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 VAASTHU -Ancient Indian Guide to Architecture  and SolutionRemedies to Various Problems

Vaastu is the more authoritive and detailed counterpart of FENG SHUI.

 

This branch of astrology does not do any predictive work but helps you to harness the nature's energy by letting the air, sunlight, water, fire and earth into your life from the Right Direction and in the Right Quantity.

According to VAASTU SHASTRA (The study of architecture) every kind of building / apartment has different directions which are favourable / unfavourable.

 

Buildings / Apartments with good Vaastu have healthy, happy and prosperous owners. Whereas places with negative Vaastu energy will have losses, ill health, ill repute, hurdles etc.

There are prescribed directions / placements for all kind of settings in a built up structure. Some of the examples are :-

 

1.Direction for the Main Door (AIR)

2.Direction for the Portico. (AIR)

3.Placement for the Kitchen (FIRE)

4.Placement for Storage Water / Bathroom (WATER)

5.Placement of Place of Worship (LIGHT)

6.Placement of owners Bedroom / Office (EARTH)

7.Storage Area / Dark Area (EARTH)

8.Garden & Plants (EARTH)

 

 

Same principles are worked out in case of Factories, Offices, Institutions, etc.

The science of Vaastu doesnot only tell the CORRECT placement but also the ways to Rectify the Property with ill Influences OF VAASTU. For example a South Facing house is not recomended for the purpose of living BUT if we make an Enterance on the eastern end of the south portion the ill effect will vanish.

Your most important tool is a MAGNETIC COMPASS which will tell you the basic directions of all the places in your property.

 

YOU CAN USE THE HELP OF VAASTU SHASTRA IN THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES :-

TO FIND THE CORRECT METHOD OF USING A MAGNETIC COMPASS -Read Instruction

1.In case of purchases of new property / renting of new property whether personal or commercial.

2.In case you are facing problems / hurdles round about the time you moved into the new place.

3.Find out your potential if you make your old house Vaastu compliant with minimum changes.

4.In case there is lack of harmony at home / work inspite of all other factors being favourable.

 

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Vedic Astrology.

During the past issues, I explained a lot about Astrology and Vaasthu. In this issue, I wish to tell something about Jyotiṣa. (In Sanskrit, Jyotiṣa comes from “jyótis”, meaning - "light, heavenly body.” It is also spelled Jyotish, and Jyotisha in English.) It is the Ancient Indian system of Astronomy and Astrology (also known as Indian Astrology, or Hindu Astrology). The best among all these is, Vedic Astrology. Even though it has many parts, two are the most important.The first is called Samhita or Mundane Astrology. It involves predicting important events based on the analysis of the astrological dynamics in a country's horoscope, or general transit events, such as war, earth quakes, political events, financial positions, electional astrology, house and construction related matters (Vāstu Shāstra), animals, portents, and omens, etc.

The second one is called Hora.It is considered Predictive Astrology, and is based on the analysis of time, at the moment a query is made. The foundation of Jyotisha is the notion of Bandhu, of the Vedas or Scriptures, which is the connection between the microcosm and the macrocosm. The practice of Jyotisha primarily relies on the Sidereal Zodiac, which is different from the Tropical Zodiac used in Western Astrology, in that an Ayanamsa adjustment is made for the gradual precession of the Vernal Equinox. Jyotisha includes several nuanced sub-systems of interpretation and prediction, with elements not found in Hellenistic Astrology, such as its system of Lunar Mansions (Nakshatras).

Astrology remains an important facet in the lives of all human beings. However, due to its exploitation by a few people, Astrology has become a different subject. Today, it is practised and believed, mostly by Hindus, and those persons from western countries, who still have great faith in astrology. In Hindu Culture, newborns are traditionally named based on their Jyotish charts, and Jyotish concepts are pervasive in the organization of the calendar and holidays, as well as in many areas of life, such as in making decisions made about marriage, opening a new business, or moving into a new home. To some extent, Astrology even manages to retain a position among the Sciences in modern world. Now I wish to tell you about the Bhavas or the effects of the different houses.

 Bhāva – the houses.

A house is a zodiacal division according to local time and location (i.e. an effectively "moving" division of the sky from the perspective of a fixed observer, rather than a fixed portion according to the stars, as is true of the signs.) Houses are enumerated counter-clockwise from the house on the eastern horizon, passing through the "other side of the sky" and the western horizon, until  returning to the starting point.

More than one system, which aligns houses with signs, is recognized in Jyotisha. One is what Western astrologers call the Whole Sign House System, another is Sripathi, which is akin to a Porphyry House System. But Atharva Vedic Astrology, is the most accurate.The significance of the 12 houses are as follows:

1. Lagna - Nature of Nativity, Appearance, Health, Character, and Purpose of Life.
2. Dhana - Wealth, Family, Domestic Comforts, Early Education, and Inheritance.
3. Parākrama - Younger Brothers and Sisters, Communication (Talking, Writing, Business Documents), Intelligence, Later Education, and Short Journeys.
4. Suhṛda - Mother, Emotions, Education, Home, Property & Land, and Surroundings in Old Age.
5. Suta - Children, Love, Recreation, Devotion, Speculation, Gambling, and Creativity.
6. Ripu/Roga - Health, Maternal Aunt & Uncle, Litigation, Servants, Mental Worries, Enemies, and Foreigners.
7. Kāma - Spouse, Business Partners,Trade, Agreements, Honor & Reputation and Death.
8. Mrityu -Longevity, Failure, Suffering, Sexuality, Occult, Dowry, Inheritance, Imprisonment, and Torture.
9. Bhāgya - Luck, Higher Learning, Philosophy & Religion, Mentor or Guru, Father, Prosperity, and Travel.
10. Karma - Profession, Status, Power, Father, Mother-in-law, Government and Business.
11. Āya - Friends, Hopes, Earnings, Club or Social Activities, Elder Brothers and Sisters, Daughters & Sons-in-law.
12. Vyaya - Expenses, Sleep, Spirituality, Travel & Pilgrimage, Secret Enemies, Imprisonment, Hospitals, Asylums, and Liberation.

One's ascendant, or Lagna, the Rasi which is rising on the eastern horizon at the time of one's birth, is the most influential and important one. Another important impact is of the Janma Rasi, the rasi in which the moon lay, while one was born. In addition, The sage Parasara, mentioned a few special ascendants, before mentioning the results of various divisional charts and houses. His mention that houses can be counted from special Lagnas, clearly indicates that he wanted special Lagnas to be used for certain specific purposes. Some important special Lagnas are as follows.

• Udaya Lagna (ascendant counted from the natal time, which is the most important)
• Chandra Lagna (ascendant counted from natal moon sign - very important Lagna)
• Surya Lagna (ascendant counted from natal sun sign)
• Karak Lagna (significator taken as ascendant for all Grahas)
• Varnada Lagna (for social company)
• Shri Lagna (for prosperity and marriage)
• Indu Lagna (for wealth)
• Hora Lagna (for financial prosperity)
• Gati Lagna (for name and fame)

No prediction is complete without analyzing the following things. First, the Drishti, the vision or aspect of a planet, plays a major role.The second is Argala or the intervention. The third is Arudha, or the mounted image.The fourth is Yoga, or the planetary combinations.The fifth is Shadbala, or the sixfold strength of the planets. Without analyzing these five factors, the prediction of the horoscope is incomplete. Now let me explain a little about all these aforesaid five factors.

Drishti - the aspect.

Aspect is one of the most important phenomena. It not only interlinks the planets with each other, but also plays a role as a bridge between the signs. In Jyotisha, the word Drishti is tantamount to Aspect, which means glance or sight. It is the transfer of influences to another Graha (House) or to another Rāshi (Planet), as a result of their situation, in relation to one another.
The hierarchy of aspect can be categorized into two types as;

Aspect based on the Planet or Sign’s Nature, and aspect based on Relative Distance.

I-a. Aspect based on Planet or Sign’s Nature.
This is the system of aspect studied in Jyotisha. This holds that certain planets or signs sight another planet or sign, depending on its nature^. This can also be divided into two kinds –namely: Graha Drishti  and Rasi Drishti.
The Graha Drishti should be preferred first when analyzing the Nakshatra Dasha Chart, with respect to the Moon.
The Rāshi Drishti should be preferred when analyzing the Rasi Dasha Chart, with respect to Special Lagnas and Vargas, i.e. Divisional Charts.
I-b. Aspect based on Relative Distance.
This is the same method currently in vogue in Western Astrology. Tajik Varshaphala ( the Vedic Solar Return Chart), applies this technique to erect 14 different types of aspects, also known as Varshaphala Yogas.

II. Argala – the intervention.

The Karakas (Significators) of various houses are interlinked. The support provided by one house to another, is called Argala, and the obstruction offered to the houses, is called Virodha Argala. Grahas (planets) in 2nd, 4^th, and 11th houses, cause Argalas on a given house, whereas the planets in 12th, 10^th, and 3^rd, cause Virodha Argalas to the 2nd, 4th and 11^th, respectively.
Benefics generally give Shubha Argalas, and Malefics offer Papa Argalas. If however, a Malefic has an Argala on a house of which it is a Significator, such an Aragala can be termed as Shubha. For example Malefics in 10th house cast Papa Prgala on the 9th house, as 10th house is second from 9th. This may make the newborn, non-religious and indicate bad relations with bosses and teachers (provided there is no Virodh Argala from 8^th).

III. Arudha – the mounted image.                 

The term Arudha Pada, is also known as just "Pada". Arudha, literally means "mount,” and refers to the IMAGE of one sign falling on another, due to the "reflection of the rays emanating from it and being reflected by its lord”. Keeping the reflection in view, the Karaka (Significator) can be taken to be the Moon. Count from a sign to its lord. Then count as many signs from the lord to arrive at the ARUDHA PADA. For example, if the Lagna Lord is in the fifth house, then count five signs from the Lagna lord to arrive at the ninth house. This ninth house becomes the Arudha Pada for the Lagna.
Exception: The Arudha Pada cannot be in the same sign, or the seventh, from it. In case this happens, then choose the tenth house there from. For example, if the Lagna Lord is in the 4th house, then the Arudha Lagna should be in the 4th from the 4th house, i.e. the 7th house. But since this is not allowed, the tenth from it, should be chosen. The tenth from the 7th house, is the 4th house, and the 4th house becomes the Arudha Lagna.
The Arudha of 1st house is also called the PADA LAGNA or the ARUDHA LAGNA. Arudha Lagna stands for "manifestation of self, in this Maya (illusory world). In this manner Arudha Pada can be computed for all the houses. They are called Dhana Pada (2nd), Bhratripada (3rd), Matri Pada (4th), Mantrapada (5th), Satrupada (6th), Dara Pada (7th), Roga Pada (8th), Bhagyapada (9th), Rajyapada (10th), Labhapada (11th) and Upapada (12th). The most ancient Atharva Vedic monk Jaimini, discussed Arudha lagna and Upapada extensively in his classical treatise.

IV. Yoga – the planetary combinations.

In Jyotish, Yoga means "yoka" or combination. Yogas are certain planetary combinations. Jyotish classics indicate hundreds of thousands of Yogas. The Chandra (lunar combinations - for general luck), The Dhana (wealth related), and Raja (power and success related), Yogas, are often studied. Nearly eight hundred and seventy six (876), astrological yogas have been mentioned in ancient Atharva Vedic texts.

Shadbala – the sixfold strength.

Shadbala means sixfold strength. Although these strengths are used in combination for finding the effect of planets on the lives of the natives, there is more use of the strengths and we get a clue of those uses from their names. These strengths need not be used only in predicting the results of the Dasa, however, they can also be used for normal interpretation of Horoscopes.
Shad Bal consists of the following strengths:

1. Sthan Bal (Positional Strength) 2. Dig Bal (Directional Strength)  3. Kāl Bal (Temporal Strength), inclusive of Ayan Bal (Equinoctial strength) 4. Chesht Bal (Motional strength)         5. Naisargika Bal (Natural Strength)  6. Drik Bal (Aspectual Strength).

These strengths are computed for the seven Grahas from Sun to Saturn. The lunar nodes (Raaghu and Kethu) are not considered.
No one can become an astrologer by reading the texts and books alone. The blessings of the Yaksha Devathas is a must. Only then, will the words from the mouth of an astrologer, be true. The results given by him will be wonderful. 


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The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll get the point.

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss World Contest.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.



How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These
are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But
the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten.
Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.




Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with



Easier?

The lesson:  The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards.They are the ones that care.

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                                   The Touch of God & Concentration

                          Param Pujya, His Holiness  "Swamiji Sri Selvam Siddhar"

This is a devotional   variant to the exercises on body sensations that you will find helpful if you have reservations about calling the body sensation exercises true prayer or contemplation. Repeat one of the body sensation exercises. Take some time to experience as many and as subtle sensations as you can in various parts of your body......Now make the REFLECTION: Every sensation I feel, no matter how light and subtle is the result of a bio-chemical reaction that could not exist except for God’s Almighty Power.... FEEL God’s power at work in the production of every single sensation.... Feel HIM touching you in each of those sensations that HE is producing.... Feel the touch of God in different parts of your body: rough, smooth, pleasurable, painful....The experience of God need not be something sensational or out of the ordinary, unless your devotion and Divine Love is developed. There is, no doubt, an experience of God that is different from the ordinary run of experiences that we are accustomed to: there is the deep silence that I spoke of earlier, the glowing darkness, the emptiness that brings fulfillment.

There are sudden, unaccountable flashes of Eternity or of the infinite   that comes to us when we least expect them, in the midst of our work. One needs to do so little, really, to experience God. All one needs to do is quieten   oneself, become still  and become aware of the feel of your hand. Beware of the sensations in your hand.... There you have God, living and working in you, touching you, intensely near you.... Feel HIM.... Experience HIM. Most of the devotees look upon an experience like this as far too pedestrian. Surely there is more to the experience of God than just the simple feel of the sensations of one’s right hand. This needs a long explanation to know the reality Yet, you are assured that these simple and humble exercises shall help you a lot to march towards that reality.We forget all too easily that one of the big lessons of incarnations is that God is found in the ordinary also. Do you wish to see God? Look at the fact next to you. You want to hear him? Listen to the cry of a baby, the loud laughter of a simple party, the wind rustling in the trees. Or just quieten yourself, become aware of the sensations in your body, sense HIS ALMIGHTY POWER at work in you and feel how near He is to you.

Concentration

(This is an exercise in pure awareness)

Choose one sense object for a basic object of attention. It is suggested that you choose either the sensations in one part of your body of your breathing or the sounds around you.Focus your attention on this object, but do so in such a way that if your attention shifts to something else you are immediately aware of the shift.

Let us suppose you have chosen for your basic object of attention your breathing. Well, then, concentrate on your breathing.... It is quite likely that after a while your attention will move to something else a thought, a sound, a feeling.... Now provided you are aware of this shift of attention to something else, this shift is not to be counted as a distraction. It is important, however, that you be aware of the shift while the shift is taking place or immediately after it has taken place. Count it a distraction only if you become aware of the shift long after it has taken place.Suppose you choose breathing as your basic object of attention. Then your exercise will possibly go something like this:

I am breathing.... I am breathing.... Now I am thinking.... thinking.... thinking.... Now I am listening to a sound.... listening.... listening.... Now I am irritated.... irritated. Now I feel bored.... bored.... bored...

In this exercise, the wandering of the mind is not considered a distraction provided you are aware that your attention is shifting to some other object.... Once you have become aware of this shift, stay with the new object (thinking, listening, feeling....) for a while, then return to the basic object of your attention (breathing).... your skill in self-awareness may become so great that you will not only become aware of the shift of your attention on to some object, but even of the desire to shift, the impulse in you to shift on to something else. As when you want to move your hand you will first become conscious of the desire arising within you to move the hand, your consent to this desire, your carrying out of this desire, the very first stirring of your hand.... All of which activities are performed in an infinitesimal fraction of a second and so we find it impossible to distinguish one from the other until the silence and stillness within us has become almost total and our awareness has acquired razor edge sharpness. Self-awareness is a powerful means for increasing in love of God and of neighbor. The self-awareness heightens the love. The love, when it is genuine, fosters deeper self-awareness. Do not go in search of abstruse means for developing your self-awareness. Begin with humble things like the awareness of the feel of your body or awareness of the things around you and then more on to exercises like the ones which are suggested here and it won’t be long before you notice the fruits of peacefulness and love that heightened self-awareness brings with it.

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Arati - Jai Santhoshi Maa

Jai Santoshi Mata, Jai Santoshi Mata

Apne Sevak Janko Sukh Sampati Data

Sundar Chir Sunhari Ma Dhaaran Kinho

Hari Panna Damke Tan Singaar Kinho

Geru Lal Chata Chavi Badan Kamal Sohey

Mand Hansat Kalyani Tribhuvan Man Mohey

Swarg Sinhasan Baithi Chanvar Dhurey Pyarey

Dhoop Deep Madhu Mewa Bhog Dharey Nyarey

Gud Ar Chana Parampriya Taaso Santosh Kiyo

Santoshi Kahlayee Bhaktan Vaibhav Diyo

Shukravaar Priya Maanat Aaj Divas Sohi

Bhakt Mandali Chhaaee Katha Sunat Mohee

Mandir Jagmag Jyoti Mangal Dhwani Chhaaee

Vinay Karey Hum Baalak Charnan Sirnaayee

Bhakti Bhavbhay Pooja Angikrit Keejay

Jo Man Basey Hamare Ichcha Fal Deejay

Dukhi Daridra Rogi Sankat Mukt Kiye

Bahu Dhandhaanya Bharey Ghar Sukh Sowbhagya Diye

Dhyan Dharo Jaane Tero Manvanchit Fal Paayo

Puja Katha Shravan Kar Ghar Anand Aayo

Sharan Gaye Ki Lajja Rakhiyo Jagdambe

Sankat Tu Hi Nivarey Dayamayi Ambe

Santoshi Mata Ki Aarti Jo Koi Jan Gaavey

Ridhi Sidhi Sukh sampati Ji Bharke Paavey

-By Swamiji Sri Selvam Siddhar

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ENVIRONMENT

Going Green is a lovely thought, but it is not a priority with most people.

Most people are so into day to day living that they can’t recognize that something is wrong with their Mother.

For every need and concern they have, the solution has always been provided and taken care of by the Mother.  Now she is sick and needs your immediate tender care.  When we say “your” or “you”, we are talking to the people of planet Earth.  Unless we recognize that it will take a total commitment from all to fight or deter the situation, Nothing can be done.

Wake up people.  We are talking to all of you on every continent.

It is time for thought pollution, atmospheric pollution, soil pollution, and water pollution to disappear.

From the time of old to present day, pollution has always been around.

The Ancient ones always knew the solution to this problem and recorded it in the Vedas.

The Vedas speak of Agnihotra/Homa Therapy and the need for its performance by each householder.  In those Ancient scriptures it is referred to as the CASH COW.  The reason is that it provides so many benefits.  It clears the mind of stress and wards off many physical diseases at the same time.  It puts harmony back into our lives and the journey becomes easier so we make better decisions.  Thus, we weaken our negative Karma.

Agnihotra, when performed correctly, stands alone as the “Solution to Pollution” of ALL types; even neutralizing radiation.

The specific ingredients, timings and Vibration therapy involved keeps Agnihotra separate as a Science that can be incorporated into Any lifestyle, belief or non-beliefs.

The components needed are a semi-pyramid shaped copper pot, cow dung, cow’s ghee, brown rice, specific mantra vibrations, and correct timings for sunrise and sunset.

Now let us discuss one component of this Agnihotra, cow’s ghee.  Vedas call cow’s ghee Life.  Ancient healers have known its wonderful healing properties and gave  it this honor by calling it the “medicine of medicines.” Cow’s ghee is the most unique matter and nectar available to man on planet Earth.  Cow’s milk from which ghee is made is a unique blend of 101 different substances containing nutritious values of its component parts.  In its proteins are 19 amino acids, in the butter, 11 fatty acids, 6 vitamins, 8 enzymes, 25 minerals, 2 sugars, 5 phosphorous compounds, 14 nitrogenous substances and some more yet unknown substances.  All these ingredients are suspended and dissolved in the form of fluid (Ghee).

When cow’s ghee is mixed with the other substances and mantra is performed at exactly the time the sun is said to rise and set along with addition of a pinch of rice, four gases are produced with the burning: 1) Ethylene, 2) Propylene 3) Formaldehyde and 4) Butapropolactone.  With the formation of these gases as the heat increases, another energy is produced by the cow’s ghee.  The gas energy produced is acetylene.  This particular energy sucks in the polluted and purifies it. Those gases produced from performance of Agnihotra with the use of cow’s ghee posses the wonderful capacity to remove the mental tensions, curing many diseases.  This is how things are influenced by the medicinal properties of cow’s ghee.

So you can see from one prospect benefit and there are many more. Agnihotra can provide a simple solution to going green with a simple tool for all mankind.  An most impurities.  It is economical for all.  It is taught FREE to anyone on the planet.

The nutrients from this fire also nurture the atmosphere, soil and water at the cellular level.  Going green must include resetting the planets energy cycle.  Agnihotra can do it.  We have many miseries and woes.  We fight about everything.  Agnihotra allows us to

understand our roles as caretakers of the planet.  Are you in tune yet?

At sunrise and sunset, many energies are in the atmosphere.  The way the sunrays strike the atmosphere at those times, many impurities are destroyed.  With the performance of Agnihotra, the process is increased.  The most important ingredient is man himself.  Only man’s utterance of the chants create a vibration similar to the one that comes from the cosmos so say the scientist.

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Limits of the Mind

Ekalavya was a little boy, born in a poor family, many many years ago. His people lived a little away from Hastinapura, the capital of the Kuru kings. They used to clean other people's dirt for a profession.

And for this reason they were shunned by society. Ekalavya and other kids of his group knew they too had to follow their parents' professions.

Their parents often told them, "You are not meant to go to school. What use is school for carrying garbage which is your only job?"

"Don't go near those people; they are high born, we are low born."

Ekalavya didn't understand.

"Why, but why?" he asked his mother. She replied "God set these limits."

"God! Why would God want nice things for them and dirty things for us? Hasn't God made all of us?" Ekalavya asked.

She sighed, "Darling I don't know, but there are bounds we cannot cross, this is God's rule."

Ekalavya became quiet. From that day the only important thing for him was to understand the meaning of "limit". You know, kids (and grown ups) are sometimes cruel. One day Ekalavya and his friends trapped a little ant and were watching it try to escape. The ant tried and tried till it found a little opening at the edge of the trap and escaped.

Other children moved to trap it again but Ekalavya stopped them shouting, "The brave ant has broken the bounds. Limits are meant to be broken. I am free, free". One day, Ekalavya saw beautiful chariots come into the forest near his village. He saw boys of his age get out of the chariot one by one. What lovely clothes they wore!

Last, an old man with snowy white hair and spotless white clothes came out looking stern and calm. The boys seemed a little scared of the old man but with one dusky handsome boy, the old man's behaviour was different, he smiled and patted this boy on the head. Ekalavya heard his father's voice, "Come away boy, there is work to do. Those are the Kuru princes, with their teacher Drona. The boy he just patted is his favourite, Arjuna. They have come to practice 'archery'. Don't go near them."

"Father, all I want is a pat from the grand old man." so saying, Eklavya ran towards the old man Drona.

By then the boys had started shooting with bows and arrows. What amazing things Arjuna did! He could shoot at a target with his eyes shut. He could shoot with his left hand as well as the right. And the teacher Drona? His arrows made fire, chased things in circles, brought rain and lightning. It was magical. Arjuna's eyes never left his teacher. It was like he wanted to absorb every bit of Drona. And you could see that Drona too was very proud of Arjuna.

The practice ended. Ekalavya went up to Drona and with folded hands said, "Great sir, please teach me".

"I don't teach the low-born," was the cold reply as Drona turned away.

"Master, your arrows don't seem to mind any limits, they bring rain and fire, they bring night and day. How then can you be bound by stupid thoughts of high and low birth?" With this Ekalavya walked away from the glaring Drona. The next day, Ekalavya carved a statue of Drona on a tree trunk with a knife. He made himself a bow and arrows. Each day he would bow before the statue, practise shooting and imagine a pat on his back from Drona.

Some months passed. The grand princes and their master came to the forest again. As Arjuna reached to take aim of a particularly difficult target, an arrow reached Arjuna's target before he could even aim. Shocked the boys and their teacher looked around. They saw Ekalavya, who went up to touch Drona's feet. "Who is your teacher?" Drona asked. Ekalavya quietly led him to the statue. Drona looked at it for some time and said, "If I am your Guru, give me my fee, my guru dakshina".

"Ask, sir", bowed Ekalavya. "I want your right thumb," replied the stone hearted Drona. Without the right thumb to support it, how can any archer ever hold a bow?As Arjuna and the other princes watched in shock, Ekalavya wordlessly cut off his right thumb and laid it at Drona's feet. Many years passed. A great war was on in Kurukshetra between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, cousins who were related. Arjuna was on the side of the Pandavas. His teacher Drona, and many of his cousins, who had been Drona's students with him, were on the other side.

After the day's battle, a sad Drona was sitting in his camp. Suddenly, like a respectful prayer, arrows fell near his feet one after another. He looked up and who do you think he saw?

Why, Ekalavya ! The young Ekalavya said, "Master I have learned to shoot without my right thumb. I have learned to shoot with my left hand, and with my feet. I have taught others and raised an army. Today I'm known as a great archer." Drona was speechless.

"Master, I set your greatness free from the limits of your own mind. I made it my teacher in the form of your statue. Your great love for Arjuna crossed the bounds of fairness when you asked for my thumb. You thought that it would finish me as an archer. But great masters always end up teaching something. By asking for my thumb, you made me learn to shoot with both hands and feet. And for this lesson, I offer my services to you in this war."

Drona's eyes filled with tears. He answered, "Yes, it is true, bounds and limits are in the mind. Real courage is fighting against wrong limits and respecting the correct ones. Ekalavya, you have taught me this."

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 VAIRAGYA

Raja Tanaka, though he ruled a kingdom, was a perfectly dispassionate man. So was Raja Bhagiratha too. Queen Chudalai possessed perfect vairagya, though she ruled a dominion, while her saintly husband, Raja Sikhidwaja, who retired into the forest to practice penance and Yoga, was intensely attached to his body and kamandalu.

 

You cannot form a correct opinion of any sadhu or sannyasin or even householder as to his mental state of vairagya or mental condition by just having a casual talk with him for a few hours or staying with him for a few days. You will have to live with him for a very long time to study his internal mental state.

 

Generally most people commit serious blunders in these matters. They are deluded by mere external appearances. They mistake a physically nude sadhu for a great mahatma in the beginning. Later on they feel obliged to change their impression after closer contact. Physical nudity alone will not constitute real vairagya. The mind of the physically nude sadhu may be full of fantastic desires, cravings and appetites. Who knows what is wanted? Therefore, the mental nudity, i.e., complete eradication of vasanas, egoism, etc., is required. Do not be deceived by external appearances. Beware! Beware!! Beware!!!

 

Defects of Sensual Pleasures

 

If you do not possess viveka, if you do not try your best for the attainment of salvation, if you spend your whole lifetime in eating, drinking, sleeping, marrying, divorcing and propagating the race, you are no better than a quadruped. You will have to sit at the feet of these animals and learn several lessons from them. Even animals possess self-restraint to an astonishing degree. O man, where has your self-restraint gone?

 

Sensual enjoyment is attended with various defects. It is attended with various sorts of sins, pains, weaknesses, attachments, slave-mentality, weak will, severe exertion and struggle, bad habits, cravings, aggravation of desires and mental restlessness. Therefore, shun all sorts of sensual enjoyments and rest in peace.

 

The Narayana Upanishad says: “In the beginning these two roads were laid—the road through karma and sannyasa. The latter consists of the renunciation of the threefold desire (son, wealth, and fame). Of these, the road through sannyasa is preferable.” The Taittiriya Upanishad also says: “Renunciation (tyaga) certainly is to be preferred.”

 

Mere outward giving up of a thing is nothing. It is not real renunciation. Real tyaga or sannyasa is absolute renunciation of all vasanas and destruction of the heart knot (ignorance), the chit-jada-granthi.

 

The Glory of Vairagya

 

What should be renounced is that bheda buddhi which says: “I am superior to that man; I have done that, I have done this; I am the body,” and the kartritwa abhimana which thinks: “I am the doer.” There is no use of renouncing your home, wife and children if you cannot renounce these also.

 

He cannot be truly regarded as having renounced the world altogether who has merely withdrawn himself from worldly possessions. But he, who living in actual contact with the world, finds out its faults (doshas), who is free from every passion and whose soul depends on nothing, may well be said to have truly renounced the world. Read the story of Raja Sikhidwaja in the Yoga Vasishta. You will clearly understand this point.

 

Renounce this world. Renounce the desire for moksha. Renounce renunciation itself. Then you will become THAT. You will become ITSELF.

 

Dear brother! If you have no real sustained vairagya, you will find no improvement or progress in spirituality. Vows, austerities, energy and meditation will leak out like water from a cracked pot. Be careful.

 

There is verily no sword more powerful than vairagya to cutoff all sorts of attachment to this world. Hold this sword in your hand and march along in the spiritual path. You will safely reach the goal.

 

The shadow of clouds, the friendship with a fool, the beauty of youth, wealth, all these last only for a very short time. They are impermanent. Shun them all ruthlessly.

 

Only a thirsty man drinks water. Only a hungry man eats food. Even so, a man who is spiritually hungry and thirsty will only drink the Nectar of Immortality.

 

The life of Vemanna is worthy to be read. He, was a jnani of Andhra Desa. He was leading a voluptuous life, most abominable indeed. The moment vairagya dawned in him, he became an entirely different man. He made no sadhana as he was a yogabrashta or one who had fallen from yogic practices in his previous birth, and became a jnani. He was and is very much revered.

 

This search after God and God-realization is a question of supply and demand. If you really want God, if there is a real demand from your heart for God, then the supply would come.

 

He is really a sannyasin who is free from passion and egoism and who possesses sattwic qualities.

 

Atma-vichara (enquiry into the nature of atma or self) and yogic practices done without intense vairagya becomes fruitless.

 

To get vairagya one should seriously ponder over the various entanglements and bondages of married life.

 

If you get vairagya, rest assured that is a sign of purification of mind (chitta-shuddhi).

 

The things that used to afford you delight before, give you displeasure now. That is a sign of vairagya.

 

Vairagya that comes momentarily after such accidents as the loss of some dearly loved relative or wealth is known as karana-vairagya. It will not help you much in your spiritual advancement. The mind will be simply waiting for an opportunity to catch hold of the sensual objects when an opportunity arises.

 

Therefore, vairagya born of discrimination or viveka is the premonitory symptom of spiritual development. That will help the aspirant. That will give him a good spiritual uplift.

 

Varieties of Vairagya

 

Vairagya is of two kinds, viz., karana-vairagya (on account of some miseries) and viveka-purvakvairagya (on account of discrimination between the real and the unreal).

 

The mind of a man who has got the former type of vairagya is simply waiting for a chance to get back the things that have been given up or lost. As soon as the first opportunity occurs, the man gets a downfall and goes back to, his former state. Vishaya (sensual object) does havoc in him with a vengeance and redoubled force from reaction. But the other man who has given up objects on account of deep enquiry and viveka, on account of the illusory nature of objects, will have spiritual advancement. He will not have any downfall.

 

Drishtaanursravika vishaya vidrishnasya vasi-karasamyaa vairagyam–“That particular state of mind which manifests in one who does not hanker after objects seen or heard and in which one is conscious of having controlled or mastered those objects is non-attachment.” (Patanjali Yoga-Sutras 1:15)

 

It is only when the mind is absolutely free from the attachment of all sorts that true knowledge begins to dawn and samadhi supervenes. Secret powers, attainment of heaven, states of videha and prakritilaya, etc., are all temptations. One should be perfectly free from all sorts of temptations. Samadhi comes by itself when the yogic student is fully established in perfect vairagya. Paravairagya is the means to asamprajnata samadhi.

 

Stages in Vairagya

 

There are four stages in vairagya: (1) Yatamanam. This is an attempt not to allow the mind to run into sensual grooves. (2) Vyatirekam. In this stage some objects are attracting you and you are endeavoring to cut off the attachment and attraction. Slowly vairagya develops for these objects also. Then the vairagya matures. When some objects tempt and delude you, you should ruthlessly avoid them. You will have to develop vairagya for these tempting objects and it must also mature. In this stage you are conscious of your degree of vairagya towards different objects. (3) Ekendriyam. The indriyas stand still and subdued, but the mind has either raga or dwesha for objects. Mind is, in other words, the only indriya that functions independently. (4) Vasikaran. In this highest stage of vairagya, the objects no longer tempt you. They cause no attraction. The indriyas are perfectly quiet. Mind also is free from likes and dislikes (raga and dwesha). Then you get supremacy or independence. Now you are conscious of your supremacy. Without vairagya no spiritual progress is possible.

 

Vairagya is of three kinds, viz., dull (mandha) intense (theevira) and very intense (theeviratara). Dull vairagya cannot help you much in the attainment of your goal.

 

Vairagya is the opposite of raga. It is dispassion or non-attachment. It is indifference to sensual objects herein and hereafter. Vairagya thins out the fatty sensual mind. It turns the mind inward (antarmukh vritti) This is the most important qualification for an aspirant. It is the one and the only means to enter into nirvikalpa samadhi.

 

Vairagya that is born of vikalpa is lasting and steady. If you seriously think of the various kinds of pain in this samsara such as birth, death, worries, depression, suffering, disease, loss, hostility, disappointment, fear, etc., if you understand intelligently the defects of sensual life (dosha drishti) and the transitory and perishable nature of all objects of the world, vairagya will immediately dawn.

 

How to Develop Vairagya

 

Study of Vairagya Shatakam of Bartrihari and the company of dispassionate sadhus and sannyasis will also help one in developing vairagya. The temporary vairagya which one gets when he is attending the funeral of a dead person and the vairagya which a pregnant lady gets cannot help one to attain spiritual exaltation. The mind will pounce upon the objects when it gets opportunities.

 

Aspirants generally complain to me: “Swamiji Maharaj, we are meditating for the last twelve years. But we do not know the reason why we have not made any substantial spiritual progress.” This is due to lack of intense vairagya only. The mind will be ever thinking of objects even during meditation. Intense vairagya only can help the aspirant in attaining self-realization.

 

Tatparam purushkyatheirgunavaithrisnam–“Para vairagya or supreme non-attachment is that state wherein even the attachment to the qualities (sattwa, rajas and tamas) drops owing to the knowledge of the purusha.” (Patanjali Yoga Sutras: 116).

 

The vairagya described in the previous sutras is apara vairagya (lower one). Now comes supreme vairagya. In the former state, there is preponderance of sattwa. Sattwa is mixed with rajas and tamas. The yogi gets siddhis and becomes a videha or prakritilaya. But the yogi with paravairagya rejects the siddhis also and gets sakshatkara or darshan of the purusha.

 

In ordinary vairagya there is a trace of vasanas and desires. But in paravairagya all vasanas, samskara and desires are fried in toto. In paravairagya there will be no desire at all. Perfect desirelessness is paravairagya. In the Bhagavad Gita (11-59) you will find: “Objects fall away from the abstinent man, leaving the longing behind. But his longing also ceases, who sees the Supreme.”

 

Note how vairagya arises in the mind. The transitory, evanescent and perishable nature of all things creates a sort of disgust in all minds and in proportion to the depth and subtlety of nature, this reaction from the world works more or less powerfully in the mind of every individual. An irresistible feeling arises in our mind, viz., that the finite can never satisfy the infinite within us, that the changing and perishable cannot satisfy the changeless and deathless nature that is ours.

 

When you are not impressed with rich living, rich style of living cannot attract you. When you are impressed with the idea that meat and wine are not at all pleasurable, meat and wine cannot tempt you. When you are impressed that a woman is nothing but a leather bag of pus, urine, bones and flesh, woman cannot tempt you. In that case, if you fail to get meat or wine or woman, or to have a rich living, you will not be agonized at all in your mind.

 

Why are you attracted towards a young beautiful lady? Have :you ever seriously thought over this life-and-death problem? The answer is: because owing to your ignorance you vainly think you will get pleasure from her. If you have got vairagya and viveka, it will at once tell you that you will get immense pain from her rather than pleasure. Then your mind will recede or withdraw from the object, viz., woman.

 

It is only when the mind, being divested of all its desires, is indifferent to pleasure and pain and is not attracted by any object, that it will be rendered pure, free from the grip of the great delusion, like a bird freed from a cage and roaming about freely in the akasha.

 

As soon as vairagya arises in the mind, it opens the gate of divine wisdom. No true and lasting satisfaction comes from the enjoyment of worldly pleasures. Yet, people rush headlong towards objects even when they know full well that the objects they are trying to seize are unreal and that the world in which they live is fraught with miseries of all sorts This is Maya. When the mind rests in atma then the only nitya-tripti or eternal satisfaction comes, because atma is paripoorna (all full). All desires are gratified by realization of atma or self.

 

Sometimes the mind gets disgusted with one kind of sadhana. It wants some other kind of sadhana. It rebels against monotony. The aspirant should know how to coax the mind on such occasions and to extract work from it by a little relaxation of mind. The cessation of sadhana is a grave blunder. Spiritual practices should never be given up under any circumstances. Evil thoughts will be waiting to enter the gates of the mental factory. If the student of yoga stops his sadhana, his mind will become the devil's workshop. Do not expect anything. Be sincere and regular in your daily meditation, routine and tapas. Do not deviate from the path you have chosen. The fruit will come by itself. Your efforts will be surely crowned with roaring success. It takes a long time to purify the mind and get one-pointedness. Be cool and patient my child.

 

Cut the Knot of Attachment

 

Attachment is the first child of Maya. The whole lila of the Lord is being kept up by the force of attachment only. A sober man just tastes a small peg of champagne, when he is caught up in an evil company and becomes ultimately an inveterate drunkard through attachment to spirits. A teetotaller just takes a whiff of Gold-Flake Cigarette and becomes in due time a terrible smoker through attachment. There is in the mind a gummy substance which is like a mixture of castor oil, glue, gum arabic, mucilage of tragacanth, gluten paste, honey, glycerine, jackfruit's juice and all other pasty substances of this world. The mind is glued, as it were, to the objects of the world with this mixture. Therefore, attachment is very strong.

 

Therefore, O man, never say: “My body, my son, my wife, my house, my property, my garden,” etc. Attachment is the root cause of the innumerable miseries and troubles of this world. Discipline your mind little by little. The old evil habits will creep in. Destroy them to the very root. Lead a life of perfect non-attachment. This is the master key to open the realms of Brahmic bliss.

 

But work incessantly without attachment, without any identification. Then alone you can feel that you are a different being. Karma Yoga elevates a man to sublime, magnanimous heights, when done in the right spirit, with the right mental attitude or bhav. One should patiently work. That is all. No meditation or samadhi is ever possible without a preliminary training in nishkamya karma yoga. To work without attachment is doubtless a difficult task. It is an uphill work. But it becomes a very easy job and pleasant too to a man of patience and determination. You will have to do it at any cost if you want final beatitude and immortality. Everyone of you will have to do it, though not now, at least after taking five hundred births. There is no other alternative but to do so. But the question is: Why not now? Why not in this very birth itself? Why not cut short the cycle of births and deaths and enjoy the bliss of the self right now, this very second? Therein lies real wisdom.

 

Work cannot bring misery, but it is attachment and identification with work that brings in all sorts of unhappiness and bondage. Understand the secret of work, the technique of karma yoga and attain God-consciousness. This jnanagni or fire of wisdom will consume all fruits of actions in toto.

 

Nivritti-Marga or the Path of Renunciation

 

Have a strong determination and a strong will. Never think of returning home after taking up the nivritti marga. Look before you leap. Have courage, fixity of mind and a definite purpose in life. Be not wavering. Are you ready to give up all possessions, including body and life? Then alone come to me. Then alone take to nivritti marga and embrace sannyasa. Think twice before you come to definite conclusions. This is not a rosy path as you imagine. It is full of thorns. It is beset with countless difficulties and hardships. Be humble, patient and persevering. Never care for siddhis or quick awakening of the kundalini. I shall serve you. I shall help you. I shall take care of you. Be not troubled. Be not anxious. I am your servant always. Be noble-minded. Mere emotional bubbling will not help you much. Some young men have returned to their homes. Difficulties are many in this path. But it can make you King of kings, and Emperor of emperors.

 

Those who want to take to seclusion and nivritti marga should observe mouna, non-mixing and disciplining the indriyas, mind and body while living in the world They should train themselves to a laborious hard life, coarse food, sleeping on the ground or a hard mattress without pillows, walking barefooted without umbrellas. Then alone they can bear the rigorous austerities of an ascetic's life. They should give up timidity and shyness in getting alms.

 

Aspirants who take to the nivritti marga generally become lazy after some time, as they do not know how to utilize their mental energy, as they do not keep any daily routine, as they do not follow the instructions of their masters. They get vairagya in the beginning, but they have no experience in the spiritual line. They do not make any progress in the end. Intense and constant meditation is necessary for entering into samadhi.

 

Have you fully determined with an iron will to, stick to this line at any cost? Are you really prepared to sacrifice this body and life in the cause of Truth? Have you understood the glory of sannyasa and the importance of seclusion? If your daughter, brother, mother or son comes here and weeps, have you got the requisite strength to resist moha? After coming here can you cut off all sorts of connections with your relatives? Can you stop all correspondence? Don't hide anything. Be absolutely candid. Be frank and guileless. Speak to me the truth now. Open out your heart to me.

 

Sleepless vigilance is necessary if you wish to have rapid spiritual advancement. Never rest content with a little achievement or success in the path, a little serenity of mind, a little one-pointedness of mind, some visions of angles, or siddhis, a little faculty of thought-reading, etc. There are still higher summits to ascend, higher regions to climb up.

 

The attraction for objects and ties of various sorts make a man bound to this world. Renunciation of all attractions and breaking up of all ties constitute real renunciation. That sannyasin or yogi who is free from attraction and ties enjoys infinite bliss and supreme joy and peace. Fluctuation and imagination are the two seeds of the mind. Fluctuation is the fuel. Imagination is the fire. The unceasing fire of imagination is kept up by the fuel of fluctuation. If the fuel of fluctuation is withdrawn, the fire of imagination gets extinguished by itself. The mind becomes tranquil, It is withdrawn into its source, the atma.

 

You came alone. You came naked You came weeping. You will go alone. You will go naked. You will go weeping. Why then are you proud of your titles, false wealth and false knowledge? Become humble and meek. You will conquer the whole world through humility. Become pure in thought, word and deed. This is the secret of spiritual life. The Upanishads and the Gita harp again and again upon this one note.

 

To a passionate man there is much pleasure in this world. He runs after money and women. His mind is intoxicated, perverted and clouded. Poor man, he does not know what he is really doing. But to a yogi or a man of discrimination this world is a ball of fire. It is a big furnace in which all beings are roasted. The three kinds of tapa, viz., adhyatmika, adhideivika and adhibhautika, are burning him.

 

Friend! Is there any limit to the number of fathers and mothers and wives you had in the crores and crores of previous incarnations? Yet this clinging and false relationship have not gone. Discrimination has not dawned.

 

Are you not ashamed to repeat the same old process of eating, drinking and sleeping day in and day out? You are proud of your titles and knowledge. Have you improved your life even a bit? What have you learnt from the recent Bihar and Quito earthquakes! Are you attempting to reach that imperishable seat, wherein all desires and trishnas are completely eradicated? Are you endeavoring, in however small a measure it may be, to attain the highest goal of life, atmic realization, which gives immortality, bliss and peace? You are not crawling now. You have learnt to stand up and walk. You can think, reason out, judge, infer and ratiocinate. Will you not utilize this precious life and all your various faculties in meditation and self-realization? Can you give me a definite word of promise to the effect? Speak to me the truth now. Climb up the ladder of yoga. Drink the nectar of immortality.

 

Vairagya born of viveka is enduring and everlasting. It will not fail the aspirant at any time unlike the vairagya that comes temporarily to a lady who gives birth to a child or to a man attending a funeral in the crematorium. The view that everything in the world is unreal causes vairagya or indifference to the enjoyments of this world and the other heaven worlds also. One has to come down to this mrityuloka from heaven when the fruits of good works are exhausted.

 

The same five kinds of enjoyment of sensual pleasures prevail in the heaven worlds also. But they are more intense and subtle. This cannot give real and lasting happiness to a viveki. He shuns all enjoyments of the heaven world also. He kicks them aside mercilessly. He is keenly aware of the pleasures of the three worlds and is convinced that they are only a mere drop in the ocean of Brahmic bliss.

 

Remember the Sayings of the Gita

 

Meditation on the following sloka of the Bhagavad Gita will induce true vairagya. “The delights that are contact-born, they are verily the wombs of pain, for, they have beginning and ending, O Kaunteya, not in them may rejoice the wise” (5:22). “Indifference to the objects of the senses, and also absence of egoism, insight into the pain and evil of birth and death, old age and sickness” (13:8). “That which from the union of the senses with their objects is at first as nectar, but in the end is like venom” (18:38). “Having obtained this transient, joyless world, worship.”

 

What Vairagya is Not

 

Vairagya does not mean abandoning social duties and responsibilities of life. It does not mean detachment from the world. It does not mean a life in the solitary caves of the Himalayas or in the crematorium. It does not mean living on neem leaves, cow's urine and dung. It does not mean wearing of matted hair and a kamandalu made of fence-gourd or cocoanut shell in the hand. It dose not mean shaving of head and throwing off clothes.

 

What Vairagya Is

 

Vairagya is mental detachment from all connections with the world. That is all. A man may live in the world and discharge all the duties of his order and stage of life with perfect detachment. He :may be a householder. What if? He may live with family and children. But at the same time he may have perfect mental detachment. He can do his spiritual sadhana. That man who has perfect mental detachment while remaining in the world is a hero indeed. He is much better than a sadhu living in the Himalayan caves, ,because the former has to face the innumerable temptations of life every moment.

 

Wherever a man may go, he carries with him his fickle, restless mind, his vasanas and samskaras. Even if he lives in solitude, still he is the same worldly man if he is engaged in building castles in the air and thinking of the objects of the world. In such case even the cave becomes a big city to him. If the mind remains quiet, if it is free from attachments, one can be a perfect vairagi even while living in a mansion in the busiest part of a city like Calcutta or Bombay. Such a mansion will be converted into a dense jungle for him.

 

A dispassionate, man has a different mind altogether. He has a different experience altogether. He is a past master in the art or science of separating himself from the impermanent, perishable objects of the world. He has absolutely no attraction for them. He constantly dwells on the Eternal or the Absolute. He identifies himself every moment of his life with the witnessing consciousness that is present in pleasure and in pain, in joy and in sorrow, in censure and in praise, in honour and in dishonour, in all states of life. He stands adamantine as a peak amid a turbulent storm, as a spectator of this wonderful world show. He is not a bit affected by these pleasant and painful experiences.. He learns several valuable lessons from them. He has, in other words, no attraction for pleasant objects and repulsion for painful ones. Nor is he afraid of pain. He knows quite well that pain helps a lot in his spiritual progress and evolution, in his long journey towards the Goal. He stands convinced that pain is the best teacher in the world.

 

Let me sound a note of warning here. Dear aspirants! vairagya also may come and go, if you are careless and mix promiscuously with all sorts of worldly-minded people. You should develop vairagya, therefore, to a maximum degree. The mind will be waiting for golden opportunities to get back the things once renounced. Whenever and wherever the mind hisses or raises its hood (for the mind is verily like a serpent), you should take refuge in viveka and in the imperishable fortress of wise, dispassionate mahatmas. There are different degrees in vairagya. Supreme dispassion comes when one gets himself established in Brahman. Now the vairagya becomes perfectly habitual.

 

A man can develop inner mental detachment from pleasure and pain while living in the world, He should see that he is not carried away by the pleasant experiences of the world. He should not cling to them. He should simply remain as a silent spectator. If he thus practises for some years, every experience will be a positive step in his ascent of the spiritual ladder. Eventually he will be crowned with sanguine success. He will then have an unruffled mind. He will have a poised mind also, A dispassionate man is the happiest and the richest man in all the three worlds. He is also the most powerful man. How can Maya tempt him now?

 

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Doctors have a wide field for developing vairagya. Every day they come across patients with incurable diseases. Every day they see dead bodies in the mortuary. Thus they have innumerable chances of seeing Maya in all her naked state. They can be convinced beyond a ray of doubt of the impermanence of life here in this world of man.

 

The superintendent of jail and all the officers there also have wonderful chances of developing vairagya, if they are lovers of Truth and Emancipation. The sight of hanging a condemned prisoner will open their eyes.

 

Hey Saumya! Your mental state is laudable indeed. The life of a sannyasin is the best kind of life in the world. A true sannyasin is a monarch of the three worlds. Even an aspirant is an emperor of the whole world. Lord Krishna also says: “Only wishing to know yoga, even the seeker after yoga goeth beyond the Brahmin world.”

 

I am extremely glad to note that you have got exceptionally good spiritual samskaras which want to burst out in this birth. They need protection and tender nurturing for your further growth and evolution. Don't be carried away by the temptations of the world. Be careful. Be wise. The beginner in the spiritual path should not remain in the company of worldly-minded people. He should resort to satsang. The company of worldly-minded people is deadly poison. You will not become a prey to lust if you shun their company. Remain in seclusion under the direct guidance of a guru who is fully established in Brahman till you get perfect vairagya and till you are established in the path of sannyasa.

 

A Note of Warning

 

Many aspirants come to me with great vairagya and enthusiasm in the beginning. But they do not keep up the same spirit for a long time or till the end of their sadhana. When they begin to encounter some difficulties, they retrace their steps. It is indeed a great pity. Look before you leap. Have a firm determination Stick to the path of sannyasa till you reach the goal and realize the fruits of sadhana.

 

If you lack any of these qualifications, wait for three more years. Do spiritual sadhana, asanas, pranayama, concentration and meditation at home. Plunge deep into silent meditation. Plunge yourself in selfless service also. This is very necessary for purification of mind. Keep up your brahmacharya. Destroy all evil habits, if you have any of these, such as smoking, tea, coffee, etc. Develop all virtuous qualities. Mark the change in your mental attitude. Then come to me. Come here and be prepared to lead a hard, active life.

 

Some aspirants come in a hurry. Due to lack of vairagya they go back. This is not good. Hence the warning

 

Many aspirants want to do some nice work such as writing, collection of flowers for puja, arranging books in the library, some kind of supervision and management. They dislike works such as drawing of water, cleansing utensils, washing clothes of sick persons, sweeping, nursing, cooking, cleansing bedpans, etc. They consider these works as menial. They have not understood the real spirit of nishkamya karma yoga. They are yet Babus.

 

Dear Prabhu! There is a dull spiritual awakening in you and a dull type of vairagya. You will have to develop both. Dull vairagya or mere bubbling emotions will not help you much to stick to the path of renunciation. For some time leave the house and remain in a secluded place for a week or two. Enquire. Cogitate. Investigate. Do self-analysis and find out if you have any moha, attachment to your family members. Find out if your mind runs after sensual pleasures. Be sure whether you will be able to leave the sensual objects, relatives and all sorts of comforts and conveniences. If you can completely disconnect yourself from the world, then alone come to me. I will make you a yogi of yogis in a very short time. There are many who have advanced in the spiritual path considerably in course of one or two years. You can also do that. Implicit obedience and faithful carrying out of instructions of the spiritual preceptor to the very letter is what is expected of you; that is the secret of success in the spiritual path.

 

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