MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1121
Radhe Krishna.
Have a blessed day,
CHARITY, GOODNESS AND GODLINESS
Swami SivanandaTo pray for another is charity. To serve another is charity. To be kind and loving is charity. To forget and forgive some harm done to you is charity. A kind word said to a suffering man is charity. Generosity is the sister-virtue of charity. This body is meant for the good of others. Treat a deserving guest hospitably. First give to him and then eat for yourself. Supreme Goodness is God. Lead the life of goodness. To live in perfect goodness is to dissolve in the Infinite. Knowledge destroys ignorance. Real knowledge is the knowledge of God. All else is ignorance. Real spiritual life is based on goodness and godliness.
To realise this great end and aim, our ancient sages and saints have interwoven and blended
into the fabric of our social life the four Asramas, viz., Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha and
Sannyasa, to effect a gradual unfoldment of this spirit stage by stage in the life of an individual. In
the Brahmacharya Asrama, or the student-life, one has to live with his Guru, give up all distracting
thoughts and give himself up completely to the study of scriptures, living a life of self-control,
purity, simplicity, austerity, attention to studies and obedience to and service of the preceptor. In the
next stage, he lives an ideal life of a householder with selflessness, self-sacrifice and
self-effacement as his mottoes. This is the preparation for the next stage, viz., Vanaprastha, where
he has to discipline himself to enter the life of Sannyasa.
Swami Chidananda
into the fabric of our social life the four Asramas, viz., Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha and
Sannyasa, to effect a gradual unfoldment of this spirit stage by stage in the life of an individual. In
the Brahmacharya Asrama, or the student-life, one has to live with his Guru, give up all distracting
thoughts and give himself up completely to the study of scriptures, living a life of self-control,
purity, simplicity, austerity, attention to studies and obedience to and service of the preceptor. In the
next stage, he lives an ideal life of a householder with selflessness, self-sacrifice and
self-effacement as his mottoes. This is the preparation for the next stage, viz., Vanaprastha, where
he has to discipline himself to enter the life of Sannyasa.
Swami Chidananda
The aim of philosophy is right living. Genuine, real philosophy, worth its name, is expected to enable one to live the truest life possible—a life of wisdom, free from the imperfections by which ordinary unphilosophical life is characterised.
- Swami Krishnananda
Chant the Maha Mantra
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
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