MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1220
Radhe krishna,
Have a blessed day,
ADAPTABILITY
Swami SivanandaWhen one student does not know how to adapt himself with his fellow students who are living in the same room, friction comes and their friendship is at stake. Adaptability makes friendship last for a long time. Students fight for little things. One student says: "I gave so and so tea for several days. I took him to the cinema on many days. I asked him to lend me Boswell�s Life of Johnson for reading. He has bluntly refused. What sort of friend is he! I do not like him at all." Thus the friendship is broken now. A simple thing upsets the mind. Adaptability is a strong catgut-ligature that links people in bonds of unbroken love and friendship.
Sadhana For Mind-Control
In the beginning of the Sadhana, more and more desires will have to be controlled at the
physical level. But as we go on acquiring mastery over ourselves, even when a Vritti comes, it is
liquidated. This is done by Vichara and Viveka. These, Vichara and Viveka, are helps to the
Sadhaka. As soon as a Vritti comes, it is put back, and ultimately all these have to be completely
destroyed by repeating the Lord’s Name, by meditation, by prayer, by practising Purascharana. All
these are powerful, positive methods, because the Vrittis and Samskaras are countless and
deep-rooted, but they are destroyed in toto by the practice of Yoga, with sincerity. All Vasanas, etc.,
which form obstacles on the path of the Sadhaka are completely liquidated through Japa, Kirtan,
prayer, Satsang, Svadhyaya. Ultimately the work is done by these combined methods but in the
meanwhile we have to deal with the mind by Viveka and Vichara, so that the mind is never allowed
In the beginning of the Sadhana, more and more desires will have to be controlled at the
physical level. But as we go on acquiring mastery over ourselves, even when a Vritti comes, it is
liquidated. This is done by Vichara and Viveka. These, Vichara and Viveka, are helps to the
Sadhaka. As soon as a Vritti comes, it is put back, and ultimately all these have to be completely
destroyed by repeating the Lord’s Name, by meditation, by prayer, by practising Purascharana. All
these are powerful, positive methods, because the Vrittis and Samskaras are countless and
deep-rooted, but they are destroyed in toto by the practice of Yoga, with sincerity. All Vasanas, etc.,
which form obstacles on the path of the Sadhaka are completely liquidated through Japa, Kirtan,
prayer, Satsang, Svadhyaya. Ultimately the work is done by these combined methods but in the
meanwhile we have to deal with the mind by Viveka and Vichara, so that the mind is never allowed
to take the form of a desire.
Swami ChidanandaIt is only the jnani that can serve and help the world in the best possible way, for he knows that all is the one Self, the Great Being of Brahman. Without knowing this, how can one be truly good and virtuous?
- 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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