Oct 5 Strive

 

Strive. Strive to realise God. This is the purpose of human birth. The perfection of the realisation of absolute knowledge, supreme bliss and immortality is the one and only goal in human life. Release from the round of births and life in eternity is the goal of man. Till Self-realisation is attained, man is subject to the law of karma and rebirth. Finish your task - God­realisation in this life itself; do not postpone it. Just as food is necessary for the body so also daily meditation and prayer are necessary for the soul.

O man! Wake up from this slumber of ignorance. Why do you waste your life building castles in the air? Turn your gaze within. Stop all this hurry and worry. Sit down and relax. Dive deep within. Discover the pearl of Atman. You will be freed from birth and death here and now.

Remember the goal every moment of this life. Strive incessantly to realise it by living a life of detachment, dispassion, devotion, deep meditation and samadhi (self-knowledge).

O man! Nothing is permanent. All things change. All things pass away. Seek the permanent, changeless, immortal Atman and be free. He is truly wise who lives in the eternal and who is endowed with discrimination and dispassion.

Life is a transforming process by which attachment, fear, anger, hatred and lust are transformed by steady and rigorous discipline and meditation into joy, bliss, peace and love.

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In simplicity is the secret of real beauty. Simplify your life. Be humble, pure, straightforward and true to yourself and others. Be good and do good so that each tomorrow will find you farther than today. Be humble, be meek, be pure, be holy, be godly and peaceful. Be charitable. Be moral. Be humble. Be courageous. Be pure. Meditate. Become wise. Whoever does anything with enthusiasm, patience and perseverance, never fails to achieve his object. Annihilate desires.

Seek the company of saints and devotees. Control the mind. Control anger. Be charitable. Help the needy. Kill the ego. Be grateful. Respect the great. Be truthful. Indulge not in gossip. You will attain the supreme blessedness.

Oct 4 I Am Siva

I am Siva, the life and soul of all. I am the substratum for all the forms of the world. I am the substratum for the mind, prana (life) and senses. I am the energy in the atoms and the elements. I am the effulgence of the sun, moon and stars. I am the beauty of beauties. I am the charm and beauty in women. I am the life of all youth. I am the intelligence in all scientists, educationalists, culturists, research scholars and philosophers.

I am the foundation of the world. I am the wisdom of the sages. I am the siddhis (powers) in yogis. I am the life of the cyclones, earthquakes and volcanoes. I am the energy in dynamos. I am the energy in all germs and microbes. I am the power in herbs, minerals and tonics. I am goodness, truth, success and prosperity. I am Siva, the life and soul of all.

Lumbago and rheumatism shake my body. All diseases are my guests. Let them stay. What is that to me? I welcome them cordially. I always sing: "I am not this body, not this mind. Chidananda rupah sivoham sivoham". I defy, deny diseases. What is it to be if the body perishes? I am anamaya (diseaseless) Atman (Self). I am the life of this cosmic play.

I have burnt up all duality. I am sadchitananda. I have drunk the cup of pure knowledge ­ it is all sweet nectar. There are neither vrittis (thought-­waves) nor vasanas (tendencies) in the Absolute. There is neither thought nor world here. I have experienced this supreme state ­ it is neither dual nor non­dual. It is only keval asti (pure being). It is pure consciousness or supreme essence.

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KNOW THE ATMAN: If atmic reality is cognised then all differences between trees, mountains, clothes and 'others', will vanish. With them, sankalpas (thoughts) will also be swept away. The only way out of grief and delusion is the inner realisation of the unity of the individual soul with Brahman (the Absolute). The Atman is to be known - there is no attainment higher than that. One fears not death who has realised Brahman, who is serene, ageless, self-­luminous, desireless, firm, immortal and self­-existent.

Oct 3 SONG OF MEDITATION SONG OF EIGHTEEN 'ITIES'

 SONG OF MEDITATION

Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram

Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram

Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram 

Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram

Truth is Brahman, truth is your own self,

Realise this truth, be free, be free, be free, be free.

You must have a pure mind, if you want to realise 

Practise karma yoga, be pure, be pure, be pure, be pure.

You cannot enjoy peace of mind 

And cannot practise meditation

If you are passionate, kill this lust, kill this lust.

 

Be regular in your meditation,

And take satvic food,

You will have peace of mind, this is the Truth, this is the Truth.

When you meditate on Hari, keep His picture in front of you,

Look at it with a steady gaze, you will develop concentration.

If evil thoughts enter the mind,

Do not drive them forcibly,

Substitute divine thoughts, they will pass away, they will pass away.

Meditation leads to knowledge, meditation kills pains,

Meditation brings peace, meditate, meditate, meditate, meditate.

Samadhi is union with God, this follows meditation.

You will attain immortality, this is moksha, this is moksha.  

SONG OF EIGHTEEN 'ITIES'

Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity,

Sincerity, simplicity, veracity.

Equanimity, fixity, non-­irritability,

Adaptability, humility, tenacity,

Integrity, nobility, magnanimity,

Charity, generosity, purity.

Practise daily these eighteen 'ities',

You will soon attain immortality.

Brahman is the only real entity,

Mr. So and So is a false non­-entity,

You will abide in eternity and infinity,

You will behold unity in diversity,

You cannot attain this in the university.

But you can attain this in the Forest University.

Oct 2

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Oct 1 SONG OF A KARMA YOGIN

 

Hari ke premi Hari Hari bolo

Avo pyare milker gawo

Hari charaname dhyana laghavo

Dukhme sukhme Hari Hari bolo

Abhiman tyago seva karo

Narayan Narayan Narayan Narayan.

Give up brahmin, sanyas abhiman,

Give up male-female, sex abhiman.

Give up doctor, judge abhiman,

Give up rajah, zamindar abhiman.

Relinquish pundit, scientist abhiman

Crush this professor, engineer abhiman

Kill this collector, thasildar abhiman.

Kill this vairagya, seva abhiman

Kill this tyagi, kartrtva abhiman.

(Narayan Narayan .....)

Remember always Hari Hari Hari Hari,

Sing always Sita-Ram, Radheshyam,

See good in every face,

Share what you have with others.

Develop nicely adaptability.

Serve always with Narayana Bhav.

Scrutinise always your inner motives

Work without egoism,

Cultivate the nimitta-bhav,

Give up expectation of fruits.

Surrender always fruits to the Lord,

Have equal vision and balanced mind.

Selfless work will purify your heart,

Then you will get knowledge of self.

(Narayan Narayan .....) 

Sept 30 SONG OF ADMONITION

 

SONG OF ADMONITION

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare.

Radhe Shyama Radhe Shyama Shyama Shyama Radhe Radhe

Radhe Krishna Radhe Krishna Krishna Krishna Radhe Radhe

Gouri Sankar Gouri Sankar Sankar Sankar Gouri Gouri

Uma Sankar Uma Sankar Sankar Sankar Uma Uma.

O my Jesus                       O Lord Jesus

Hail Hail Jesus                  O Father Father     

O my Mary                        O Virgin Mary

Hail Hail Mary                   O Mother Mother

O my Buddha                    O Lord Buddha

Hail Hail Buddha               O Saviour Saviour

O my Allah                        O Lord Allah

Hail Hail Allah                   O Father Father

O my Shakti                      O Adi Shakti

Hail Hail Shakti                 O Mother Mother

Is there not a nobler mission

     than eating, drinking and sleeping?

It is difficult to get a human birth,

     therefore try your best to realise in this birth.

Fie on that wretch, woe to that man

Who wastes all his life in sensual pleasures.

Time sweeps away, kings and barons,

Where is Yudhishthira?      Where is Ashoka

Where is Shakespeare?     Where is Valmiki?

Where is Napoleon?           Where is Shivaji?

Be up and doing (in) yogic sadhan,

     you will enjoy Supreme Bliss.

Be up and doing (in) brahma vichar,

     you will attain Immortality (kaivalya moksha)

(Hare Rama Hare Rama…)

Can you expect real shanti

     if you waste your time in idle gossiping?

Can you enjoy Supreme Peace

     if you waste your time

In novels (and) newspapers?

In fights and quarrels?

In scandal, backbiting?

(Hare Rama Hare Rama…)

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Am I not Thou? Art Thou not I?

     One alone is, therefore true.

When the mind melts in the silence,

     you will have Self-realisation.

What have you learnt, tell me frankly

     from the Bihar and Quetta earthquakes?

Have you got now real vairag?

     Do you practise japa and kirtan?

Here is a challenge to non-believers

     of the Hindu theory of transmigration:

Have you not heard the thrilling narratives

     of Shanti Devi, of her past life?

Can you expect real shanti

     if you waste your time in cards and cinemas

     (cards and smoking)?

When your throat is choked

     at the time of death,

     who will help you for your salvation?

(Hare Rama Hare Rama…)

Sept 29 COME TO ME, SECRET OF LOVE

 

COME TO ME

I want only Thee, my Lord.

When the senses hiss and drag me,

Come to me and crush them.

When I am overworked and tired,

Come to me with Thy peace and harmony.

When my mind becomes turbulent,

Come to me with Thy yoga power,

And still this boisterous mind.

When desires and cravings attack me,

Come to me with Thy light and grace.

When fear overpowers me,

Come to me with Thy courage.

When avidya (ignorance) tries to overwhelm me,

Come to me with Thy supreme wisdom.

—So says Sivananda.

SECRET OF LOVE

Subtle and profound is the path of love.

It is like the edge of a sharp razor.

But the true lover treads it easily.

His grace renders his path smooth.

There is no asking or bargaining there,

It is all sacrifice and self-surrender.

It is the out-­pouring of the heart's love

At the lotus feet of the Lord.

Egoism is burnt in the fire of love,

Desires are destroyed in the flame of love.

Two have become one now.

The lover plunges himself

In the ocean of divine love,

He immerses himself

In the sea of divine joy.

He offers his all in the Lord's service,

His tan (body), man (mind), dhan (wealth) ­

This is the secret of this love.

—So says Sivananda.