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Saturday, December 28, 2024

MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1161

 MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATIOON 1161

Radhe krishna,
Have a blessed day,

'SAMA' AND 'DAMA'

Swami Sivananda
Thus the mind is checked directly from wandering through the practice of Sama and Dama. Its outgoing tendencies are curbed. Sankalpas of objects are eradicated. The eyes run outside to see a beautiful woman with lustful thoughts. If you at once withdraw the eye from that object, this practice is called Dama. You should restrain the mind also through the process of withdrawal and substitution by holy thoughts. If you want to practise Sama, you should cultivate Viveka or discrimination between the real and the unreal, and Vairagya or dispasa
sion for the enjoyment of objects. Then only will you succeed in the practice of Sama.

Just as you remove at once from your shoes a pebble that troubles you, so also you must be able to remove at once any tormenting thought from your mind.

- Swami Sivananda
Kindly continue to do your Japa. Wherever your mind moves feel there also, that there is
God. Make the mind understand that there is no place left where there is no God. There is God in
every speech. Watch the mind steadily. Let it wander for some time. Then try to bring it back upon
your chosen ideal. Loud recitation of God’s Name helps to develop concentration. If you are not
able to read books then request someone in the house to read for you an hour every day some useful
spiritual literature.
Swami Chidananda
Chant the Maaha Mantra

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY
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