DESIRES

DESIRES......... (continued) 

The reason that we do not like criticism is because we want praise. We seek praise, because in reality we are not fit for the same. Those that are deserving of praise, in them the desire for praise does not remain.
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Desiring to seek appreciation from others is a very great weakness. Therefore be good, and not to be called good. 
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You will have to shun worldly pleasures sometime or the other; so why delay? 
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As far as possible, try to fulfill the hopes of others, but have no expectations from them. 
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Ponder, he from whom you seek happiness, is he entirely happy himself? Is he not unhappy? How could an unhappy person make you happy?
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The happiness one gets from forsaking desires, could never be matched by satisfying desires.
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If you want fervent yearning for God, then give up craving for the world. 
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One who desires the ever changing world, and draws pleasure from it, he also changes i.e. he passes through the cycle of several births and deaths.
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That which we cannot keep forever with us, what use is its desire or acquisition? 
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It is due to desires that we feel something lacking. On being free of desires, there is no deficiency.
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On entirely giving up desires, then essential needs will become available automatically. Such things covet a person who has given up all desires. 
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One who longs for things for his pleasure, has to face the agony of their want. 
From book "Drops of Nectar" in English and "Amrut Bindu" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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DESIRES

On leaving desire for the perishable, the imperishable "tattva" (essence, divinity) is realized. 

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This should happen and this should not happen - all suffering is in this itself. 

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May I be honored and respected, this desire itself has dishonored us. 

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Holding on to desire for anything is the cause of our impoverishment. The one who desires to take, remains ever poor. 

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The desire for the perishable is the impurity of the mind-intellect. 

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Man is not to renounce duty, rather he has to renounce desire. 

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Things do not enslave a man, it is desire for those things that make him a slave. 

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If you desire peace, then give up desires. 

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The desire to take anything at all, will cause horrendous pain. 

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He who has desires, will most definitely have to become dependent on something or the other. 

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To desire pleasure for your self is a demoniac tendency. 

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Just as you get worldly sorrows without desiring them, similarly you also get worldly pleasures without desiring it. Therefore an aspirant should never desire worldly pleasures. 

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Desire for pleasures and hoarding are of no use besides causing us to sin. Therefore this desire should be forsaken. 

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On desiring pleasure and hoarding for himself, man falls below even animals. Whereas on giving up desires, he rises above even the "devatas" (demigods)

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That which is ours, we will surely get; no one else can take that thing. Therefore we must do our duty, not desiring anything. 

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Things must get done, as I say – as long as this desire remains, till then, there cannot be peace. 

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Though being sensible, man desires those things that have originated and later destroyed. This is such a surprising thing. 

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On accepting that you are situated in the body, the desire for perishable arises and on desiring, one becomes firmly situated in the body. 

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On desiring, you get few things and don't get few other things; but on not desiring, you get everything. 

From book "Drops of Nectar" in English and "Amrut Bindu" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji 

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How to Renounce Desires?

                                         Chaitra Krishna Chaturthi ,Vikram Samvat -2068, Somvar


How to Renounce Desires? ...(continued) 

Mein mere ki jevadi galabandhyo sansaar |
Daas kabira kyon bandhe, jaake Ram aadhaar || 
As long as you assume "me-mine" while relating with those things and persons that are close to you, then even though those things and persons will slip away, but the relationship will remain with you. When you buy goods, sell them, fill the warehouse, empty the warehouse, by every touch of the hand – there is gains or losses. Similarly, if you accept this world as your own, then the hand that looses will strike sometime. If you want to get trapped by accepting as your own, then it is your wish. If you offer it to God, then while the objects remain with you, God will accept these as His own. 
Someone may ask, that if a thief steals and offers the stolen goods to God, then will God accept these offerings? The answer to that is that in fact these things are all God's anyway. You and me have forced these things upon ourselves, we have put our stamp on it. Follow the right path! Accept God's things as His. Tell me - are you able to exert your lordship over them ? When you are not able to have control or mastery over them, then how are they yours? Then what is the difficulty in accepting them as His? Simply you have to leave dishonesty and accept honesty - the name for this is "liberation" (mukti). It is not ours at all, but we have accepted it as ours. God is ours and we have not accepted Him as ours. The body, senses, mind, intellect also are not ours. When these are also not ours; then how can the family, wealth, etc. be ours? God said - "now let us go from here" then Yes! Maharaj ! Go joyfully, there is no more work here. It is God's work alone that has to be done. 
Jahaan rakhenge Ramji, wahaa rahenge das
Gentlemen! It is a very easy and straight-forward point. Have mercy! Understand the real nature of this essence, this divinity. In the beginning, greed, attraction, sense of mine-ness, appear somewhat difficult. Tell God that "Maharaj! Everything is Yours only" Leave the things as they are. The family will remain as – is. Only accept from within – "O' Lord! He Naath! All this is not mine, everything is only Yours." In just that much, God will be pleased. God will regard this as a great favour. In what way will this be a favour? You are liberated, free - this itself is a favour to God. Just like on mother's request, the child drinks milk, then mother becomes pleased. As if the son is doing a favour to his mother, as if he is gratifying the mother. The son says - "Maa! Due to your wishes, I am drinking the milk. I have done you a great favour." Then mother also accepts that the son has much obliged her by drinking the milk. Similarly on Thakurji's (God's) saying - "You gave Me; you have gratified Me." In other words, you have become free, the bondage has been lifted. This is all that is meant by gratification, or else, what would one do to gratify God? Even on assuming the things as ours, then too they are God's. Now accept them as God's and surrender them to Him. In reality, you also belong to God. You are simply putting your stamp on it and becoming unhappy for no reason. Now that your outlook has improved, you will not be unhappy." 
On entirely giving up desires and surrendering them, the sorrow comes to an end and there is joy and only joy. The fruit of getting rid of desires is not God Realization. God is self-evident, desires are like a curtain. On renouncing desires, that curtain will be removed. God IS (existent). He is visibly and perceptibly AS-IS. Sorrows entirely become non-existent. The root cause of all the sorrows in the world is desire for pleasure and happiness. We are all independent in renouncing these desires. When ever we want we can renounce these. Therefore it is in renouncing desires, that human life has its significance. 
Narayana! Narayana !! Narayana !!! 
From book "Kalyaankaari Pravachan – Part 2" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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How to Renounce Desires?

How to Renounce Desires? .........(continued) 

Mein mere ki jevadi galabandhyo sansaar |
Daas kabira kyon bandhe, jaake Ram aadhaar || 
As long as you assume "me-mine" while relating with those things and persons that are close to you, then even though those things and persons will slip away, but the relationship will remain with you. When you buy goods, sell them, fill the warehouse, empty the warehouse, by every touch of the hand – there is gains or losses. Similarly, if you accept this world as your own, then the hand that looses will strike sometime. If you want to get trapped by accepting as your own, then it is your wish. If you offer it to God, then while the objects remain with you, God will accept these as His own. 
Someone may ask, that if a thief steals and offers the stolen goods to God, then will God accept these offerings? The answer to that is that in fact these things are all God's anyway. You and me have forced these things upon ourselves, we have put our stamp on it. Follow the right path! Accept God's things as His. Tell me - are you able to exert your lordship over them ? When you are not able to have control or mastery over them, then how are they yours? Then what is the difficulty in accepting them as His? Simply you have to leave dishonesty and accept honesty - the name for this is "liberation" (mukti). It is not ours at all, but we have accepted it as ours. God is ours and we have not accepted Him as ours. The body, senses, mind, intellect also are not ours. When these are also not ours; then how can the family, wealth, etc. be ours? God said - "now let us go from here" then Yes! Maharaj ! Go joyfully, there is no more work here. It is God's work alone that has to be done. 
Jahaan rakhenge Ramji, wahaa rahenge das
Gentlemen! It is a very easy and straight-forward point. Have mercy! Understand the real nature of this essence, this divinity. In the beginning, greed, attraction, sense of mine-ness, appear somewhat difficult. Tell God that "Maharaj! Everything is Yours only" Leave the things as they are. The family will remain as – is. Only accept from within – "O' Lord! He Naath! All this is not mine, everything is only Yours." In just that much, God will be pleased. God will regard this as a great favour. In what way will this be a favour? You are liberated, free - this itself is a favour to God. Just like on mother's request, the child drinks milk, then mother becomes pleased. As if the son is doing a favour to his mother, as if he is gratifying the mother. The son says - "Maa! Due to your wishes, I am drinking the milk. I have done you a great favour." Then mother also accepts that the son has much obliged her by drinking the milk. Similarly on Thakurji's (God's) saying - "You gave Me; you have gratified Me." In other words, you have become free, the bondage has been lifted. This is all that is meant by gratification, or else, what would one do to gratify God? Even on assuming the things as ours, then too they are God's. Now accept them as God's and surrender them to Him. In reality, you also belong to God. You are simply putting your stamp on it and becoming unhappy for no reason. Now that your outlook has improved, you will not be unhappy." 
On entirely giving up desires and surrendering them, the sorrow comes to an end and there is joy and only joy. The fruit of getting rid of desires is not God Realization. God is self-evident, desires are like a curtain. On renouncing desires, that curtain will be removed. God IS (existent). He is visibly and perceptibly AS-IS. Sorrows entirely become non-existent. The root cause of all the sorrows in the world is desire for pleasure and happiness. We are all independent in renouncing these desires. When ever we want we can renounce these. Therefore it is in renouncing desires, that human life has its significance. 
Narayana! Narayana !! Narayana !!! 
From book "Kalyaankaari Pravachan – Part 2" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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How to Renounce Desires?

How to Renounce Desires? ..........(continued) 
The world's sorrow will come to an end on becoming happy in others happiness and grieving on seeing others suffer. Your grief will come to an end instantly. In reality, grief is due to desiring something or the other. All that we have, belongs to others. Therefore regarding it as belonging to others, use it for serving them. If you regard it as yours and then serve, then you will experience grief. The reason is "Ek guna daan, sahastra gunaa punya" - If relationship with one thing is severed, then relationship will thousands will form. These things will not last; but on accepting a relationship with them, one experiences grief when these things are not there. Therefore engaging them in service, utilize them to serve and consider yourself to be gratified. These things were only entrusted to you, the owner has come and taken his things. What great joy! 
This is an incident in Bijanour. There was a wealthy man from the Vashya "jaati". His name was "Kanaihya". People used to call him "Bhagatji". He had very good feelings and sentiments. One time, some robbers broke in and pointed a gun at him. He asked them with great ease - What is it that you want? Do you wish to take my life or do you wish to take my honor? Or do you wish to take my money? They replied, that we want money. He asked – how much? They replied "thirty thousand". Kanaihya Bhagat said - "Here take the keys to the treasure chest" The robbers, took the money and left. Now the next day, the collector came to know that thieves had robbed the place, so he called Kanaihya bhagat and asked him –"Did you get robbed last night? He replied – "No ! No robbery took place at our house. Thakurji (God) had come, it was His money. He needed it, therefore he took it. If he were to cry saying - I was robbed, then, would the money come back? If God took away His things, then the debt is wiped out. It can be stolen, robbed, lost, destroyed then from the heart make an offering of it to the Lord and become joyful. "Shri Krishna Arpanamastu" (I surrender to Shri Krishna), you will attain the virtues of surrendering. This is a simple point for ones salvation. 
The years that have gone by so far, surrender these years also to God. If wealth has left you, strength-intellect has gone away, then surrender all of these things to God. That which is there right now, offer that too to God. Surrender your own self also to God, saying O' Lord! I too am only yours. 
There is a story of a hunter. It was his livelihood to kill animals and to eat them. It was Shivaratri day, and he got nothing to eat, and had to remain hungry. Wandering around at night, he reached a Shivji temple. There was a tiny umbrella made of silver that was hanging over the "shivaling". He thought of taking that umbrella. Due to the umbrella being somewhat high, his hand could not reach it. He had no other solution. He climbed on top of the "shivaling" wearing his shoes to reach it. As he began to cut off the umbrella, Lord Shankar appeared and said - "People offer thorn apple "dhatura", they offer "bilvapatra", others offer "aank" flowers, but this man, climbed and offered himself. By this, Lord Shankar, became very pleased. He accepted this as an act of worship and surrender to the Lord. We too must want that totally, along with shoes, completely take refuge in the Lord. In reality, nothing is ours. You falsely have pride. O' Lord! Whatever is there, it is all yours." In this manner the moment you surrender, "me and mine" will be wiped away. 
(to be continued) 
From book "Kalyaankaari Pravachan – Part 2" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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How to Renounce Desires?

How to Renounce Desires? :...(continued) 

You are not situated in the things that are created and later destroyed. You are trapped due to giving importance to the perishable. Even then you cannot become united with it, as the union of sentient and the insentient are impossible. "jyotishaamapi tajjyotistamasah paramuchyate." What an unusual point has been said regarding that Essence (tattva), that Divinity. Such divinity is situated in the heart of each and everyone. - "Hrdi sarvasya vishthitam" "sarvasya chaaham hrdi sannivishthah" However evil a man may be, whether is he good, bad, honest, has good conduct, has bad conduct - the Paramatma (Supreme Consciousness, God) within everyone is One only. That God is As-Is (ever present, existent), and you do not look towards Him. Day and night you only see the perishable. "sammeelane nayanayorn hi kinchidasti" When the eyes shut; when the breathing shuts down, then there is nothing there - 

Manushyatan phir phir nahi hoyi |

Umer sab gafalat mein khoyi ||

Kiya shubh karam nahi koyi |

Swapnaa-sa ho jaavasi sut-kutumb dhan-dhaam | 

Ho sachet baldev neendase japa ishvarkaa naam ||

Today that "IS-ness" that is seen, will all become like a dream. The day that the eyes close then "Jai Ramji ki" in other words, this thing that appears like "IS" (existing), will become like a dream. No relationship will remain with it. Man has the pride that we will do so and so, what will you do? Besides wasting time, you will be able to do nothing. This human body is very priceless, it is a vehicle to realize God. Therefore brothers ! Beware! Become alert!

The desire for perishable is the cause of bondage. There is no other reason for bondage. Immediately on renouncing desires, one experiences joy. If you renounce the desire to live, then surely you will not die before the time is up! As long as the lifespan is as per what is destined, that many days live joyfully, but if you die while there are still desires, then you will have to die without dying. 

We all know that the perishable will not last. We cannot stay with it. It will not stay with us. It has never stayed with us, and it can never stay with us. Generations have gone by, but so far not a single thing has gone with any body. Therefore have mercy and renounce desire for these things. People have pride that this land is mine, this wealth is mine. Bhartahari said - "naikenaapi saman gataa vasumate munj tvayaa yaasyati" 

"He Munj! (O' grass) This world has not gone with anyone; but it seems that it will go with you." Nothing in this world will go with anyone. It has come in Bhagwat - The kings say that "we will get so much land. The land says, what can you get of me, but surely you will become one with me." Therefore whatever you have acquired, utilize it for the benefit of others; " we are happy in the happiness of others." Wherever there are such sentiments, there itself is God." 

(to be continued) 

From book "Kalyaankaari Pravachan – Part 2" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji

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