Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Means of Purifying the Inner Senses
 (cont'd)
Questioner -  It is true Maharajji,  the relish for pleasures and enjoyment is much more than desire to renounce them. 
Swamiji -  Then get rid of that relish for pleasures and enjoyment and to get rid of that relish, you will need to do some practice, make some effort.  But without practice, if you simply accept that "this is not in me" then very quickly the work will be completed.  In reality, instead of the purification of the inner-senses, severing relationship with the inner-senses, will very quickly lead to perfection.  The extent of purification that will take place by severing relation, will not take place on trying to purify the inner-senses.   A child that is raised under the mother's infatuation and love, cannot become free of attachment.  The father's infatuation is lesser, so child will improve in his care.  A teacher's attachment is even lesser, so the child who stays with the teacher will be much improved.   A self-realized soul, a liberated soul has no attachment, therefore, whoever stays with them, he will become very pure, he will be most improved, he will be reformed.   In this way, if you keep considering the inner-senses as your own,  they will not get purified.  You will keep applying the impurities in the form of me and mine, and then you say that you will purify them!  Then , how will you purify them?  They are not mine at all -  this point is very purifying one and will lead to purity very quickly.  With respect to this point, my talks and particular methods may appear quite different.  I have read and studied the other methods and seen for myself and this too I have seen.  In the other method, it takes time, and realization takes a long time.  You only see that for how many years satsang is taking place, spiritual disciplines are being done, but how many have attained that natural state of perfection, of realization.  By giving importance to the impurities, by acknowledging them as residing in them, one tries to get rid of them.  Doing so, they will not go away.  In fact, these flaws are not there in your "Self"  (swaroop).  "Sharirastopi kaunteya, na karoti na lipyate"  (Gita 13/31).  In other words,  though being situated in the body,  your "self" swaroop is not established in the body.   It is neither a doer, nor an enjoyer.  In this manner, my method is to straight away grab hold of the "Self".  This is not a new point.
Question -  But Swamiji, in Ramayana  Jnana (Discipline of Knowledge) is called difficult, but you say it is easy? 
Swamiji  -  If you give evidence or proof, I will become quiet, but will I truly believe this point!  If you mention about Ramayana, then in my heart due to deep reverence for Tulasidasji Maharaj, I will become silent.  However, that which is easy, how will that become difficult?  Goswamiji Maharaj has said that this is easy –
Nirgun roop sulabh ati sagun jaan nahin koyi |
Sugam agam nana charit suni muni mana brahm hoyi ||  (Ramcharitmanas 7/73 Kha)
Is this anyone else's words, or what?  Tell me !  (to be continued) 
From "Bhagwat Praapti ki Sugamtaa"  in Hindi and English  by Swami Ramsukhdasji
If in doubt regarding the translation, please read the original Hindi message by Swamiji.
FOR MESSAGE IN HINDI PLEASE VISIT Date : 7th October, 2011 – Antahakaran ki Shuddhi ka Upaai 


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