Being all alone in a place where there are no distractions, restraint of mind, body, and senses, and a complete rejection of attachments are all essential for a man who is engaged in the task of Self-realization. When self-control is … Continue reading
Remembering none except God and restraining the mind from having any thought that is not of him, firm devotion, incessant meditation and recital with humble reverence, and a total absorption of the Soul in him, are the prerequisites for the … Continue reading
Sings Bhagavad Gita: ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते। ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम्॥ * jyotisāmapi tajjyotistamasah paramucyate jñānam jñeyam jñānagamyam hrdi sarvasya visthitam * “The light among lights and said to be beyond darkness, that God, the embodiment of knowledge, worthy … Continue reading
Darkness leads to delusions. If delusion prevails, it will enwrap the material world’s forest of fear which we inhabit in yet another shroud of fear to make the existing dread even more frightening. Delusion cannot offer anything else except this. … Continue reading
Bhagavad Gita sings: ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः। तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये। यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी॥१५-४॥ tataḥ padaṁ tatparimārgitavyaṁ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ tameva cādyaṁ puruṣaṁ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī||15-4|| “Then that goal should be sought for, … Continue reading
Isha Upanishad preaches: ॐ ईशा वास्यमिदँ सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत् । तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् ॥ Ishaavasyam idam sarvam Yat kinha jagatyam jagat Tena tyaktena bhujitha Ma gridhah kasya svida dhanam Most revered Aurobindo says in his exposition: … Continue reading
