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What is the goal of life? It is the absolute liberation of the soul and self-realisation.
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True emancipation is attained when all desires and cravings are absolutely extinguished.
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Desires are uprooted by discrimination and discernment.
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It is only detachment than can lead a man to the infallible path of salvation by the extinction of all desires and attachments.
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The more you can lead your mind form the worldly affairs to the inner world, the more your mind becomes calm and serene and then you will attain discrimination and non-attachment
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No sins, vices and allurements can touch one who can realise that this perishable body will ultimately be reduced to a handful of ashes.
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Man wants power and peace. Where there is restraint, there is power and restrained power begets peace surely.
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The body and the mind become strong, healthy and vigorous by the restraint of the senses and subjugation of passions and thereby veritable power and peace are attained.
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He who is firm in his vow and stead fast in resolution can attain any success in any sphere.
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Only he can conquer the whole world, whose principle is: “I will never give up my resolution and break my promise.”
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Where there is no struggle, there is no success. A steadfast worker becomes increasingly stronger through continuous struggle against antagonistic forces inside and outside the mind.
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True manliness, prowess and heroism of man are established through revelation, manifestation and rousing and vitalizing the power within.
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Boundless and infinite strength, power, valour and gallantry lie dormant in man. These are developed only by proper exercise and by constant application and culture.
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Meditate on and utter the holy names of God heart and soul, then you will be able to understand everything. Mind doesn’t become pure without meditation and repetition of God’s sacred names, and without purification of the mind, pure knowledge is not attained and without pure knowledge, the inner meaning and spirit of religion cannot be realised.
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Always nurture honest thoughts, morally sound ideas and good resolutions in heart so that the evil thoughts and ideas are subjugated.
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Always engage the mind in the silent uttering of the ‘Mantras’ (Divine and holy words) transmitted by Guru (Preceptor) and in doing so one can maintain one’s speciality and reach the desired goal even through the hazards and vicissitudes of life.
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To attain the benediction and grace of the Guru, direct the mind always towards him. If you can do it continuously, you will be able to resolve many a mystery of the spiritual life very soon.
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Being firm in your resolution, perform your duties with strong determination. Eschewing of restlessness, fickleness, wantonness and hesitation of the mind, like a true hero, always maintain your personal ideals intact with patience, fortitude and endurance.
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Subjugation of the passions and restraint over the senses are the real spiritual penance. Where there is no domination over passions and senses, there is no scope for religion to exert its influence.
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A Sadhak (aspirant) should not indulge in any sort of ease and comforts, mundane amenities and worldly advantages. A spiritual aspirant has to pass through many a hazard, hindrance and ordeal.
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Struggle alone keeps a spiritual aspirant ever-vigilant and can awaken active and vital thoughts in him. It is the absence of struggle that makes a sadhak lifeless and dull.
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A brave sadhak wants to reach his desired goal through various sufferings, poverty, hazards and impediments.
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Where is that self-confidence by which you can conquer the whole world? 24
You should certainly be armed with confidence that you can perform any task. Such confidence is at the root of all success.
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You can achieve what a man has achieved. If you fail, you should realise that you certainly lack effort, attention and enthusiasm.
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If the mind is not receptive and always engrossed in antagonistic thoughts and ideas, help retreats from you. He, who aspires after help eagerly alone, receives it positively.
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You must have practice to hold on to good thoughts and ideas. 28
If you can start your day’s work fixing the mind on the image of God (or Guru), you will be able to pass the whole day with the memory of that image.
Surrender yourself along with your whole day’s works, thoughts and ideas, your personality, characteristics and speciality at the lotus feet of Shri Guru. If you can thus forget your individuality and personal entity and absorb yourself entirely in the thoughts, you will be able to imbibe his great thoughts and power in you.
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Man acquires power through struggles and encounters. Prepare yourself to face all kinds of hostile situations heroically.
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If you can direct your mind exclusively towards the Guru (Preceptor) in whatever circumstances you find yourself, your life will be safe.
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If you can maintain your own specialty in food, manners, behaviour, dress, movements, speech and activities, these alone shall protect you from undesirable thoughts, ideas and activities.
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Self-control is the backbone of human beings. If the backbone is broken, a man cannot live. Likewise a man bereft of self-control cannot exist.
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Self-restraint is at the root of health, happiness, peace and power. It gives immeasurable enthusiasm, fervent zeal and strong perseverance in the heart of a man. It gives him steadfastness and capacity for painstaking endurance.
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Whenever the mind is too much disturbed, just start repeating the “Mantras” (power-infused holy names of God) given by the Guru and in doing this, the anxieties are dispelled and tranquillity and cheerfulness of mind is acquired and the perturbed mind becomes pacified and serene.
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If the mind feels disturbed and embarrassed by unwanted behaviour of any person, just show apathy towards him and then weakness of the mind will disappear and the agony caused to the mind will not persist as well.
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Detachment is the mainstay of a man of conscience and self-restraint is the be-all and end-all of a spiritual aspirant.
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Put in the best efforts to attain the summum bonum of life. 39
You must shake off the weakness and drawbacks of your character to prepare for the attainment of noble ideals of life.
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The only way to pacify and control the restless mind is to fix ever-vigilant eyes on the aims and ideals of life.
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Never part with your sense of self-respect. 42
Always bear in mind this great Mantra (the commandment) that patience, fortitude and endurance are the source of great power.
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Never neglect your duty by any plea and self-deception. 44
Gladly accept any kind of troubles, miseries, adversities and hazards to accomplish your desired objective and fulfil your resolved promise.
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A true man is he who can risk his life for the accomplishment of an undertaking.
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Man’s power develops and unfolds by shouldering responsibilities.
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Work and meditate and count the beads simultaneously with the repetition of God’s sacred names.
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If you work with discrimination and non-attachment to the mundane amenities, your spiritual fervour will grow rapidly. Otherwise, many difficulties and obstacles will crop up in the work to hamper the growth of your spiritual life.
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Mind finds its utmost response in thinking of and meditating on God.
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Where there is no self-restraint, there is no existence of truth and self-realisation. No good work can be done by a man whose heart is not purified by spiritual penance.
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The man who wants to set himself up as a model should work with discernment.
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Never indulge in idleness, slumber and procrastination on the plea of spiritual fervor.
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Vicissitudes of varying circumstances help the development of a man.
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Forthwith discard those vile thoughts and ideas which contaminate and weaken your mind.
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Do not look upon disease as disease. It is an ordeal and stern test for you.
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Weal and woe and hazards and adversities usually accompany human life. So, one should not be perturbed on that account.
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Man has to proceed through the path of varying circumstances towards progress. 58
Immense power, valour and strength lie dormant in you. Engage yourself in developing them. It will not do to waste time in idle thoughts like a coward.
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Do not loose your patience at the time of danger. Go on performing your duties with firm patience. One day you will be amazed to see your own power.
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Always maintain strict discipline. This strictness will protect you from contamination of polluted environment prevailing outside.
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You should embrace death before the deviation from the determined resolution.
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Do not waste your time in slumber and total oblivion of self like a man detracted from the right path. Look into your inner soul (Atma)
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Your intelligence and purpose will not avail you until a sense of discrimination and detachments are firmly established in you.
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In every moment and at every wink, think of the transitoriness of life and youth and thereby keep self- reminiscence and self-consciousness ever awake.
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Never renounce your individuality as it is the be-all and end-all of your life.
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Always bear it in mind that you are born not to live like the rank and file.
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Unrestricted consumption of food is very harmful to the spiritual penance and continence (preservation of vital fluid)
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Go on performing your duties arming yourself with the well-sharpened sword of conscience and non- attachment.
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Despondency and lack of enthusiasm are your sin. Everything is possible for you. But you must wait for the time to come.
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Do not be disturbed by common affairs. Deliberate on the sublime thoughts and ideas that appear in you from time to time. Then you will gradually attain peace and bliss.
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Distinction and gravity are the safeguard in life. Strictness and gravity protect a man at all times and in all situations. Forgetfulness of these virtues invites great dangers and hazards.
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If you are entrapped in any enticement, protect yourself by thinking of the diseases and pains suffered in the past life and of the ultimate end of this temporary body.
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Every day read, think, discuss and deliberate on the characters and lives of great men for some time.
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Do not waste your invaluable time by indolence, inertia and lethargy. It is not proper for any person to waste time and opportunity on any plea.
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Always remain steadfast like the steady ‘Sumeru’ mountain and maintain a cheerful disposition in life.
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The greatness of a devotee lies in acquiring the ever-desired object by repeated efforts, endeavour and perseverance. A heroic devotee is never perturbed by any failure. But being fortified with confidence in his own power and with that begotten power of self-confidence, he proceeds along the path of duty with the prowess of a lion.
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Repent and expiate for your misdeeds so that you may not have to be involved in them again.
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Always enshrine this thought in your heart that your strength and ability are no less than those of anybody else.
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Self-confidence and sense of self-respect are at the root of all success in life.
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Do not hesitate to stake your life to accomplish your objective and to finish the work started. Shake off weakness. Throw yourself into the field of work and achieve your duties with a strong and dauntless heart to prove your heroism.
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Carry on your fight ceaselessly and untiringly. The momentary weakness will disappear in no time. You should maintain your distinctive attitude fully and devote yourself entirely to your special task in a different world of your own.
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Respect your own thoughts and character immensely. Is the man who cannot respect his own self, respected by anyone else in the world?
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Weakness is common to all men. But why should you give it to indulgence? You should fight it heroically.
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Weakness may crop up in you but to allow weakness to overtake you is bad. Never give indulgence in any weakness.
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If any fault creeps in you, it is not an offence but to compromise with it is very bad.
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If you see to it that there is no slackness in your effort and attention at any time, power will come of itself.
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If you can create an atmosphere of good ideas within and keep your mind attached to it, then no impurity or contamination of outside atmosphere will be able to touch you.
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The essence of religion lies in right and realisation, right performance and right feeling practice. Nobody can acquire spirituality by reading the ‘Sastras’ (Theology) or by listening to the scriptures from others.
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Where there is no mastery over passions and restraint over the senses, religion cannot exert its influence there.
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True manhood of a man, prowess of a person, and heroism of a hero are achieved through development, revelation, manifestation and awakening of power within.
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The greatness of an ascetic (Sadhak) lies in striving for attaining the ever desired objective by repeated effort, endeavour, preparation and perseverance.
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If you have devotion, faith and reverence, your mind will never be affected by any sin and compunction and no error or blunder will be able to allure you.
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Never waste your invaluable time by laxity since there is no knowing when life will terminate. So, try to proceed along with your own pre-determined and ascertained course without being attracted by any illusion.
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Your mortal body will not last forever. Nobody has ever escaped this fate. It will surely perish someday or other. He alone pays attention to the body, who is interested in the lust of senses.
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Lead yourself through such a code of disciplined conduct as can dispel all the indolence, indifference and indiscipline and then patience, fortitude and endurance will be fortified.
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Ups and downs of life may come about in a random fashion. So, always keep away from allurements.
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Always try to uplift the mind to such an elevated level that nothing of the lower level may touch you.
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Try your best to place yourself to such a position that will be convenient for your Guru (Preceptor) to extend his help to you.
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Always and under all circumstances, stick to your own principles and ideals, otherwise, your steadiness will fall back and laxity will destroy your spiritual life.
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Find out whether meditation, JAPAM (repetition of the sacred names of God), worship, scriptural studies, offering Arati (expression of adoration to deity), chanting his name and prayer are changing the mind and enriching your spiritual life. If not, you must realise that all your efforts are being fruitless life offering sacrifice to the extinguished fire.
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Self-realisation, self-reminiscence and self-perception constitute true life and errors, delusion and oblivion of self, leads to death.
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Without self-examination and self-investigation along with your daily activities, no progress can be achieved. So, do not indulge in any continuous, restless activity on the plea of duty forgetting your own Self and mission.
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That which can lead you to your destination, constitutes true work and enthuse over spiritual practice.
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To avoid perversion to wrong path, you should always keep your vigilant attention fixed to your spiritual ideals.
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True expiation for guilt, fault, weakness and injustice committed, is not to commit these again. That is the proper atonement of a hero.
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There is no scope for improper and undesirable thoughts to intrude into the mind of a man who always think: “I am eating now but may cease to eat at any moment, I am bathing now but may not bathe further and I am walking now but may cease to walk any moment.” Can he waste his time in senseless, light talks and fads?
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He who is working hard day and night whether he succeeds or not, at least makes a positive effort. Endeavour and preparation attract sympathy. He alone receives the help of the ‘Sad Guru’ (Eternal Brahman). The power of Guru goes forward to help him. But he who makes no effort nor toils, cannot expect to have any sympathy. Even if he faces destruction, he cannot attract sympathy.
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If a person carries out a single piece of advice, he can make considerable progress. But how many do follow and materialise that?
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Give up restlessness and fickleness. Root out the childish prank completely. Fill your void mind with noble thoughts and qualify yourself for attainting great glory.
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Without meditation and Japam (repetition of God’s sacred name), conscience and discrimination and self- examination, one cannot protect oneself from the clutch of antagonistic thoughts nor can one build one’s spiritual life only by reading scriptures or religious books. On the contrary, the worthless vanity of pedantry makes one void of inner knowledge. So, beware of it.
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Never slacken your efforts and then you will feel that power comes to you of itself. If you lack in efforts and attention, it is your own fault. If you do not lack, you are not to be blamed. If your efforts fail pray to God fervently day and night. Take refuge in him who has taken refuge in Him who has given you shelter in all respects. Tell him about your difficulties, agonies in simple language. Trust his words and carry on his commands. Entirely depend upon Him who always thinks of your good and takes notice of your pleasure and pains and of the ups and downs of your life. Depend upon Him fully who is your friend, philosopher, support and guide of your life. Let his wish be yours, His resolution your own, His duty be yours, let His commands guide you and let His life be your own life. Do not keep our own special resolutions, intellect, inclinations and will of your own. Surrendering everything to Him, absolutely merge and mingle yourself in Him and then you will find that everything is all right.
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Always try to lead your life according to the instructions of Shri Guru. See to it that these never go unattended. Speciality, gravity and taciturnity are the safeguard of your life. Shaking off these, whenever you fall a prey to your caprice, you will entangle yourself in various troubles. Strictness and gravity always protect a man from all precarious plights. To forget this is to invite dire danger.
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Many a time, various ups and downs may come about in your life of human beings. So, without being disturbed, distressed and distracted by them and then depending on self-strength and being fortified with self-confidence, one should march forward like a real hero to accomplish the entrusted task with firm determination, patience and fortitude.
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Many a time non-confidence in self-strength may crop up at the arrival of inner weakness of different kinds. But one should not be perturbed by that. Because, such weakness may appear in every man’s life occasionally.
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Always abide by the commandments and instructions of Shri Guru and try to materialise these in life. Then you will not face any trouble and danger. Remember your Guru at every inhalation and exhalation of breath; then no vile and evil thought shall have the occasion to attack you.
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Relying on self-strength, being fortified with self-confidence, resorting to Sastras (Religious Scriptures) and pious activities and involving you in the great vow of restraining the passions and sensual organs, you will surely be able to rouse your internal power and realise your Self in no time.
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Many a time, various types of restlessness may crop up in the life of a Sadhak (an aspirant); but then he has to keep the path of advancement with patience and fortitude remembering his Guru and taking resort to his grace and mercy. Then his restless mind becomes tranquil.
When the mind becomes absolutely restless, perturbed, and agitated by cares and anxieties, the repeat the Guru-Mantra constantly at every inhalation and exhalation of breath. In such a critical juncture of life, if a devotee abstains from repeating the Guru Mantra, he finds every possibility of endangering of life. On the other hand, if he can always direct his mind towards Guru and repeat the Guru-Mantra, his disturbed, restless and anxious mind will soon attain peace and serenity.
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Try to be indifferent to unusual happenings. Otherwise, you will be entangles in various troubles, anxieties and harassment.
Always direct your mind towards Shri Guru for receiving his blessings and mercy, If you can do so, no anxieties, pangs and ill-behaviour others will be able to disturb you. Take it to be granted that the injunctions and instructions of Shri Guru are your only support and resort and thereby real peace and bliss will be attained.
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Various types of fickleness may deviate a man (an aspirant) from his aims, ideals and objectives. So, a man of self-consciousness and self-discrimination should always be careful and watchful. If any undesirable craving can once make a room in the heart of any man (an aspirant), his ascetic life will surely be led to dire destruction. So, where there is the total annihilation of such desires, there is the scope of the achievements of all sorts of spiritual pursuits and ever-cherished emancipation.
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Malevolence, enviousness and animosity towards others are sins no doubt but casting aspersions, scandal-mongering and adverse criticism against the activities of others are the greatest sins. Hence, the devoted Sangha-followers should always bear this in mind that they should abstain from involving themselves in these disparaging acts of vilification.
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Man hankers after power and desires for peace. But these power and peace are obtained by the subjugation of passions and restraint of senses and by these acts of subjugation and restraint, the body becomes strong, healthy and most vigorous.
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Always continue the practice of directing the mind and heart towards Shri Guru and then no vile atmosphere will be able to touch and affect you.
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It is the power of discrimination and detachment that annihilates the cravings for mundane pursuit; removes the worries and anxieties and invigorated the enfeebled mind. Discrimination and detachment alone can tear off the mesh of desire for lust and attachment, uproot the cravings for worldly enjoyments, remove all kinds of miseries and sufferings, weakness, timidity and cowardly attitude and bring immense strength, valour, energy and prowess into men. So, the only resort, support and main-stay of a conscientious practitioner of religion are his discrimination and dispassion.
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Be very much cautious about taking food and discreet about your diet. Taking food without appetite deteriorates health. If necessary, take barely and thereby your system will remain all right.
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Self-restraint is the actually nourishment of the body. It keeps the body healthy, vigorous and very strong. Being indifferent to this restriction of diet, many are gradually falling a prey to various diseases.
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It is the detachment alone that can introvert the extroverted mind and, annihilating the diverse desires and unwanted cravings, it leads a man to the path of salvation.
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Man wants the stage of self-perception and self-realization. But this stage is attained only with grace and propitiation of Shri Guru. So, a heroic aspirant upholds the commandments and instructions of Shri Guru as the sole spiritual austerities and religious practice in the ascetic life.
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Fructifications which are attained by Stern practice of Yoga (meditation), great sacrifice (oblation to sacred fire), austere penance and strict vows are achieved only by materialising the commandments and instructions of Shri Guru in spiritual life.
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Incessant struggle alone for the advancement in spiritual life of a religious practitioner is a great help; various types of dangers and difficulties are his main-stay and diverse sorrows, sufferings, penuries and hazards are his accompaniments. A heroic aspirant always remains ready to embrace death with a smiling face. No fear and thought of birth, decrepitude, death and disease can reach his precinct and touch him. A heroic aspirant never wants a safe and secluded life. He wants to traverse the hazardous and thorny path of life.
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Continuous practice is essential to hold on to the pious thoughts and feelings awakened by Shri Guru. Without practice, these ideas cannot be retained in memory intact. Despite unwillingness, forgetfulness may crop up from time to time and then all the thoughts and ideas may be shattered beyond consciousness and so an aspirant should always remain careful and alert of it.
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At the end of whole day’s work and before going to sleep, be seated on your bed and surrender all your individuality, personal traits and speciality , the fructifications of your whole day’s performance along with the cropped up thoughts and ideas to the lotus feet of Shri Guru ( Sangha-Lord). Thus, surrendering yourself to your giver of shelter and protector and forgetting your own individuality and separate identity, if you can merge yourself into his pious thoughts and lofty ideas, you will surely be able to feel and realise his highly elevated, pious thoughts and perceive his great spiritual and divine power.
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Many a time, stern tests appear before us in the field of work. But being quite indifferent to those you should be up and doing to perform your duties with ample energy, effort and enthusiasm.
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Self-restraint is the main-stay of a spiritual aspirant. For the absence of Self-restraint, the spiritual life meets a dire destruction. So, in all activities like diet, manners, enjoyments and festivals, restraint must be observed. In regard to this, every devoted follower of the Sangha must be alert and careful. If anyone remains indifferent to this principle, his life is likely to be involved in hazardous plight.
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A true man never relinquishes his determined vow and shuns his heroic spirit and manliness and cannot lead a despicable life like a coward.
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Always stick to the strict principles. This strictness will surely protect you from the contamination of the outside environmental atmosphere.
Devote at least three hours a day to self-thoughts, self-discrimination, meditation as well as worshipping of God. If ever any vile and antagonistic thought creeps in the mind, expiate for it by repetition of the power-infused holy names of God, powerfully initiated by Shri Guru and also by fasting and keeping awake. If anybody indulges in vile, evil and voluptuous thought even for a moment, he will surely not be able to maintain continence (preservation of semen).
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Many may fall a pray to rebirth, decrepitude, death and disease at any time. If a man can lead his life with this thought, he may easily get rid of the diverse and evil desires which always torture and oppress human beings.
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God fulfils the desires of man. Ups and downs of man may come about at any moment. So, always try to keep away from allurements.
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Continue the Japam (the repetition of God’s sacred names), meditation on God and self-thought every day regularly as per the instructions of Shri Guru.
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The messages and commandments of the Sangha-leader should be accepted with due honour as teh messages and commandments of Divine Dispensation. Immense devotion and reverence should be brought to bear on the Sangha and the Sangha-Lord.
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Bharat Sevashram Sangha always hates scandal-mongering. So, you should always refrain from criticising any action of any man of any other Mission.
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Those who have taken refuge in this Sangha and have surrendered themselves to it and sought shelter herein are very much fortunate enough and so their lives are always secured and safeguarded.
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The Sangha-followers (the Monks, the Brahmacharins, the devotees and the followers) should always bear this in mind and write this in the golden letters in their hearts that to perform the activities as directed and codified by the Sangha-Leader in their absolute austerities and to lead their lives with the thoughts and ideas harboured and nourished by him, is their only religion (Dharma). But to lead their lives with undesirable and unwanted activities and thoughts, invites perilous vices and grave sins.
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The Sangha is the reservoir of immense power and breaking the mesh of illusion and delusion, it will lead the erring humanity to the infallible path of absolute salvation and integrity.
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The Sangha is the great embodiment of the Sangha-Leader himself.
The Creator Himself would achieve the greatest good the country through the Sangha. The All-controlling Supreme Power Himself has taken the responsibility of administering the Sangha in His own auspicious accord and with His own beneficial hands.
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Sangha-Sadhana (the austerities and spiritual penance as directed and codified by the Sangha-Founder) is the specific and prescribed Sadhana of this age.
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My Sangha is a non-communal one and its beneficial as well as humanitarian service is extended to all the needy, destitute and distressed, irrespective of caste, creed and religion.
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The Hindus have all-education and erudition, knowledge and intelligence, wealth and prosperity and ability as well. But they are divested of harmony, unity and integrity. For lack of concord, integrity and reconciliation, they are scattered and so they face failure in every sphere. They are torn asunder in different ways for this internal quarrel, racial problems, religious differences and factional strife. So, the first and foremost thing we need in their reconcilement, re-formation and rapprochement.
The Hindus are untouchable to the Hindus ! What a despicable idea! What an inhuman system! Untouchability is a grave sin! It is, as if, an incurable social disease! As soon as this grave sin is swept away, the Hindu-society will become strong and well-off. No Sastras, no reasons and no cultural heritage support this grave sin of untouchability.
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The religion that cannot afford strength and manifest innate power stage by stage is not a religion at all. It is irreligion; worthless religion. The religion and austerities that cannot fortify Brahmacharya (continence) is a Sadhaka (a spiritual aspirant) nourishes hypocrisy and leads to self-deception.
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In the battlefield of life, Death itself invites a weak and enfeebled person and embraces him in no time. The Creator Himself is indifferent and unfavourable to him who is timid, coward, effortless and unenthusiastic.
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Religion is the life of the Indian nation. It is the vital force of it. If the religion is re-established on its own foundation, the nation will surely be invigorated with life-force and will advance towards the goal.
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Study the Sastras (religious scriptures) everyday. Regularly read the Geeta, the Upanishads, Yoga- Vashistha (Ramayana) Vairagya Sataka and other books as may arouse the sacred thoughts and ideas in you. Do not sleep more than 4 to 4 ½ hours. Ponder over the conscience and non-attachment of Sankaracharya; self-abnegation of Buddha and the selfless love of Chaitanya Deva towards mankind.
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Practise YAMA (Non violence, adherence to truth, non-stealing, Brahmacharya, non-acceptance of anything from anybody), NIYAMA (internal purification and external sanctity, self-satiety, stern spiritual penance, study of the scriptures like the Vedas and Upanishads and meditation on God) and the Yogic Postures. Try to remain seated on a particular posture (e.g. lotus seated posture) for a long period of time. 153
Everyday, deeply think over the characters and activities of the great, saintly persons of whom you have already studied. See to it that no evil thoughts and ideas may creep into your mind at any time even for a moment.
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Until and unless you are able to relinquish all sorts of attractions of worldly things, happening and affairs, you will not be able to realise the real Tatwa (the abstruse meaning of religious scripture and of God himself) and the mystery of religion. Not only that, you will not even be able to lend your ears to listen to these. So, never allow your mind to be extroverted by involving it in those affairs.
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Always try to lead yourself through such moral code of conducts, spiritual practices and observance of strict principles by dint of which all sorts of your inner lethargy, carelessness as well as wantonness will be removed and thereupon patience, fortitude and forbearance will be fortified in you.
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Continue the practice of JAPAM and meditation for 5 to 6 hours everyday. Observe taciturnity for a long period of time. Try to raise yourself to such a position that nothing of the outside world may touch you. Until and unless all things of the visible world may merge into the fathomless depth of ocean of oblivion, you will not be able to posses the power of discrimination (i.e. conscience) and to attain complete dispassion.
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Immediately relinquish your weakness and establish yourself as a real hero by stepping into the sphere of activities with undaunted and proud heart of a brave person and crush and extirpate in a moment all the cravings and desires nestled in your heart. It is not the time to lead the life with procrastination and idleness. You must be too much thoughtful (about the precarious condition of the country)
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The salvation of a man, humanity of a human being and the heroism of a hero lie therein, whereat a man projects himself with endless enthusiasm and persistent perseverance and neglecting all miseries, penuries, hazards, hindrances and natural calamities remains unagitated, unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, unperturbed and steady in performing his duties and determined vows.
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Throwing illusions and delusions into the unfathomable depth of ocean of oblivion, awakening self- reminiscence and self-perception in your heart and being fortified with the idea of being ever pure, ever- wise and ever-liberated, you should place yourself into the great juncture of vast battlefield with a view to invigorating and energising this weak, inert, enfeebled, effortless and unenthusiastic nation.
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Though I can come to know and possess the power to hear and comprehend everything concerning you, yet you must uplift yourself to such a level where my help may easily me available to you.
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If you demand to be triumphant in this great battlefield, your only resort should be the great weapon of discrimination and non-attachment, your only aids should constitute the Mahamantra (the powerful divine message) of self-sacrifice, self-restraint (of passions and senses), adherence to truth and continence (celibacy). Your main principles should be to remain resolute in determination and unmoved and unperturbed in performing your duties. Your great vow of life should be to lead yourself to restrain the passions (lust, anger, greed, infatuation, pride and egoism and egotism) and subdue the sensual organs, (i.e. withdrawal of vision from evil deeds and greed-exciting sighs, control of hearing from filthy and abominable talks and discussions, control of tongue from useless, impious and harmful conversation and taking too much rich and delicious food and so on). Your firm determination should be your unhesitating involvement in sacrificing even your life for the realisation of Supreme Truth.
162
If ever any weakness frightens or disturbs you, try to drive it away heart and soul. An enemy may attack but you must always remain alert, ready and steady to protect yourself from its onslaught.
163
If anybody sets his mind to appreciate the abstruse meaning of religion with the mind which is afflicted with the impulse of sense-organs and engrossed in excitement of passions and is always tormented by the disturbances and allurements of cravings, he is none but a lunatic.
164
If any thought of performing any undertaking unwanted by and undesirable to the Sangha-Leader, lurks in your mind, it will destroy your religious life root and branch.
165
You must have firm conviction, unflinching devotion and absolute dependence on him (the Sangha- Leader), whose shelter and protection you have already sought and you crave for as well. Otherwise, your path of salvation will not proffer you an easy access and the pangs and agonies of mind may not be left out and the weakness of mind as well as the dullness of heart will not be removed in any way.
If you can proceed on with unflinching devotion, full confidence and sincere reverence, no sins and compunctions will be able to inflict your mind and no errors and illusions will be able to ensnare you.
166
You have taken refuge in the Great-Sangha which is extremely strong and immensely powerful. So, your religious life can never be destroyed in any way as long as you can accept and abide by the messages of the Sangha-Leader as the Vedvani (the messages of the Vedas) and Brahmavani (the messages of Brahman Himself).
167
Always bear this in mind that you have taken shelter under an ever-pure, tranquil and self-obtained great personality. If you can keep to the path directed and ascertained by him, the way of your salvation will become gradually unhindered, smooth and easily accessible. You have nothing to think and fear if you can hold on to the Sangha with patience and fortitude and abide by his messages with more importance than the messages of the Vedas. If you can abide by him and can materialise his messages into life and bear his living memory afresh in mind and heart, your luck will take a better turn.
168
Whenever complete annihilation of all the desires and lust is done, a devotee becomes able to have the vision of Almighty God, a Yogi (an ascetic engrossed in meditation) can fully realise the Soul, a seeker of Knowledge can attain the proximity of Brahman (Supreme Truth) and a disciple can have the full perception of his Guru (the embodiment of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwar).
169
Forget fear totally. Dip voice and sin into the depth of oblivion for the whole life. Smash and crush illusions, attractions, delusions, errors and blunders. Annihilate the unexpected and unwanted desires and cravings immediately.
170
Before obtaining the great power of the Divine Personality, you must purify and strengthen yourself, by stern austerities and stern spiritual penance in order to fortify your body for receiving and retaining that great Divine Power.
171
Availability of such God’s grace is only attainable to a person who has been performing meritorious as well as virtuous deeds for many a birth and death and thereby has qualified himself to be a man of good luck. So, you must remain alert and careful so that these advantages and opportunities may not cease.
172
You are none but a sojourner in the temporary inn designated as Samsaara (the temporary abode for the mortals) where you live in and you have been entrusted here with some duties to be performed so it is not desirable to retreat from performing these. Do not waste your invaluable time due to laxity. There is no certainity when the life-breath may cease functioning. So, without being enamoured with false attraction, you must grid up your lions to perform your duties and be up and doing to proceed along the directed and ascertained path to attain the summum bonum of life.
173
Always perform the duties in one hand and hold the well-sharpened sword of discrimination and detachment in the other. Chop the Reepus (i.e. lust, anger, greed, infatuation, pride and egoism and egotism), senses and desires and cravings up into pieces with this sword. At every moment and at every wink, think of the ultimate end of this body and engage yourself in performing the activities undertaken and directed by the Sangha and then no enemy will have the scope to attack and overpower you.
174
You should always stick to this self confidence that your thoughts, ideas and performed achievements-all are in conformity with the thoughts, ideas and desires of the Sangha-Leader.
175
Think deeply and ruminate over him (the Sangha-Leader) at every inhalation and exhalation of breath and try your best to hold on to the sacred memory of him in heart over and over again and at every wink as well. Then you will find that many of your problems has been solved at ease.
176
Much of the darkness of the heart will be dispelled at the auspicious vision of him whose shelter and protection are offered and extended to you. So, there’s nothing to think and fear. You shall have to forget all your dejection, despair and despondency totally for this birth. You must deeply ponder over the good and honest thoughts which crop up in your heart from time to time and thereupon you will gradually attain peace.
177
Give up your own ideas and pranks. Try to keep yourself immersed in the thought of him whole shelter and protection you seek and crave for. Try to abide by his instructions and commandments heart and soul and then you will find that all your problems are solved.
178
Every man falls a prey to restlessness and weakness from time to time. Then his only safeguard is to take resort to his Sad Guru i.e the spiritual preceptor (and his powerfully initiated Mantram, instructions, commandments and benediction).
179
If you ever fall a prey to any sorts of allurements, just start cogitating about the racking pain and suffering of diseases of the past and brood over the final end of this perishable body that will turn into nothing but a handful of ashes, and above all, surrender yourself to the lotus feet of Shri Guru (Sangha-Leader) and beg mercy of him for your self-protection.
180
If you can continually, restlessly, persistently as well as incessantly recollect and abide by the instructions and commandments of the Sangha-Leader, you will never face any sort of dangers and difficulties and will come out triumphant like an undaunted hero.
But if you go on performing the activities which are not desired, wanted and ascertained by the Sangha- Leader, your religious life will be dreadfully destroyed.
181
Relinquishing the determined vow and prowess and heroism, a real man can never lead a despicable life like a timid and coward.
182
At the critical juncture of life, if anybody withdraws himself from the JAPAM (repetition of sacred and powerful Mantra), his life may meet a precarious plight. So, always direct your mind towards Shree Guru (the Spiritual Master) and repeat the Guru-Mantra; then your restless, disturbed, perturbed and agitated mind will soon attain tranquillity and serenity by regaining mental stability and satiety.
183
Never part with your conscience and discrimination. At every moment and at every wink, you must cogitate the ultimate end of this life and youth and thereby you should enliven your self-reminiscence and self-thought.
