MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1190
Radhe krishna,
Have a blessed day.
THE ESSENTIALS OF RELIGION
Swami Sivananda
Let not personal bias, force of convention, or the opinion of fanatics and sectarians blind your vision into a narrow view of religion. Do not be prejudiced by observing the religious practices of untutored masses. You must be able to differentiate the essentials from the non-essentials in religion and philosophy, through the power of pure reason and discrimination. Then only you can be happy. The essentials of all religions are one and the same. They all agree. Religions differ only in non-essentials.
: No samadhi is possible when hatred, prejudice, jealousy, anger, lust, etc. exist in the mind. Remove these defects by love, endurance, contemplation of the Infinite, vision of the Self, good company, and enquiry.
- Swami Sivananda
A Sadhu knows this very well. Sometimes, on account of previous Samskaras, the Sadhu
may deviate from the path just a bit, but he is never eternally lost. In the aspirant or seeker, there is
always the Viveka and Vichara alive. Therefore, the reaction of Nachiketas to the temptations of
Yama, is the reaction of a Sadhu to worldly pleasures.
The Sadhu, intent on treading the path of Sreyas (real good) tries to cut at the very root of the
cause of Preyas, the apparently pleasing, by means of prayer, Japa of the Lord’s Name, Sankirtan
etc. The hallmarks of all seers are more or less the same—compassion, selflessness, purity,
oneness, renunciation, tolerance, and above all, returning good for evil. There are many examples
from the lives of saints to illustrate this
Swami Chidananda.
may deviate from the path just a bit, but he is never eternally lost. In the aspirant or seeker, there is
always the Viveka and Vichara alive. Therefore, the reaction of Nachiketas to the temptations of
Yama, is the reaction of a Sadhu to worldly pleasures.
The Sadhu, intent on treading the path of Sreyas (real good) tries to cut at the very root of the
cause of Preyas, the apparently pleasing, by means of prayer, Japa of the Lord’s Name, Sankirtan
etc. The hallmarks of all seers are more or less the same—compassion, selflessness, purity,
oneness, renunciation, tolerance, and above all, returning good for evil. There are many examples
from the lives of saints to illustrate this
Swami Chidananda.
Chant the Maha Mantra
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
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