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Radhe krishna,
Have a blessed day,
I DEAL CHARACTER
Swami SivanandaCharacter is the term which designates the distinctive qualities a person manifests in his relation with his fellow beings. There are all shades and degrees of character from the highest to the lowest. Pure, noble, good character or right conduct forms an indispensable part of spiritual life. Your life will become much poorer in quality, if the spiritual element and the moral standard are lacking. Character is like catching a contageous disease. Acquire it by company with the wise and the good. This is the best way. Discipline breeds character, character perfects individual and the individual builds the nation. The secret of beauty is not dress and ornaments, but good character and the possession of divine virtues. Character is what you are; reputation is what people think you are. The best treasure of man is a noble character.
Keep the mind fully occupied. Mind is like a monkey which drank toddy and at the same time was stung by a scorpion. Chain the monkey mind with the rope of Vairagya and Vichara.
- Swami Sivananda
A Sannyasin’s life is composed of the three factors of total renunciation, of a blazing
aspiration for the Infinite, of spotless purity. A total renunciation is the negative aspect of his life,
the blazing aspiration is the positive aspect in between, and spotless purity is the fabric of which his
life is made up. Positive p is the one condition of the descent of Divine consciousness into his
receptacle. Keeping this as the model pattern of the Sannyasin’s life, may we all ever struggle to
come out of the intoxication of ego-consciousness, of this fever,
Kama-Krodha-Lobha-Madha-
through correct understanding of Sannyasa and Brahma-Chintana. If all pain and sorrow are to
cease for ever, we have to take to Sannyasa. If our life is to blaze forth as peace and blessedness,
Sannyasa, and Sannyasa alone, is the one way. For, it is selfishness that is at the root of all miseries
upon the earth, of all fights and quarrels, all problems, all wars and hostilities; every sorrow and
every misery that is now rampant in human society has at its root the Asuric trait of gross
selfishness, where man wants everything for himself and does not care what happens to others in the
process of fulfilling this craving for getting things for himself. Sannyasa cuts at the very root of this
Asuric trait, for Sannyasa is based upon unselfishness and renunciation of selfishness; and if
selfishness is renounced everything is renounced. Renunciation of selfishness means, if I may say
so, renunciation of all desires for it is selfishness that takes the form of desire for various things for
oneself. Therefore, the real spirit of Sannyasa may be stated in the simple term, complete
desirelessness. In the light of this consider and evaluate your life and ascertain where you stand.
Resolve freshly and strive boldly onward.
Swami Chidananda
aspiration for the Infinite, of spotless purity. A total renunciation is the negative aspect of his life,
the blazing aspiration is the positive aspect in between, and spotless purity is the fabric of which his
life is made up. Positive p is the one condition of the descent of Divine consciousness into his
receptacle. Keeping this as the model pattern of the Sannyasin’s life, may we all ever struggle to
come out of the intoxication of ego-consciousness, of this fever,
Kama-Krodha-Lobha-Madha-
through correct understanding of Sannyasa and Brahma-Chintana. If all pain and sorrow are to
cease for ever, we have to take to Sannyasa. If our life is to blaze forth as peace and blessedness,
Sannyasa, and Sannyasa alone, is the one way. For, it is selfishness that is at the root of all miseries
upon the earth, of all fights and quarrels, all problems, all wars and hostilities; every sorrow and
every misery that is now rampant in human society has at its root the Asuric trait of gross
selfishness, where man wants everything for himself and does not care what happens to others in the
process of fulfilling this craving for getting things for himself. Sannyasa cuts at the very root of this
Asuric trait, for Sannyasa is based upon unselfishness and renunciation of selfishness; and if
selfishness is renounced everything is renounced. Renunciation of selfishness means, if I may say
so, renunciation of all desires for it is selfishness that takes the form of desire for various things for
oneself. Therefore, the real spirit of Sannyasa may be stated in the simple term, complete
desirelessness. In the light of this consider and evaluate your life and ascertain where you stand.
Resolve freshly and strive boldly onward.
Swami Chidananda
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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