MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1134

 MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1134

Radhe krishna,

Have a blessed day,

PURITY AND MORALITY

Swami Sivananda

Purity is freedom from desires. Lust imprisons the soul, but purity liberates and elevates. Purity is the first requisite for God-realization. Therefore, cultivate purity. In purity is the secret of God-realization, in self-restraint the strength of character, and in dispassion spiritual progress. If you wish to be strong, be pure. Morality is the gateway to religion. Morality is the gateway to Bliss Immortal. The aim of morality is to raise man to the level of Divinity by transforming his lower nature. It is immoral to drink liquor. It is immoral to hurt others. It is immoral to give way to anger. It is immoral to lie or deceive others. It is immoral to entertain lustful thoughts.

The heroism of a Sannyasin lies in the fact that he will not be a coward. He admits of no
failure, of no setback. For him all these elements in the struggle are steps which take him nearer and
nearer to the grand ideal, to the great goal having reached which he will be able to declare: Deho
naham, Jivo naham; Pratyagabhinna Atmaivaham—I am not this body, nor the Jiva; I am the
innermost indivisible Atman. Every effort put forth is in the nature of an achievement, never in the

nature of a loss.

Swami Chidananda

The Omniscience of God is proof enough of the predetermination of everything. Human effort is a part of the way in which the universal plan works. Any egoism of man is thus sheer vanity.

- 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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