna. There are five conditions to determine the quality of food (1) purity (2) moderation, (3) righteous earning, (4) offering to the Lord, and (5) timeliness.
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