Daily Spiritual Insights from Swami Ji's Teachings
The very image (nature) of all beings is Existence or Divinity. That Divinity is in the form of truth, consciousness and bliss solidified. That Divinity ever remains the same, immutable and detached. When a man forgets his very image (the self), he assumes the identification of the self with the body. This assumed relationship of […]
It is written in the scriptures that in the human body there is predominance of actions. When man has a desire to acquire something, then there is an inclination to act. An action is of two kinds – duty (kartavya) i.e. what ought to be done and “non-duty” (akartavya) i.e. what ought not to be […]
God has bestowed upon ‘Jeev‘ (embodied soul), this human body, so that it may attain salvation. From this view-point, this human life is in fact only for engaging in spiritual disciplines “saadhanyoni“. Simply by following one’s spiritual disciplines, man can attain salvation, he can be liberated from the shackles of birth and death cycle. Why […]
If we serve the world then the world will also be happy and the master of the world – God will also be happy. If we accept God as our own, then too God will be happy. In this way, God will become twice as happy, and we will benefit twice as much – […]
It is a great thing when man begins to see his flaws. The more clearly he see his flaws, the more he will sever relationship with that flaw. This is the essence, a noteworthy point. When an aspirant sees flaws in himself, he becomes fearful, and begins to suffers, wondering what to do? He […]
‘Sahaj Sukh Rashi’ – The World is an abode of sorrow – ‘ye hi saṁsparśa-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te’ (Gita 5/22); ‘duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam’ (Gita 8/15). It is only due to assuming an affinity, a feeling of me-mine with this sorrow-filled world, that this ‘jeev’ (embodied soul) experiences suffering. In reality, this ‘jeev’ is an inseparable […]