MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 917

MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 917

Radhe krishna,
Good evening & have a blessed day,

CAUSE OF PAIN AND SORROW

Swami Sivananda

Pain is born of ignorance. Pain is due to identification with the
body. Pain is extraneous to you. It is not thy essential nature, thy
essential nature is Bliss. When knowledge dawns pain vanishes. There
is no pain in deep sleep. There is no pain when you are under
chloroform. Pain manifests when mind is attached to the body, If the
mind perishes there is no pain. Craving is the cause for birth and
death, craving is born of memory of pleasure, memory of pleasure is
born of contact with sense objects. Contact causes attachment,
attachment is born of non-discrimination, non-discrimination is born
of ignorance; annihilate ignorance; all the links will be broken at
once.

But then, the essence of such living is a deep inner conviction of the
reality of that great Goal. And the essence of such living would also
be an intense desire that we should attain that Goal and also the
willingness to pay the price. For the sake of the Goal, a disciple
must be willing to give up everything petty, and, most important of
all, be willing to give oneself up, to renounce one’s little self, to
renounce the very reality of one’s temporary, earthly being. “Whoever
clings to his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life shall
save it.” “Kill this little ‘I’. Die to live. Lead the divine life.”
swami chidananda



Chant the Maha Mantra


Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
.
BE HAPPY