Swami Ramsukhdas Ji Blog

“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 […]

There are two divisions of all the scriptures (philosophies)  – theistic and atheistic.  Among the theistic scriptures the Gita is an important one.  The basic principle of the Gita is “Vasudevah Sarvam”  i.e. “All is only God”.   The philosophers, who are satisfied with their philosophy, with their opinion only, stopped there, without any further progress.  But those who were not […]

Question:   How to concentrate (fix) the mind? Answer:    I will share with you a very easy method to concentrate (fix) the mind.  Practice constant remembrance with your mind, repeating “Ram, Ram, Ram..” Do it in this manner –  “One Ram,  Two Ram, Three Ram, Four Ram …” but within your mind.  Neither say one, two, three, […]

Question:  How to cultivate love and devotion?  Answer:   Reading the lives of those devotees and saints, who are freed from bondage of worldly life, will purify the mind, because it is more necessary to wipe out impurity of mind than its volatility.  By purifying the mind, the volatility of mind will be wiped out very […]

Lord Krishna in the Gita declares that attachment and aversion are rooted in all sense objects –  Indriyasyeindriyasyaarthe raagadveshouvyavasthitou |   (Gita 3/34)    This attachment inhabits in five places – self, intellect, mind, senses, and objects –   If you think over the problem seriously, you come to know that basically this attachment is situated in […]

People believe that a restlessness mind is the main hindrance in attaining God Realization. But actually it is not such a hindrance as is our attraction, fondness and attachment to things, pleasures, individuals, objects  and incidents. It is essential  for aspirants to know that it is  attraction, fondness and attachment that leads to the shackles of birth […]