Friday, June 20, 2008
First and foremost, reduce your attachment to the body. As your attachment to the body increases, your suffering also increases. The body is the temple of God. Think that this is not your body but the temple of God. The body is sacred as God resides in it. It is God’s gift to man. Hence, use the...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
A person once told Dr. Johnson, the famous English thinker, that he could seldom get time to recite the Name of God, what with the hundreds of things he had to do from morning till nightfall and even far into the night. Dr. Johnson replied with another question. He asked how millions of people found...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The basis for a spiritual, God-based life is the indwelling Spirit - the Aathman (Divine soul). The body is the home of Spirit. Life in society should also conform to this spiritual basis. Man, however, bases his life on the belief that the body alone is real. It is to rid him of this error that he...
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In this modern age, the idea of joining a satsanga (good company) is being looked down upon as if it is something mean and crazy. On the other hand, we do not see anything wrong in spending a considerable amount of time dressing our own hair or doing similar things...If our face needs a little...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
We must make an attempt to purify and ennoble the thoughts that come to our mind. When thoughts come surging to your mind, you should spend at least a few minutes enquiring whether such thoughts are good or bad, and whether they are for the good of your country, and whether they are going to be...
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Love for Love's sake; do not manifest it for the sake of material objects or for the fulfillment of worldly desires. Desire begets anger, anger provokes sin, for under its impact, friends are seen as foes. Anger is at the bottom of every variety of calamity. Therefore do not fall a prey to it. Treat...
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Spiritual disciplines determine the character of a person. Character determines the destiny - whether good or bad. Character is built up by constant practice of good actions. Actions, in turn, are based on one's thoughts and intentions. Whenever any thought arises in the mind, one should examine...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
You will doubtless agree when I say that Ananda (Bliss) is your greatest need. But, you cannot order it from any shop. It has to be earned the hard way - doing good deeds, moving in good company, desisting from evil and keeping the mind attached to the Glory of God. Good and bad cannot be kept...
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Man has been enslaved by money. People live a superficial, hollow, artificial life. This is indeed a great pity. One should seek to possess only as much money as is most essential for his living. The quantity of riches one must own can be compared to the shoes one wears; if too small, they cause...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
You attach importance to quantity; but, the Lord considers only quality. He does not calculate how many measures of "sweet rice" you offered, but, how many sweet words you uttered, how much sweetness you added in your thoughts. Offer Him the fragrant leaf of bhakti (devotion), the flowers of your...
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