Daily Spiritual Insights from Swami Ji's Teachings
Seventh Chapter A man must realize that the whole creation is nothing but a manifestation of God. God pervades the entire creation, like cluster of yarn beads, formed by knots on a string. In elements such as earth, water, fire, etc., in forms such as the sun and the moon, etc., and only God pervades […]
God has infinite and eternal qualities. All elaborations on God in the holy books and from great saints put together are incomplete. God’s eternal devotee Goswamiji Maharaj too says – “Ramu ne sakahi naam gun gaayi” (Manasa. Bala. 26:4). It has also come in the messages of the saints that God Himself does not realize His own power ! God, […]
||ShriHari|| Arjuna: You have told how the man of stable mind sits. Now tell me how he walks? Krishna: O Brother, his walk instead of being an activity, is in the form of an emotion. The Self-controlled striver is free from all attraction (likes) and aversion (dislikes), moving among objects with senses under control, […]
||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: […]
Ishvarah sarvabhootaanaam hrdeysherjuna titishthi | Bhraamayansarvabhootaani yantraroodhaani maayayaa || (Gita 18/61) He is seated in everyone’s heart and just like a driver of a car, He takes everyone (all beings) around. In other words, man himself does nothing. It is God’s hand in making all activities take place through all beings. How much of it […]
Defects have no existence and flawlessness (perfection) never ceases to be. Defects (deficiencies) are not permanent, they come and go and the substantial element which conceives their coming and going, stays permanently. Knowledge of defects occurs only to a perfect person, through purity and flawlessness. Each one perceives the coming and going of defects, but no one perceives their own […]