Tag: Sadhak

“Cheerfulness of mind, gentleness, calmness and contemplation, self-control, purity of thought – are called, the penance of mind.” (Gita 17:16)  Manah prasaadah saumyatvam maunamaatmavinigrahah Bhaavasamsuddhirityetattapo maanasamucyate.” (Gita 17:16) Let us focus just on the first word – “Cheerfulness of Mind.” It is called “Manahprasaadah. Cheerfulness due to contact of persons, things, country, time, situations, circumstances, incidents etc., is not […]

Being thus established, one is not shaken even in the midst of the greatest affliction.  Even in times of great suffering, great pain, huge adversities he is not shaken. Even if his body is broken into pieces, yet he is not shaken and firmly believes in God. To attain such state is the ultimate aim […]

Man desirous of attaining God, with a true and sincere heart, may belong to any caste, creed, stage of life, sect or condition, or be a great sinner or of bad character, he is fully entitled to attain God. (405) An aspirant should have no expectations from the world, which is not everlasting and he […]

Main point is that we must not desire that things happen according to our wishes.  Even if we have the best of desires, then too, our mind-intellect are not so pure that they can discern what is best for our spiritual well-being.   Therefore, let your desires,  be aligned with God’s will.  Let us do as per His will.   […]

The Lord declares  Mayyaa tatmidam sarvam jagadavyaktamoortinaa   (Gita 9/4)   ‘All this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest form’.  (Gita 9/4)  That which has a form is called a ‘moorti’ (idol) and that which has no form at all is called an ‘avyakta Moorti’ (formless). Just as Paramatma is ‘Avayakta Moorti’ (formless), similarly a sadhak is […]

||ShriHari|| Arjuna: What is the loss by having this relish (taste) to enjoy sense objects? Answer:  O Kuntinandana (Arjuna), turbulent by nature “the senses” even of a wise man, (who is practicing self-control) forcibly carry away  his mind to the sense-objects. (Gita 2:60) Arjuna: What should be done to do away with this taste? Krishna: […]