MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION.99

MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION.99

Radhe krishna,

Good morning and have a blessed day,

VIRTUE AND VICE
Swami Sivananda

That which elevates, that which bestows worldly prosperity and "Sreyas" or Salvation, is virtue. That which hurls a man down in the abyss of ignorance is vice. That which takes you to God is virtue; that which throws you in hell is vice. That which gives you happiness and merit is virtue; that which gives you pain and demerit is vice. That which makes you Sattvic is virtue; that which makes you Tamasic is vice. That which makes you divine is virtue; that which makes you a devil is vice. That which gives you strength, peace, inspiration is virtue; that which gives you worry, restlessness and depression is vice.

Similarly, our life, our strength, our progress day by day, the enhanced conditions of our

inner

faculties

of

mind,memory,

thought,

intelligence,

rationality,

psychological

development through

vichara

and

viveka

, enquiry and discrimination etc., depend upon what we

are actually able to absorb, what we actually assimilate into ourselves. And what we take in that

makes for gradual growth in our personality, our wisdom, our deep understanding of life, our

becoming sensitively aware of certain insights in life pertaining to ourselves and the world around

us the nature of things and people, of human relationships, of what should be and what should not

beóall depends upon how much we are able to absorb and assimilate.

Swami Chidananda.

Buddha and Sankaracharya represent two sides in the picture of life. The purely phenomenal approach of Buddha implies the so-called solid content of the appearance called the world, and the spiritual doctrine of Sankara fills this emptiness with Soul, and completes the picture.

- Swami Krishnananda

Chant the Maha Mantra


Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY. 

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