Monday, June 3, 2013

Way to be Free of Sorrow


||  Shri Hari ||

Way to be Free of Sorrow
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I go as far as to say that circumstances do not have the time to give pleasure - pain ! Poor thing! the circumstances are engrossed in flowing, it does not even touch us, then how can it give us pleasure and pain? Therefore with “satsang,” (association with truth), with holy thoughts, with good feelings and sentiments, a man can be ever joyful, ever blissful; because circumstances cannot give one sorrow. You are grabbing hold of sorrow and

becoming unhappy. If we get favorable circumstances, we become happy, and when we get unfavorable circumstances, then we regard them as unpleasing, this is the mistake that we make. In reality, circumstances are going away. Just like day and night, these favorable and unfavorable circumstances will keep coming. Just as after day, comes night, and after night comes day. In the same way, after pleasure comes pain, and after pain comes pleasure and so on.

From book in Hindi “Nitya Yog ki Praapti” by Swami Ramsukhdasji.

Talks pertaining to one’s salvation are open to all. Human body is only for one’s salvation, not for sense enjoyment. “yahin tana kar phal bishaya na bhaayi.” (Manas 7/44/1). Pleasure and pain are of two kinds. When we have money, wealth, glories, son, grandson, house, etc and such favorable things, then seeing these, people say that he is very

happy. If we don’t have these things ; if we do not have food to eat, clothes to wear, a house to stay, if such is our state, then seeing this, people say that he is very unhappy. In this manner, the name of various pleasure giving things is called happiness, and the name of various pain giving things is called unhappiness. And the feeling of joy in one’s heart is called happiness and the feeling of envy in the heart is called unhappiness. In this the pleasure and pain resulting from objects is circumstantial, and the pleasure and pain of the heart is out of foolishness. It is man’s main responsibility to get rid of this foolishness. Just as when you do not know a language, then to get rid of that ignorance, we can learn the language, in the same way, pleasure and pain are not in us at all - this art can be

learned by every man. It is for this knowledge that human body has been attained. Therefore on being born as a human, one must not become pleased and displeased, rather we are to rise above both pleasure and pain. What does it mean to rise above pleasure and pain? Where no pleasure can reach, nor pain can reach. A verse has come in the Patanjali Yoga Darshan of Vyas -

Pragyaapraasaadmaaruhayaashochyah sochato janaan |

bhoomishthaaniva shailstah sarvaanpraagyonupashyati || (1/47 ka)

In other words, just a when a man who stands on top of a mountain sees the men in the plains below, similarly, a man standing in the palace, sees both the suffering and not suffering.

In deep trance (samadhi) state, the Yogi’s intellect is able to grasp the Truth - “Rutambharaa tatra pragyaa” (Yogadarshan 1/48). Through discrimination thought one can gain such an intellect. Just as sometimes there is a flood, sometimes there is fire, sometimes favorable circumstances, sometimes unfavorable circumstances and various different circumstances, but when one is standing on top of a hill, no circumstance reaches that man. He is only observing the pleasure and pain, but not becoming happy and sad. This is called rising above the pleasure and pain and you and

me, and all of us we can be in this state.

(to be continued)

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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Way to be Free of Sorrow



||  Shri Hari ||

Way to be Free of Sorrow
(दुःख-नाशका उपाय)




 

I have received such insights from saints and holy text, whereby in this present life, all men can attain immense bliss. In this there is no doubt whatsoever. Whether someone is virtuous, or sinful, whether someone is intelligent, or has less intelligence, whether someone is educated or uneducated, whether someone is a brother, or sister. Whether he is following Sanatana Dharma, or is a Buddhist, or a Muslim or an Englishman whoever it may be, he can attain eternal bliss in this very life. Of those talks, today I am sharing one point in detail.
We become pleased and displeased, this is our mistake. What is the mistake in this? In Adhyatma Ramayan, Lakshmanji said to Nishaadraj Guha -
Sukhasya dukhasya na kodapi daataa
Paro dadaateeti kubuddhireshaa |
aham karomeeti vruthaabhimaanah
swakarmasootre grathito hi lokah || (2/6/6)
“There is none other who gives happiness and sorrow - this is the main “sootra”. It is ignorance, it is false notion, it is poor intellect that someone else gives sorrow to us. From the view of principles , it is false that
some person gives us unhappiness. There is one point on the subject that God is eternally compassionate, He is an eternal well-wisher, He is all knowing, and all capable. When such a God is present, and knows all that is happening, then can anyone give someone unhappiness? The second point is that if someone else gives sorrow, then the sorrow will never come to an end; because that someone will remain at all times. Wherever you go, in whatever form of birth, whether you become a demi-god, or a devil, or a demon, or a ghost, whether you become a man, the other will inevitably remain. Then how will sorrow end? These two points are preponderant.
Pleasure and pain both come in front of us. There is no one who can you happiness and sorrow. All are only experiencing the fruits of their past actions. It is written in Patanjali Yog Darshan - “Sati moole tadvipaako jaatyaa yurbhogaah” (2/13). In other word, birth, age and sense enjoyments are the fruits of past actions. What is the name of “bhog” - sense enjoyments? “Abukool vedaneeyan sukham”, “Pratikoolvedaneeyam dukham” and “sukhadukh anyatarah saakshaatkaaro bhogah” i.e. pleasurable and unpleasurable situation come in front of you and you experience the
pleasure and pain, and you believe it to be pleasurable or painful, this is the what is called ‘bhog’. Now one point is of great secrecy, it is very important, and very useful. Now pay attention. If you have done good work, then pleasurable situations come in front of you and if you have done bad work, then unpleasurable situations will come in front of you. This is all about “karma.” Now taking those situations and becoming happy or sad, is nothing but foolishness. These situations are ordained by God, for destroying our “karmas” and have come for our purification. That God, how can He give suffering to anyone? (to be continued)
Narayan! Narayan !! Narayan !!!
From book in Hindi “Nitya Yog ki Praapti” by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
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Saturday, June 1, 2013

How to be Free from Bondage ?


||  Shri Hari  ||

How to be Free from Bondage ?
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Bhali sochahi sajjan janaa, divee jagatko pooth |
peeche dekhi bigadati, pahale baithaa rooth ||
That which will perish later on, give it up from the very beginning. If a householder becomes a recluse from his heart, it does not make any difference to him if all the members of his family die or their number increases. But if he laments the death of a boy in the family, it means that he is a disgrace to the recluse community. If you die to the world, like a recluse who dies to his family, you will be free from bondage and become immortal. Die to the world while living and attain immortality. It is mentioned in utterances of saints “O’ mind, die while living” Die to your family and they will be free from the botheration of funeral rites on the third and twelfth days and “Narayan Bali”
(offer oblation to God) and will have to incur no expenses. thus your family and you will both be happy.
God, saints and the scriptures always shower their grace on you. Now shower your own grace on you and
attain the goal of life. But if you don’t shower your own grace, their grace will go in vain. Renounce your attachment to those whom you regard as yours and you will be emancipated. You renounce your attachment to your family and become a disciple of a preceptor (spiritual guide) and then you are attached to your preceptor (spiritual guide), his disciples and others who have affinity for him. By doing so, you will not be emancipated, the bondage will persist. I met a sage. He told me that his preceptor advised him to leave the family. So he left the family and then he also left the preceptor. Now he has neither the preceptor, nor disciple. nor family. First he became a recluse from a householder and now he has become a recluse from a recluse i.e. now he is truly a recluse.
Neither regard the family as yours, nor want anything from them. Serve them with your money, time and resources. It will please them and lead you to salvation. Renounce your old affinity by serving them and don’t establish the new one, then there will remain nothing except salvation or emancipation.
Neither regard the family as yours, nor want anything from them. Serve them with your money, time and resources. It will please them and lead you to salvation. Renounce your old affinity by serving them and don’t establish the new one, then there will remain nothing except salvation or emancipation. (continued...)
 
From book in English "Ease of God Realization" by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
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