Affinity with the Lord

A devout devotee, who takes refuge in the Lord, does not worry, that he has not yet had a vision of the Lord, he has not developed true devotion for Him and that his inclinations have not been purified and so on. If he worries, he is like a baby monkey, who by holding his […]

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Acceptance and Belief Leads to Salvation

If a person possibly meets a great soul, a real Guru, and if he believes him to be a Guru (remover of ignorance), and has faith and belief in him and his words, then only will the person gain from this association. However if he does not have faith and belief from within (swayam), then […]

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Abortion Worst of all Sins

From the worldly people’s perspective, that which is the greatest source of pleasure, that pleasure without which a man of pleasures cannot stay, that pleasure which he cannot give up, the giver of that pleasure –  the female womb is destroyed (through forced aborting) – what can be greater sin than this ?  It is […]

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A Firm Resolve

I have received many exceptional points from the Bhagavad Gita, the scriptures and saints.    Today, I am sharing with you one such point.  You all pay attention to this point.  It is a very simple, straight-forward point, by which one can progress very quickly.  One can attain great joy. One can become free of […]

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For Spiritual Aspirant – Discourse 16

There is predominance of ‘vivek’ (power of discretion) in the human being.  ‘Vivek’ means to know what essence is and what essence is not, what is duty and non-duty. Man must make proper use of this ‘vivek’ (discriminative faculty), but he does not do so, he does not give due importance to this ‘vivek, therefore […]

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For Spiritual Aspirant – Discourse 15B

By continuously engaging in satsang (association with Truth, association with holy company), one develops a fondness, an attraction in ‘satsang,’ in repeating God’s name, in all talks related to God, and in religious texts like Bhagavad Gītā. That is the reason why people come for satsang even in heavy rains.  Without this attraction or fondness, […]

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