The document discusses equanimity as the first guard at the door of liberation. It states that those with equanimity are indifferent to good and bad, acting with calmness and detachment. They experience inner peace and joy. The document advises cultivating equanimity through scriptural study and detachment from worldly affairs in order to attain liberation from suffering. It provides many characteristics of those who have achieved equanimity, such as being calm in all situations and seeing peace in others.
Key-notes for Daily Harmonies by Susie Champney Clark Farrah Grant
This document provides daily inspirational messages from January 1 to February 18. The messages discuss topics such as the spiritual nature of life, overcoming sickness, living according to higher spiritual principles, and realizing one's connection to the divine. They encourage lifting one's thoughts above mundane concerns, recognizing one's inherent spiritual power and connection to God, and expressing spirituality through helpful, beautiful actions.
YV BKII CH12 The Greatness of True KnowledgePardeep Sehgal
Rama, I honour you as one of a perfect mind. You know what to ask and you understand what is spoken to you. Therefore I will continue speaking to you respectfully.
Be still, keep your mind fixed in yourself, and attend to knowledge. Be free of pride and passions and incline yourself to pure truth. Whatever business or investigation someone undertakes, it must be brought to a happy conclusion that tends towards his peace and tranquillity.
One obtains the capacity for yoga by discussing the scriptures in the company of good people, which alone can provide us with the great charm of spiritual knowledge.
The journey of this world is delightful to one who, after the removal of his errors and dispersion of the cloud of his ignorance, has come to the knowledge of truth.
You well know that the fixed principle in the mind of one knowing the knowable is to have an aversion to all the enjoyments of life. The desire of results chains a man to the earth. Knowledge of the frailties here serves to dispel his darkness.
Rama knows that curtailing desires is what the wise call liberty, and the attachment of our desires to earthly objects is our confinement here. Spiritual knowledge is easily obtainable by most men, but a distaste for (pleasurable) objects is hard to be had.
Rama, the Lord of the ‘Three Worlds’ is humbly praying to the two great sages of his time learned in divine knowledge and to the august gathering to tell him how the ancient saints fled out of the reach of misery.
The aspirant who longs for liberation has queries in his mind similar to those of Rama, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The aspirant should address his queries to the Lord within and if he is sincere in his quest, rest assure, he will be guided to the proper living teacher of his time depending upon the nature of query.
The first step has to be taken by the aspirant. The Lord cannot do it for him. Because all souls being part of God, He cannot act selectively for a single soul. His act will apply to all souls and selective recall means recall to all souls. Since the ‘Play of World’ set in motion by Him is not yet coming to an end, each individual part has to desire merger with Him.
018a - THE ERRORS OF LUCIFER, THE CREATION AND THE MANNERS TO SAVE THE DEMONSOrdineGesu
1) Lucifer and other angels rebelled against God, prompting God to choose between destroying them or saving them. God chose to save them.
2) To save the fallen angels, God conceived of creating the material world, universe, and humans with laws of evolution, reincarnation, karma to allow the angels to redeem themselves.
3) Through processes like the Christic Redemption and numerous human incarnations, the fallen angels can work to remedy their errors and return to the light of God's knowledge.
This is a collection of writings about what the Holy Spirit desires and dreams to accomplish in our lives. His goal is to lead us to desire all that God desires for us.
Key-notes for Daily Harmonies by Susie Champney Clark Farrah Grant
This document provides daily inspirational messages from January 1 to February 18. The messages discuss topics such as the spiritual nature of life, overcoming sickness, living according to higher spiritual principles, and realizing one's connection to the divine. They encourage lifting one's thoughts above mundane concerns, recognizing one's inherent spiritual power and connection to God, and expressing spirituality through helpful, beautiful actions.
YV BKII CH12 The Greatness of True KnowledgePardeep Sehgal
Rama, I honour you as one of a perfect mind. You know what to ask and you understand what is spoken to you. Therefore I will continue speaking to you respectfully.
Be still, keep your mind fixed in yourself, and attend to knowledge. Be free of pride and passions and incline yourself to pure truth. Whatever business or investigation someone undertakes, it must be brought to a happy conclusion that tends towards his peace and tranquillity.
One obtains the capacity for yoga by discussing the scriptures in the company of good people, which alone can provide us with the great charm of spiritual knowledge.
The journey of this world is delightful to one who, after the removal of his errors and dispersion of the cloud of his ignorance, has come to the knowledge of truth.
You well know that the fixed principle in the mind of one knowing the knowable is to have an aversion to all the enjoyments of life. The desire of results chains a man to the earth. Knowledge of the frailties here serves to dispel his darkness.
Rama knows that curtailing desires is what the wise call liberty, and the attachment of our desires to earthly objects is our confinement here. Spiritual knowledge is easily obtainable by most men, but a distaste for (pleasurable) objects is hard to be had.
Rama, the Lord of the ‘Three Worlds’ is humbly praying to the two great sages of his time learned in divine knowledge and to the august gathering to tell him how the ancient saints fled out of the reach of misery.
The aspirant who longs for liberation has queries in his mind similar to those of Rama, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The aspirant should address his queries to the Lord within and if he is sincere in his quest, rest assure, he will be guided to the proper living teacher of his time depending upon the nature of query.
The first step has to be taken by the aspirant. The Lord cannot do it for him. Because all souls being part of God, He cannot act selectively for a single soul. His act will apply to all souls and selective recall means recall to all souls. Since the ‘Play of World’ set in motion by Him is not yet coming to an end, each individual part has to desire merger with Him.
018a - THE ERRORS OF LUCIFER, THE CREATION AND THE MANNERS TO SAVE THE DEMONSOrdineGesu
1) Lucifer and other angels rebelled against God, prompting God to choose between destroying them or saving them. God chose to save them.
2) To save the fallen angels, God conceived of creating the material world, universe, and humans with laws of evolution, reincarnation, karma to allow the angels to redeem themselves.
3) Through processes like the Christic Redemption and numerous human incarnations, the fallen angels can work to remedy their errors and return to the light of God's knowledge.
This is a collection of writings about what the Holy Spirit desires and dreams to accomplish in our lives. His goal is to lead us to desire all that God desires for us.
The document discusses physical death as a universal condition brought about by Adam and Eve's fall, noting that through Christ's atonement we can overcome death. It explains that at death, spirits enter the spirit world where they await the resurrection - the righteous in a state of paradise and the wicked in a state of misery. The gospel is preached in the spirit world to give all people a chance to accept it before final judgment.
This document contains the final lesson of Charles Haanel's Master Key System course. It discusses how developing an understanding of the Universal Mind and one's connection to it allows one to manifest positive conditions by thinking the truth. It emphasizes that the Universal Mind is omnipresent and creative, and one can access it within to overcome error, lack, disease or limitations by convincing themselves of the truth. Practicing focused, sustained truthful thinking will enable one to express ideal conditions in their life and environment.
This document is a summary of key points about the heart from a longer work. It discusses the heart as the focal point of psychic energy and creativity. It is the center of imagination and a link between the physical and spiritual worlds. Maintaining an open, compassionate heart is important for advancing on the spiritual path and achieving communion. Doubt and egoism weaken the heart, while strengthening the link with higher forces through devotion helps purify the heart.
This document provides an introduction to the author's experiences exploring their psycho-cosmic self through chaos magic techniques. It discusses the origins of contacting one's Holy Guardian Angel based on the text The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. The author then describes formulating their own ritual called the Rite of Godhood/Grendel's Had an Accident based on fusing intense emotions from a relationship to liberate belief and make contact with something that has been with them their whole existence.
This document discusses the power of thought and its influence on character and circumstances. It argues that one's thoughts shape one's character and life experiences. As a person thinks, so they are. One's outer world reflects their inner world of thoughts. Both good and bad circumstances are due to a person's mental state and thoughts. A person's thoughts attract similar experiences and situations to them based on the principles of cause and effect in the mental realm.
Complete abandonment of desires (vasana, mental conditioning) is called the best state of liberation (moksha) and is the only pure step towards happiness.
The absence of desires leads to the extinction of mental actions, in the same manner as the absence of cold melts small particles of ice. Our desires uphold our living bodies and bind us tightly to our bodily prison like ropes. These being loosened, the inner soul is liberated.
Mental conditioning is of two kinds: pure and impure. The impure ones cause reincarnation, while the pure ones serve to destroy it. An impure desire is like a mist of ignorance, the stubborn feeling that one is the individual ego. The wise say that individual ego is the cause of rebirth.
063a - REFLECTIONS and SEARCHES ON THE LIFE, ON THE BUDDHA, ON THE PAIN, ON T...OrdineGesu
1. The document discusses the work of Buddha and Satan-Mara, noting that Buddha's teachings ignored God and denied the existence of souls, which Satan may have influenced through exploiting Buddha's pride.
2. Our Lady of Medjugorje's messages warn of Satan's influence and call for prayer to protect against Satan taking control of God's plans or using people's sins. Prayer is needed to defeat Satan and allow God's plans to be realized.
3. Our Lady emphasizes the importance of prayer in overcoming Satan's influence and growing closer to God, and calls the faithful to consciously choose God over Satan through prayer and holiness.
This document summarizes the key ideas from James Allen's book "As A Man Thinketh". It discusses how a man's character and circumstances are a direct result of his patterns of thought. It asserts that we attract into our lives whatever we secretly harbor or fear in our minds. A man is literally made or remade by the dominant thoughts in his mind and can rise above his circumstances or descend into misery based on whether his thoughts are pure, wise and well-applied.
This article summarizes Barry Long's perspective on death as he approaches his own death from advanced prostate cancer. He draws on mystical teachings that view death as a natural transition of the eternal spirit from the physical body back to eternity. As the body weakens, one's attachment to physical existence fades and the divine spirit within becomes clearer. Death represents the final release of the spirit from past attachments to return to its eternal home.
This document is an introduction to the book "As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen. It discusses how a man's thoughts shape his character and circumstances. The key points are:
1) A man's character is the sum of his thoughts and through his thoughts he also shapes his conditions and destiny.
2) By controlling his thoughts, a man can change his character and transform his life. Suffering and wickedness are caused by wrong thoughts while happiness and prosperity come from right thinking.
3) A man's outer world reflects his inner world of thoughts - his circumstances are a result of the seeds of thought he has planted in his mind.
1. Souls can incarnate on worlds other than Earth and may live multiple lives on Earth or other worlds as they progress.
2. A spirit can request to incarnate on a particular world if they have achieved a high enough level of development, otherwise the world is determined by their level of evolution.
3. All worlds, including Earth, progress towards becoming more perfect as the inhabitants progress morally and intellectually through multiple incarnations.
This document discusses the Catholic understanding of conscience. It begins by explaining that conscience is the inner voice that guides us to do good and avoid evil according to God's law, which is written on our hearts. It then discusses several aspects of conscience, including its role in moral judgment and decision making, the importance of forming conscience through principles like reason and faith, and the possibility of erroneous judgments that go against God's law. The document emphasizes that we must always follow a well-formed conscience and seek to correct any errors, in order to discern and do God's will.
- The document discusses Swedenborg's views on heaven, hell, and the afterlife based on his claimed spiritual experiences. Some key points:
- Angels in heaven reflect the human form because heaven as a whole reflects a single man. Societies in heaven also each reflect a single man.
- People are born with evils and cannot survive or be reformed without association with spirits, both good and evil. Freedom comes from the balance between heavenly and hellish influences.
- All good comes from God/the Lord, not from people themselves. People in heaven perceive that they will and act from God, not themselves.
- Hell is populated by those who love evil and inflicting harm. The
This document is the introduction and first chapter of the book "As A Man Thinketh" by James Allen. It discusses how a person's thoughts shape their character and circumstances. It states that a person is the product of their thoughts, and that by taking control of one's mind and thinking positively, one can become the master of their own life and destiny. It also explains how a person's outer environment is a reflection of their inner mental state, and that circumstances in life arise as a result of the thoughts one habitually has.
The document is a 24-part lesson on the Master Key System, which discusses metaphysical and philosophical concepts. It covers topics like the mind's power over reality, the relationship between thoughts and manifestations, and how to use truth and understanding to overcome lack, disease, and limitations. The summary provides an overview without verbatim copying from the document.
The document discusses life after death from a Hindu perspective. It begins with an introduction explaining that the science of life after death, or Paraloka-Vidya, has fascinated people for millennia. It then provides excerpts from Hindu scriptures, including prayers from the dying asking to see the truth and identifying the self as the supreme being. The introduction explains that conquering the fear of death is the aim of yoga practices.
This document introduces a new sacred text called "The Book" that combines all previous sacred texts. It is revealed through divine codes to guide humanity during difficult times and unite everyone under one roof. The book will help readers understand subjects from a learning perspective to overcome the degeneration of previous sacred texts. It is presented as a single sacred book to the universe during what is called the Golden Age, a period where new knowledge and secrets will be revealed to help humanity evolve.
Brochure - NEW REVELATION - About health and sickness - ed 1Simona P
The causes of physical sickness can be traced to impure foods and substances that fill the body. In ancient times, people who ate simple, natural foods like milk, bread, and fruits lived long, healthy lives without sickness. But today's variety of delicacies often contain unfermented substances that fight within the body and cause sickness over time. Children too are often born into sickly bodies when their parents consumed many impure substances and the mother indulged in delicacies during pregnancy. Strict diets like what Moses prescribed can promote health, but once people return to indulgence sickness will follow.
1. The document discusses different types of knowledge - direct sensory perception, reasoning, and knowledge from scripture.
2. It argues that direct perception and reasoning have limitations and defects, as the senses are imperfect and speculation leaves us uncertain.
3. The only way to attain perfect and absolute knowledge is through knowledge from Vedic scripture, as it comes directly from God without human interpretation and is not limited by the senses. This knowledge can lead one to the highest truth and realization.
The document is a translation of Adi Sankaracharya's VIVEKACHUDAMA NI by Swami Madhavananda. It contains 77 verses from the original text discussing key concepts in Advaita Vedanta such as the distinction between the eternal Self and the impermanent non-Self/body, the means to attain liberation from rebirth through self-knowledge and renunciation, and the role of a guru in imparting this knowledge.
The senses of an unreasonable man are always running astray to the wrong and never turning to the right way. The eyes of a blind man lead him to fall into a pit.
Who is that great man that has crossed the great ocean of the world, whose exemplary conduct exempts one from misery? O you good men who are present here and learned in divine knowledge, teach me so that I may obtain the fullness of my heart and may not come to grief and sorrow anymore.
Rama, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the Lord of the ‘Three Worlds’ is humbly praying to the two great sages of his time learned in divine knowledge to teach him the method to clean the impurities of his mind so that he does not have to face grief and sorrow anymore.
The document discusses physical death as a universal condition brought about by Adam and Eve's fall, noting that through Christ's atonement we can overcome death. It explains that at death, spirits enter the spirit world where they await the resurrection - the righteous in a state of paradise and the wicked in a state of misery. The gospel is preached in the spirit world to give all people a chance to accept it before final judgment.
This document contains the final lesson of Charles Haanel's Master Key System course. It discusses how developing an understanding of the Universal Mind and one's connection to it allows one to manifest positive conditions by thinking the truth. It emphasizes that the Universal Mind is omnipresent and creative, and one can access it within to overcome error, lack, disease or limitations by convincing themselves of the truth. Practicing focused, sustained truthful thinking will enable one to express ideal conditions in their life and environment.
This document is a summary of key points about the heart from a longer work. It discusses the heart as the focal point of psychic energy and creativity. It is the center of imagination and a link between the physical and spiritual worlds. Maintaining an open, compassionate heart is important for advancing on the spiritual path and achieving communion. Doubt and egoism weaken the heart, while strengthening the link with higher forces through devotion helps purify the heart.
This document provides an introduction to the author's experiences exploring their psycho-cosmic self through chaos magic techniques. It discusses the origins of contacting one's Holy Guardian Angel based on the text The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. The author then describes formulating their own ritual called the Rite of Godhood/Grendel's Had an Accident based on fusing intense emotions from a relationship to liberate belief and make contact with something that has been with them their whole existence.
This document discusses the power of thought and its influence on character and circumstances. It argues that one's thoughts shape one's character and life experiences. As a person thinks, so they are. One's outer world reflects their inner world of thoughts. Both good and bad circumstances are due to a person's mental state and thoughts. A person's thoughts attract similar experiences and situations to them based on the principles of cause and effect in the mental realm.
Complete abandonment of desires (vasana, mental conditioning) is called the best state of liberation (moksha) and is the only pure step towards happiness.
The absence of desires leads to the extinction of mental actions, in the same manner as the absence of cold melts small particles of ice. Our desires uphold our living bodies and bind us tightly to our bodily prison like ropes. These being loosened, the inner soul is liberated.
Mental conditioning is of two kinds: pure and impure. The impure ones cause reincarnation, while the pure ones serve to destroy it. An impure desire is like a mist of ignorance, the stubborn feeling that one is the individual ego. The wise say that individual ego is the cause of rebirth.
063a - REFLECTIONS and SEARCHES ON THE LIFE, ON THE BUDDHA, ON THE PAIN, ON T...OrdineGesu
1. The document discusses the work of Buddha and Satan-Mara, noting that Buddha's teachings ignored God and denied the existence of souls, which Satan may have influenced through exploiting Buddha's pride.
2. Our Lady of Medjugorje's messages warn of Satan's influence and call for prayer to protect against Satan taking control of God's plans or using people's sins. Prayer is needed to defeat Satan and allow God's plans to be realized.
3. Our Lady emphasizes the importance of prayer in overcoming Satan's influence and growing closer to God, and calls the faithful to consciously choose God over Satan through prayer and holiness.
This document summarizes the key ideas from James Allen's book "As A Man Thinketh". It discusses how a man's character and circumstances are a direct result of his patterns of thought. It asserts that we attract into our lives whatever we secretly harbor or fear in our minds. A man is literally made or remade by the dominant thoughts in his mind and can rise above his circumstances or descend into misery based on whether his thoughts are pure, wise and well-applied.
This article summarizes Barry Long's perspective on death as he approaches his own death from advanced prostate cancer. He draws on mystical teachings that view death as a natural transition of the eternal spirit from the physical body back to eternity. As the body weakens, one's attachment to physical existence fades and the divine spirit within becomes clearer. Death represents the final release of the spirit from past attachments to return to its eternal home.
This document is an introduction to the book "As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen. It discusses how a man's thoughts shape his character and circumstances. The key points are:
1) A man's character is the sum of his thoughts and through his thoughts he also shapes his conditions and destiny.
2) By controlling his thoughts, a man can change his character and transform his life. Suffering and wickedness are caused by wrong thoughts while happiness and prosperity come from right thinking.
3) A man's outer world reflects his inner world of thoughts - his circumstances are a result of the seeds of thought he has planted in his mind.
1. Souls can incarnate on worlds other than Earth and may live multiple lives on Earth or other worlds as they progress.
2. A spirit can request to incarnate on a particular world if they have achieved a high enough level of development, otherwise the world is determined by their level of evolution.
3. All worlds, including Earth, progress towards becoming more perfect as the inhabitants progress morally and intellectually through multiple incarnations.
This document discusses the Catholic understanding of conscience. It begins by explaining that conscience is the inner voice that guides us to do good and avoid evil according to God's law, which is written on our hearts. It then discusses several aspects of conscience, including its role in moral judgment and decision making, the importance of forming conscience through principles like reason and faith, and the possibility of erroneous judgments that go against God's law. The document emphasizes that we must always follow a well-formed conscience and seek to correct any errors, in order to discern and do God's will.
- The document discusses Swedenborg's views on heaven, hell, and the afterlife based on his claimed spiritual experiences. Some key points:
- Angels in heaven reflect the human form because heaven as a whole reflects a single man. Societies in heaven also each reflect a single man.
- People are born with evils and cannot survive or be reformed without association with spirits, both good and evil. Freedom comes from the balance between heavenly and hellish influences.
- All good comes from God/the Lord, not from people themselves. People in heaven perceive that they will and act from God, not themselves.
- Hell is populated by those who love evil and inflicting harm. The
This document is the introduction and first chapter of the book "As A Man Thinketh" by James Allen. It discusses how a person's thoughts shape their character and circumstances. It states that a person is the product of their thoughts, and that by taking control of one's mind and thinking positively, one can become the master of their own life and destiny. It also explains how a person's outer environment is a reflection of their inner mental state, and that circumstances in life arise as a result of the thoughts one habitually has.
The document is a 24-part lesson on the Master Key System, which discusses metaphysical and philosophical concepts. It covers topics like the mind's power over reality, the relationship between thoughts and manifestations, and how to use truth and understanding to overcome lack, disease, and limitations. The summary provides an overview without verbatim copying from the document.
The document discusses life after death from a Hindu perspective. It begins with an introduction explaining that the science of life after death, or Paraloka-Vidya, has fascinated people for millennia. It then provides excerpts from Hindu scriptures, including prayers from the dying asking to see the truth and identifying the self as the supreme being. The introduction explains that conquering the fear of death is the aim of yoga practices.
This document introduces a new sacred text called "The Book" that combines all previous sacred texts. It is revealed through divine codes to guide humanity during difficult times and unite everyone under one roof. The book will help readers understand subjects from a learning perspective to overcome the degeneration of previous sacred texts. It is presented as a single sacred book to the universe during what is called the Golden Age, a period where new knowledge and secrets will be revealed to help humanity evolve.
Brochure - NEW REVELATION - About health and sickness - ed 1Simona P
The causes of physical sickness can be traced to impure foods and substances that fill the body. In ancient times, people who ate simple, natural foods like milk, bread, and fruits lived long, healthy lives without sickness. But today's variety of delicacies often contain unfermented substances that fight within the body and cause sickness over time. Children too are often born into sickly bodies when their parents consumed many impure substances and the mother indulged in delicacies during pregnancy. Strict diets like what Moses prescribed can promote health, but once people return to indulgence sickness will follow.
1. The document discusses different types of knowledge - direct sensory perception, reasoning, and knowledge from scripture.
2. It argues that direct perception and reasoning have limitations and defects, as the senses are imperfect and speculation leaves us uncertain.
3. The only way to attain perfect and absolute knowledge is through knowledge from Vedic scripture, as it comes directly from God without human interpretation and is not limited by the senses. This knowledge can lead one to the highest truth and realization.
The document is a translation of Adi Sankaracharya's VIVEKACHUDAMA NI by Swami Madhavananda. It contains 77 verses from the original text discussing key concepts in Advaita Vedanta such as the distinction between the eternal Self and the impermanent non-Self/body, the means to attain liberation from rebirth through self-knowledge and renunciation, and the role of a guru in imparting this knowledge.
The senses of an unreasonable man are always running astray to the wrong and never turning to the right way. The eyes of a blind man lead him to fall into a pit.
Who is that great man that has crossed the great ocean of the world, whose exemplary conduct exempts one from misery? O you good men who are present here and learned in divine knowledge, teach me so that I may obtain the fullness of my heart and may not come to grief and sorrow anymore.
Rama, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the Lord of the ‘Three Worlds’ is humbly praying to the two great sages of his time learned in divine knowledge to teach him the method to clean the impurities of his mind so that he does not have to face grief and sorrow anymore.
YV BKII CH10 Brahma Propounds the Knowledge of Liberation to VashishthaPardeep Sehgal
Let those who have great minds forsake their worldly desires in order to avoid future births and attend to these lectures with calm contentment.
In our Objective World no one gives us B.A.; M.A. or Ph.D. degrees without going to schools, colleges and universities and seeking help of our teachers.
How can someone guarantee us liberation which is the most difficult task and for which we have made no effort to even know the subject throughout our lifetime, leave aside the company of realized persons?
How the avatars or the Masters of the past can be of any use to us now? Only a living being can guide a living being. Liberation is only possible by following a liberated and not otherwise.
YV BKII CH11 On the Qualifications of Student and TeacherPardeep Sehgal
They are reckoned as great and wise men whose detachment springs without cause (of detestation to the world) and whose minds are clear. They are esteemed as the best of men who, after judicious consideration of worldly troubles, apply themselves to detachment.
Without the remedy of right reason, the unceasing excitement of the senses and the fears and miseries of the world will continually disturb the mind. But the troubles of this world cannot afflict a wise man who knows the knowable and discerns all things; just as it is impossible for the flame of fire to burn wood drenched by rain.
O best of the eloquent, you must not receive instruction from one unacquainted with truth. Whoever asks such a person anything is the greatest of fools. He is the basest of men who does not carefully attend to the words of the truth-telling teacher who is asked about anything.
YV BKII CH6 Fate is the Result of Former EffortsPardeep Sehgal
Fate is nothing but the result of our actions in former existences. Thus fate, being nothing but a name for our past actions, it is as easily overcome (by present acts) as a boy (is subdued) by an adult youth.
As some bad conduct of yesterday is corrected by proper behaviour of the present day, so is past fate removed by present acts. And what should be the present acts are best learnt from study of scriptures, guidance of an adept teacher and careful self-analysis.
All wise men, after discussion of the subject of fate and acts, have applied themselves to action by utter rejection of fatality and have accomplished their ends by attendance on the good and the wise.
YV BKII CH3 Repeated Creations of the WorldPardeep Sehgal
The external world appears as a reality, but in truth it is only a creation of our desires. It is an ideal castle in the air, and a magic view spread before us.
It is at the point of death and afterwards that the unreality of the world best appears. But this knowledge (of the unreality of the world) becomes darkened upon being reborn on earth, when the shadow of this world again falls on the mirror of his sentient soul.
The dead have no sensation of the earth and other bodies made of the elements, or of the course of the world, but they fall again to these errors upon being reborn here.
There is an interminable ignorance resembling an immense river enveloping the face of creation, and breaking into streamlets of ignorance that are impossible to cross.
YV BKII CH15 On Contentment (The Third Guard at the Door of Liberation)Pardeep Sehgal
Contentment (the third gate-keeper) is the chief good. Contentment is called (true) enjoyment, and the contented man, O destroyer of enemies, gets the best repose.
Whoever retains a contented mind amidst all the affairs of the world is never disturbed or dejected in adverse circumstances, O Rama.
An ungoverned mind, subject to desires and devoid of contentment, does not receive the light of knowledge, like a soiled mirror takes no reflection of the face.
He is called contented who does not long after what he does not possess, who enjoys what he has in its right manner, and who is always graceful in his manners.
I see no deeds in the world that endure to the final liberation of men. Actions proceeding from a fool’s desire for results serve only for their restlessness on earth. Even in old age, those corrupted by their greed will not accept sermons on their eternal concerns…I know not how to pass this state of human life.
Reflect carefully on the observations of Rama, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, on the vanity of this world. A cycle of four yugas starts with Satyuga, in which people live by the norms of Dharma. In Satya Yuga contentment is the chariot and Dharma is the driver. In Treta continence is the chariot and might is the driver. In Dwapar penance is the chariot and virtue is the driver. In Kaliyuga fire is the chariot and falsehood is the driver.
The cycle that starts with society’s unflinching adherence to Dharma ends with complete moral degeneration in Kaliyuga, wherein people burn in the fires of lust, anger and greed; relationships are built on narrow self-interest; and the affairs of society are run through falsehood, cunning and deceit.
2239. There are Those Who have been living in Unity wit.docxShiraPrater50
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39. There are Those Who have been living in Unity
with Tao since ancient times. Thanks to Them, the sky is
pure and the earth is stable, nature is gentle and rivers
are full of water, valleys are covered with flowers, all
living beings multiply, and the heroes of the spiritual
Path are paragons of virtue. All this is provided by Those
Who Have Achieved the Unity!
If They did not help, then the sky would cease to be
pure and the earth would crack all over, nature would
cease giving its beauty to all the living, valleys would
stop blooming and turn into deserts, all living beings
would stop multiplying and disappear, and the heroes of
the spiritual Path would not be paragons of virtue and
would be ridiculed and banished…
People are a base for their rulers. Therefore, those
earthly rulers who elevate themselves do not have a
strong base. This happens because they do not consider
people as their base. It is their mistake.
If you disassemble the chariot that you ride, what
would you be left with?
Do not regard yourself as precious jasper! Be simple,
like a common stone!
40. The interaction of opposites is the sphere of
Tao’s activity.
The Highest Subtlety is one of the most important
qualities of Tao. It is opposed by the coarse qualities of
evil people.
All the development of incarnate beings happens
with the interaction of these opposites.
However, the world of matter itself originated from
the Subtlest Source…
41. The wise, having learned about Tao, aspire to
self-realization in It.
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The unwise, having learned about Tao, sometimes
remember about It and sometimes forget about It.
Foolish people, having learned about Tao, ridicule It.
They regard Those Who have cognized Tao as insane…
They regard the wisdom as insanity…, the higher justice
as vice…, the righteousness as depravity…, the great
truth as falsity…
Yes, the great square has no corners, the great sound
cannot be heard, the great image cannot be seen…
Yes, Tao is hidden from idle looks. It leads only those
to Perfection who are worthy of it!
42. Once, One came out from Tao. He took with Him-
self Two others. Those Two took Three others. And They
all began to create various forms of life on the planet.
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All creatures are subdivided into pairs of opposites —
yin and yang — and are filled with chi. All further devel-
opment comes from their interactions.
Everyone is afraid of loneliness and views it as suffer-
ing. This concerns earthly rulers as well.
They care only about themselves and refuse to help
others.
However, the correct decision is to dedicate oneself
to caring about others, thereby forgetting about oneself.
Wise spiritual seekers who dedicate their lives to the
good of all will not be conquered by death. I prefer these
words to all the other precepts of all the sages!
Those Who have attained Tao are merged into One in
It.
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Lao Tse tells here ...
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The fruits of duties prescribed by religion are invisible, being attainable in the next world. The fruits, however, of Penance directed towards the soul are obtainable in this world.
Few men realize that with pleasure there is pain, and with pain, pleasure; and as pain is disgusting, so is pleasure, as it is the twin-brother of pain. Both should be turned aside by men whose reason is balanced. Why will not men seek freedom from being played upon?
The sage wants liberty; he finds that sense-objects are all vain and that there is no end to pleasures and pains. When a man begins to see the vanity of worldly things, he will feel he ought not to be thus played upon or borne along by nature. That is slavery.
When one realizes all this slavery, then comes the desire to be free; and intense desire comes. If a piece of burning charcoal were placed on a man’s head, see how he struggles to throw it off.
Similar will be the struggles for freedom of a man who really understands that he is a slave of nature. This is what Mumukshutva or the desire to be free is.
1. The document provides an introduction to the Yoga Vashishtha, an ancient Indian spiritual text composed by Valmiki that details a dialogue between Prince Rama and the sage Vashishtha.
2. Over the course of 22 days, Vashishtha uses stories, lectures, and dialogues to help Rama attain self-realization and understand that the individual self and material world are illusions, and that the only reality is Divine Consciousness.
3. The essence of the philosophy expressed is that creation is not separate from God but a reflection of God, and that each individual is ultimately the same indivisible Divine Consciousness rather than a physical body.
The body with its smiling face appears like a good plant bearing both good and bad fruit, but it has become home for the snake of greed and the crows of anger.
The mind is the architect and master of this bodily dwelling, and our activities are its supports and servants. It is filled with errors and delusions which I do not like.
It is no lovely house where the external organs are playing their parts, while its mistress understanding sits inside with her brood of anxieties.
The body lies like a tortoise in the cave of greed amidst the ocean of the world. It remains there in the mud in a mute and torpid state without any effort for its liberation.
This document summarizes chapters 1 and 2 of the Avadhuta Gita, a Hindu scripture. It discusses non-duality and how the self (Atman) is infinite, formless, and beyond attributes. It states the self was never born and will never die. It asserts that duality, the world, and individual souls are illusions, and that only Brahman, the supreme reality, truly exists. The document encourages realizing one's true nature as Atman and finding liberation from suffering, birth, and death.
Rama responds to Valmiki's questions by recounting his life and reflections on the world. He describes growing up in his father's palace and traveling to learn customs. Through discrimination, he discarded thoughts of sensual pleasures, seeing that worldly objects provide no stability and attach us through imagination. Rama became disgusted with the world, questioning its nature, progress, and how to alleviate misery. He feels heavy burdens but cannot show tears, waiting to understand positive and negative states. Rama sees prosperity as a seducing cheat that impairs qualities and spreads miseries.
A description of the Post-Mortal Spirit World according to Mormon Theology. Consists of short questions followed by authoritative quotations from church presidents, apostles, and publications.
We all remain here, as slaves sold to Fate and Destiny, and we are deceived by their allurements…Destiny, the faithful and obedient wife of Fate, is naturally fickle on account of her being a female. She is always bent on mischief and disturbing patience.
Everyone in this world is fond of affluence and pleasures, not knowing that these are only calculated to lead him to his ruin. All individual existences are liable to appear and disappear. All desires are chains to the world, and all worldly beings are constantly seen to be led away to where, necessarily, no one can tell.
The duration of human life in this world is being decreased in each generation in proportion to the increase of wicked acts. The desire of pleasure is as vain as the expectation of reaping fruit from a vine growing in the sky. Yet I know not why men of reason would not understand this truth.
This document outlines some foundational concepts in occultism. It discusses how occultism studies hidden forces and the art of controlling such forces. It defines the occult as that which is hidden from the five senses but can be perceived through other means. All knowledge comes from experience and perceptions of relations between different experiences and concepts. Truth is achieving accurate cognition that corresponds with reality. The proper test of any faculty, whether physical or psychic, is whether it provides knowledge and information that leads to satisfactory results.
050a - CIVILIZATION AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES, HYPOTHESIS OF COLLABORATIONS W...OrdineGesu
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2. It discusses the importance of awareness and conscience, stating that man limits himself to his own awareness and it is difficult to know ourselves without reflection. Religions must help people understand the truths of life.
3. It briefly defines conscience as feeling that man is pushed to live beyond himself. Self-knowledge and overcoming selfishness and egoism are keys to spiritual evolution, which is ensured for all men through laws like evolution, karma, reincarnation and forgiveness of sins.
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Ignorance is the spring of misery. Through ignorance one suffers afflictions and incurs great danger. Ignorance has its origin in covetousness. As covetousness grows, ignorance also grows. Ignorance exists there where covetousness exists.
Current COVID virus is a direct attack on the vital Link necessary for transfer of Energy to Form. Our willful engagement in the Greed-Deceit group of negative attributes at Shanks has given birth to this virus.
Life is going to be different post Corona. It is a message to the entire world that we must limit performance of our activity which is based on the Greed-Deceit group of negative attributes.
Disclaimer: This is the opinion of the writer. All are welcome to make further studies in this direction.
Brother, there are three evils most formidable of all: lust, anger and greed. The weapons of greed are desire and hypocrisy, of lust naught but woman; while anger’s weapon is harsh speech: so declare the great sages after deep thought. Woman is God's wonderful creation but to lust after her is not desirable.
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Women are said to be naturally sinful and the root of all evil according to ancient Hindu scriptures. The celestial being Panchachuda lists the many faults of women as understood in these scriptures, such as their inability to remain faithful, their constant desire for new male companions, and their lack of restraint even for husbands who treat them well. Women are seen as inherently lacking self-control and morality. Originally, women were created virtuous, but Brahma later created the current form of women with the aid of illusion to instill in them lust, desire, and inability to be restrained in order to stop humanity's progression towards godhood.
Celibacy 4 - Right Company and Firm DecisionPardeep Sehgal
The sexual impulse has been there for countless lives, and you never know when it will rise again. Therefore, it is important to remain in the right company. If you go out of right company, because of the existing impulse, sexuality will start to sprout all over again.
What is nischaya (determined decision)? Nischaya means, no matter how powerful an army of worldly difficulties arises with attacks, you would not back off.
What is nischaya? It is to stop all other thoughts and come onto only one thought. If you make a firm decision, all the evidences will come together and make it happen. If your decision is not firm then the evidences will not come together and your goal will not be accomplished.
True understanding is one that produces results. All other understanding is unfruitful.
Mind, intellect, chit and ego should remain in brahmacharya. And if mind, intellect, chit and ego turn towards brahmacharya, then the external sexuality will shed off automatically.
The illusion of sex is such that it will sink all, even the one who thinks that he has no attachment to anything in the world. This illusion of sex has sunk great sages and masters from tremendous spiritual heights.
Celibacy 2 - Means of Attaining BrahamacharyaPardeep Sehgal
This document discusses different means of attaining brahmacharya or celibacy. It states that jnana (spiritual knowledge) and finding the right guru are necessary for controlling sexual desires and achieving brahmacharya. Mere external restraints like avoiding marriage are not sufficient, as the root causes of sexuality lie in ignorance. Only by uprooting this ignorance through jnana can one truly attain freedom from sexual impulses and desires. The cycle of rebirth will continue until one seeks out a true master to help achieve liberation from this ignorance.
Celibacy 1 - The Detailed Analysis of SexualityPardeep Sehgal
Brahmacharya means control of the Veerya. The vital force or Veerya is preserved only by one who is established in the practice of Brahmacharya. The vital fluid or semen is lost and wasted during sexual indulgence.
From food comes juice or chyle; from chyle comes blood and flesh; from flesh comes fat; from fat comes bones; from bones come marrow. Lastly, from marrow comes semen.
The Veerya comes out of the very marrow concealed in the bones. It is found in a subtle state in all the cells of the body. Mark here how precious the semen is! It is the last essence of food. It is the essence of essences.
In Yoga Shastra it is stated: "The falling of semen brings death; the preservation of it gives life." 'The nemesis of reproduction is death. The sexual act is essentially katabolic (or a movement towards death) in the male, and in parturition of the offspring it is katabolic for the female.'
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Listen! Rama, I am now telling you the secret of accomplishment. Of all the requisites for wisdom, Divine Grace is the most important. He who has entirely surrendered himself to the Goddess (Pure Consciousness by devotion through a true Guru) is sure to gain wisdom readily. Rama! This is the best of all the methods.
This method does not require other aids to reinforce its efficiency, as other methods do for accomplishing the end. This is hard for those whose minds are directed outward; and it is easy, sure and quick for devotees engrossed in the Goddess of the Self to the exclusion of all else.
My concrete form is the eternal couple - the Supreme Lord and Energy - always in undivided union and abiding as the eternal consciousness pervading the three phenomenal states of waking, dream and sleep, and reclining on the cot whose four legs are Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Protector), Siva (the Destroyer) and Isvara (Disappearance) and whose surface is Sadasiva (Grace) which is contained in the mansion known as 'fulfilment of purpose' enclosed by the garden of 'Kadamba' trees in the jewel island situated in the wide ocean of nectar surrounding the cosmos and extending beyond.
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Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, Isvara, Sadasiva, Ganesa, Skanda, the gods of the eight quarters, their energies, other gods, celestials, serpents and other superhuman beings are all manifestations of myself. However, people do not know ME because their intellect is shrouded in ignorance.
I grant boons to those who worship ME. There is no one besides ME worthy of worship or capable of fulfilling all desires.
ADS6 - Different States of the Wise (Jnanis)Pardeep Sehgal
What kind of effort can avail to disclose the eternally self-resplendent consciousness?
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• Being coated with a thick crust of infinite vasanas (dispositions), it is not easily perceived.
• The incrustation must first be soaked in the running stream of mind control and carefully scraped off with the sharp chisel of investigation.
• Then one must turn the closed urn of crystal quartz - namely, the mind cleaned in the aforesaid manner - on the grinding wheel of alertness and finally open the lid with the lever of discrimination.
• Lo! The gem enclosed within is now reached and that is all!
Intellects are the cumulative effects of the predispositions acquired by karma. Effort is necessary so long as the predispositions continue to sway the intellect
Diversity is visible only in space, and this space is in the Self, which in turn projects it at the moment when differentiation starts although it is not then clear. Rama! Look within.
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• What you perceive as space within is the expanse wherein all creatures exist, and it forms their ‘Self’ or consciousness.
• What they look upon as space is your ‘Self’.
• Thus, the ‘Self’ in one is space in another, and vice versa.
• The same thing cannot differ in its nature.
• Therefore there is no difference between space and ‘Self’ - which is full and perfect Bliss-Consciousness.
The strongest fetter is the certainty that one is bound. It is as false as the fearful hallucinations of a frightened child. Even the best of men cannot find release by any amount of efforts unless his sense of bondage is destroyed.
An aspirant for wisdom first turns away from the pleasures of life and absorbs himself in the search for knowledge, which he learns from a master. This is hearsay knowledge.
In order to experience it, he ponders over it and clears his doubts. Then he applies the knowledge to himself and tries to feel his immortal being transcending the body, mind, etc., he succeeds in feeling his Self within.
Later he remembers the teaching imparted by his Guru that the Self being unqualified, cannot be differentiated from God and experiences his unity with the Universal Self. This is in short the course of wisdom and liberation.
If you infer its eternal light, then closely investigate whether the light is of itself or not. Everybody fails in this investigation however learned and proficient he may be, because his mind is not bent inward but restlessly moves outward.
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• As long as thoughts crop up, so long has the turning inward of the mind not been accomplished.
• As long as the mind is not inward, so long the Self cannot be realised.
• Turning inward means absence of desire.
• How can the mind be fixed within if desires are not given up?
Therefore become dispassionate and inhere as the Self. Such inherence is spontaneous (no effort is needed to inhere as the Self). It is realised after thoughts are eliminated and investigation ceases.
ADS2 - Cosmic Intelligence and Reality of the UniversePardeep Sehgal
All that is seen has an origin and there must therefore be an antecedent cause for it.
If a thing can appear without a cause there is no relation between cause and effect, and there can be no harmony in the world. A potter's work may lead to a weaver's products, and vice versa, which is absurd. Each occurrence must have a cause for it; that is the rule.
The universe must have a Creator, and He must be an intelligent principle, but He cannot be of any known type because of the vastness of the creation. His power is past understanding and is dealt with in the Scriptures, whose authority is incontrovertible.
This whole universe consisting of the mobile and the immobile, arises from, abides in, and resolves into Him. This is the final and well-known conclusion of the Scriptures; and the Scriptures never err. The guide by which one can apprehend the metaphysical and transcendental matters is Scripture alone.
ADS1 - The Story of Hemalekha and HemachudaPardeep Sehgal
Investigation is the root-cause of all, and it is the first step to the supreme reward of indescribable bliss. How can anyone gain security without proper investigation? A deliberating man always shines over others. Brahma is great because of deliberation; Vishnu is worshipped because of it.
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YV BKII CH13 On Equanimity (The First Guard at the Door of Liberation)
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Yoga Vashishtha of Valmiki
Book II – The Aspirant Who Longs for Liberation
Chapter 13: On Equanimity (The First Guard at the Door of Liberation)
Book II, Chapter 13
On Equanimity (Peace and Tranquillity of Mind)
The First Guard at the Door of Liberation
The Characteristics of a Saint
Vashishtha speaking:
1Intelligent men who have seen the spirit fix their sight upon
it and wander about in the world as persons of great and
elevated souls, 2they do not grieve, nor do they wish or ask for
anything of good or evil (in this world). They do their works
with detachment.
3Those who rely on themselves remain quiet, unaffected by
good or evil and acting their parts with a calm serenity. They
take no concern for what is harmful or delectable to them.
4They are alike indifferent to coming or not coming, going or
not going, doing or not doing, and speaking or not speaking.
5After having come to know their God (as the author of all
good), whatever acts or sights may appear pleasant or
disgusting to others cease to affect them in any way.
6The mind having rid its desires feels a sweet composure
associated with bliss that is like moonlight descending from
the heavenly orb all about.
7By being unmindful of worldly affairs and regardless of all its
excitements, the soul is filled with a joy resembling the
ambrosial waters in the moon.
8He who ceases to act his magical parts (in this playground of
the earth) and desists from following his inclinations and
childish pranks, shines forth in his spiritual light. 9Such are the
powers gained from spiritual knowledge, and by no other
means whatever.
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Yoga Vashishtha of Valmiki
Book II – The Aspirant Who Longs for Liberation
Chapter 13: On Equanimity (The First Guard at the Door of Liberation)
10Therefore a man should employ his reasoning powers
during life to try to seek and know and adore the
Supreme Soul.
11It is the agreement of one’s belief with the teachings
of the scriptures and his instructor, joined with his
constant meditation that can give him a full view of the
Supreme Spirit.
12The fool slighting the scriptures and their instructions
and disregarding the counsels of great men is exposed
to difficulties and dangers from which he can have no
release.
13There is no disease or poison, no trouble or affliction
as painful to one in this earth as the ignorance one
breeds in himself.
14Those whose intellects are purified a little will find this work
to be of greater effect to dispel their ignorance than any other
scripture.
15Everyone who is a friend to good sayings and good sense
should diligently attend to this scripture with its beautiful
examples, pleasing lessons and lack of inconsistencies.
16Lack of dignity, inextricable difficulties, and baseness and
degeneracy are all the offspring of ignorance, just like thorns
are the offshoots of the prickly ketaki plant (Pandanus odorifer -
Fragrant Screw Pine is a small branched tree or shrub with fragrant
flowers).
17It is far better, O Rama, to rove about a begging with a pot in
hand to the homes of vile chandalas than to lead a life
deadened by ignorance.
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Yoga Vashishtha of Valmiki
Book II – The Aspirant Who Longs for Liberation
Chapter 13: On Equanimity (The First Guard at the Door of Liberation)
18Rather dwell in dark dismal cells, within dry dreary wells, in
the hollows of trees, or remain like solitary blind worms than
labour under the miseries of ignorance.
19A man receiving the light leading to his liberation will
never fall into the darkness of error or gloom of death.
20As long as the clear light of reason does not shine upon the
mind like the sun, so long will the chilly frost of poverty
continue to contract the lotus of humanity.
21To liberate oneself from the miseries of the world, one
must know the true nature of the soul, both from his
teacher and the evidence of the scriptures, and also from
friends like ourselves.
22Try, O Rama, to imitate those who are liberated in their
lifetime, who are free to roam about like the gods Hari, Hara
and others, and like the holy sages among Brahmins.
23Here (on earth) our miseries are as endless as atoms, and our
happiness is as small as a drop of water on a piece of straw.
Therefore do not fix your sight upon that little happiness
which is beset by misery.
24Let an intelligent man diligently apply himself to attain that
state of endless happiness which is free from pain and
constitutes his highest completion.
25They are reckoned the best of men and deserving of
completion whose minds are free from the fever (of worldly
cares) and attached to the transcendental state.
26Those base minded mortals who are satisfied with their
enjoyments, eating and drinking, and the pleasures of their
worldly possessions, are reckoned as stark blind frogs.
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Yoga Vashishtha of Valmiki
Book II – The Aspirant Who Longs for Liberation
Chapter 13: On Equanimity (The First Guard at the Door of Liberation)
27Those attached to the company of imposters and wicked men,
or addicted to the practice of evil deeds, who are enemies in the
guise of friendship, or those given up to gluttony, 28all such
foolish men of mistaken and stupid minds fall into the hardest
of hardships, to the misery of miseries, to the horror of horrors,
and to the hell of hells.
29Happiness and misery destroy and succeed each other by
turns. They are as fleeting as flashes of lightning. Hence it is
impossible to be happy forever.
30Those great souls who are indifferent and well judging like
yourself are known as the most honourable of men, worthy of
both temporal enjoyments and spiritual emancipation.
31By reliance upon right reasoning joined with a habit of
remaining dispassionate, men are able to overcome the dark
and dangerous torrents of this world.
32No man of reason who well knows how the illusions of the
world derange understanding should allow himself to sleep
amid these illusions.
33Whoever remains neglectful in his worldliness is like a man
negligently sleeping on a grassy bed when his house is on fire.
34A state reached without return, attained so there is no more
cause for sorrow, undoubtedly is attainable only by divine
knowledge, and that is a certain truth.
35Even if such a future state did not exist, there would be no
harm to believe in it. But if such a state exists, belief in it will
save you from the ocean of this world (samsara).
36Whenever a man is inclined to think on the means of his
salvation, he is sure to soon be entitled to his liberation.
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Book II – The Aspirant Who Longs for Liberation
Chapter 13: On Equanimity (The First Guard at the Door of Liberation)
37The undecaying, unerring and fearless state of tranquillity is
nowhere to be had in the three worlds without union (with the
Supreme).
38Having gained that best of gains, no one is liable to the pain
from which no wealth, and friend or relation can save.
39Neither the actions of one’s hands and feet in his offerings
and pilgrimage to distant lands, nor the bodily pains of
asceticism, nor his refuge in a holy place can serve his
salvation.
40It is only by means of one’s best exertions and the fixing of
his mind to one object, and also by the subjection of his
desires, that one may arrive at the ultimate state (of bliss).
41So it is that by means of discrimination, reasoning and
ultimate ascertainment of truth; a man may avoid the snares of
misery and attain his best state.
42One sitting at ease and meditating within himself attains the
blissful state free from sorrow and future birth.
43All holy men are known to be beyond the bounds of frail
pleasures. They reckon their best serenity to be their ultimate
bliss.
44They have given up all thoughts of humanity and heaven,
which are as devoid of true joy as a mirage is void of water.
45Therefore one should think of subduing his mind and resort
to peace and contentment as the means. These joined with an
unbounded composure produce true happiness.
46It is not to be had by sitting, or going up and down, or by
wandering, or by prostrating (before the altar). It is not to be
acquired by rakshasa demons, deities or ignorant men.
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Chapter 13: On Equanimity (The First Guard at the Door of Liberation)
47That ultimate joy is born of and obtainable from peace of
mind. It is fruit from the blossom of peace of the high tree of
reason.
48Those engaged in worldliness without mixing in it are like
the all-illumining sun and are known as the best of men.
49The mind at peace and rest, clear and free from errors, and
without any attempt or desire neither forsakes nor wishes for
the world.
Equanimity - The First Guard at the Door of Liberation
50Hear me, tell you about the orders of the guards (equanimity,
inquiry, contentment, and good company) at the gate of
salvation. If you know these orders, you are allowed to enter.
51Thirsting after pleasure is a state of protracted disease, and
his world is full of mirage. Only equanimity can cool this
dryness like the moistening beams of the moon.
52It is peacefulness that leads to all good and is reckoned the
best state of being. Quiet is joy. It is peace and prevents error.
53The man who lives content with his quiet and a calm clarity
of his soul, with a mind filled with detachment, makes friends
of his enemies.
54Those whose minds are adorned with the moonlight of
peacefulness feel within a flux of beams of purity rising in
them like the whitish waves of the Milky Ocean.
55Those holy men who have the lotus-like flower of
peacefulness growing in the lotus-shaped receptacle of their
hearts are said to have a secondary heart like the two hearts of
the god Hari (holding Brahma in one of them).
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56They whose untainted faces shine like the moon with the
lustre of peacefulness are to be honoured as the luminaries of
their families. Others, seeing the charming beauty of their
appearance, honour them as ravishers of the senses.
57Whatever is beautiful in the three worlds, and whatever may
be imperial prosperity and grandeur, nothing in them can
afford a happiness equal to that of peacefulness.
58Whatever the misery, anxiety or intolerable difficulty, they
are all lost in a tranquil mind, like darkness in the sun.
59The mind of no living being is as delighted with moonbeams
as that of the peaceful man from his heart-felt joy.
60The virtuous man who is calm and quiet and friendly to all
living beings feels the benign influence of highest truths
appearing of themselves in his mind.
61Just like all children, whether good or bad, have a strict faith
in their mother, so all beings here rely upon a man of an even
disposition.
62A refreshing drink of ambrosia or the kind embrace of
prosperity cannot give such gratification to the soul as one’s
inner satisfaction of the mind.
63Whether afflicted by disease or disaster, or dragged by the
rope of greed, bear yourself up, O Rama, by the composure of
your mind.
64Whatever you do and eat with the calm coolness of your mind
all that is far sweeter to the soul than anything sweet to taste.
65The mind that is overpowered by the ambrosial flavour of
peacefulness and desists from activity may have the body
lacerated, but it will heal shortly.
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66No imp, demon or enemy, and no tiger or snake ever
annoys a peaceful man.
67He who has his mind and body well-guarded by the
invulnerable armour of meekness can never be pierced
by the shafts of adversity. He remains like the thunder-
stone that is impenetrable by arrows.
68The king seated in his palace is not so graceful to see as a
quiet peaceful man who is graced by his calm and clarity of
understanding.
69There is nothing in life so delightful to see as the satisfaction
one feels at the sight of a contented and peaceful man.
70Only he who lives a holy life with his gentle and
peaceful conduct is said to be truly living in this world.
71A sober minded, meek and honest man pleases
everyone by all that he does. It is as if he captivates all
beings to himself.
72He is called the meek who neither feels pleasure nor
pain at the sight, touch, sound or taste of anything good
or bad.
Characteristics of a Saint
73He who is indifferent to all objects and neither leaves nor
longs for anything, but keeps his senses and appetites under
control, is called a saint.
74Whoever knows all things, both internally and externally,
with a clear understanding, and who attends and looks to his
own concerns, is truly said to be a saint.
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75He whose mind remains as calm as moonbeams at the
approach of either feast or violence, and even at the
moment of death, is said to be a saint.
76Who, though present, neither rejoices nor murmurs at
anything but remains as if he were absent from it, and
conducts himself as quietly as if he were fast asleep,
such a person is called a saint.
77He whose complaisant look casts a graceful nectar-like
radiance on all around him is said to be a saint.
78Who feels a cool calmness within himself and is not
disturbed or immersed in any state of life, and who though a
layman is not worldly minded, such a man is termed a saint.
79He who does not take the difficulties of life to his
mind, however long or great they may be, or who does
not think his body to be himself, is known to be a saint.
80The man of the world who has a mind clear as the sky
and is not tainted (by worldliness) is said to be a saint.
81The quiet man with tranquillity of mind shines forth among
sages and ascetics, among priests and princes, and among the
mighty and learned.
82Great and meritorious men whose minds are attached to
peacefulness feel a rest arising in their souls like cooling
moonbeams.
83Peacefulness is the greatest of all the many virtues and the
best decoration of courage. It shines resplendent among all
dangers and difficulties.
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84O Rama, seek your perfection in the way in which
high-minded men have sought and attained their
perfect states, by holding fast onto peacefulness as an
imperishable virtue, preserved by the respectable, and
never to be lost or stolen.
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Meaning
Serenity: A disposition free from stress or emotion; the absence of
mental stress or anxiety.
Inclination: An attitude of mind especially one that favours one
alternative over others.
Prank: Acting like a clown or buffoon; a ludicrous or grotesque act
done for fun and amusement.
Slight: A deliberate discourteous act.
Degeneracy: Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral
principles.
Chandalas: Chandala is a Sanskrit word for someone who deals with
disposal of corpses, and is a Hindu lower caste, traditionally considered
to be untouchable.
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