Thursday, October 31, 2019
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Sri Maharaja's Pravachan in English-Oct.30
Sri Brahma chaitanya Maharaj's Pravachan - OCTOBER 30
Faith in Rama Rewards us with True Contentment
Attend carefully to
wordly duties/ banking inwardly on Rama's support. A bad thought is equivalent to the company of the vile.
Obstacles and difficulties will flee away if
you adhere whole-heartedly to Rama. Take care to preserve nama in
your heart despite worldly conditions, pleasant or otherwise.Keeping the heart
at peace, let the body face its trials and tribulations.
Have firm faith in Rama, everything will ultimately be to the good. Believe in earnest that Rama will stand by
you. To obey the sadgum implicitly
is the best of all sadhanas. Implicit trust in the word of the sadguru
imparts dauntlessness.
Human life has a brief duration; see that it
does not go to waste. He is blessed by Rama
who holds nama dear to his heart. He who chants nama and bears
Rama ever in his heart, can be sure of attaining the Supreme Reality. Destiny will run its pre-charted course, while the
mind unnecessarily suffers pleasure or pain. Resolve that you will not
let the course of events in your prapancha
affect the equilibrium of your
mind; this will assuredly make you happy in life. Dejection arises
because one forgets sadhana. Attachment to carnal pleasures
automatically drops off if you have devotion for Rama.
Place full trust in God, and whatever He does,
believe it to be in your ultimate interest. Also, remember the Lord's promise
that whoever recalls His name at his last
breath shall be united with Him.
The saints all aver that
the only means to get free of all feeling of misery is to give up all attachment. So, do
your duty by all means, but with a mind free
from all egoism. Think always of Rama, never about yourself. Circumstances
never remain steady so never feel sorry, only be always aware of Rama. Hold your tongue, fill your heart with love for Rama,
always be aware of His abiding
presence: this is sadhana,
He who keeps implicit faith in Rarna may rest
assured of perfect contentment. Let this
faith guide your steps in all your worldly activities.To belive that
Rama alone is your true support, is all the sadhana you need to do. Keep your conduct morally unimpeachable, and
purify your mind. Keep your mouth occupied with chanting nama. God
will assuredly grant His grace to one who
follows his God, his sadguru and sadhana single-mindedly.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Sri Maharaj's Pravachan-Oct.29
A Faultless Person is Acceptable to God
We feel that primarily we are for and our principal source of happiness is, prapancha. We look expectantly, imploringly, to the world and to prapancha for happiness. Unless we disabuse our mind of this delusion and, instead, pledge our fealty to God, we shall not experience true contentment. This feeling can only come if there is a burning desire to attain to God. Such a burning desire can come only to a faultless person. The first step towards such faultlessness is the elimination of the desire to represent ourselves to the world in a favourable light. We should always have a pure heart, feeling ashamed that the world respects us more highly than we deserve. Our conduct should at all times be above suspicion. Never resort to hypocrisy. God will certainly accept us as his if we have a heart devoid of impurity or pollution of any kind.
Once we come to belong to God, what cause do we have to bear any anxiety? How contradictory, therefore, is on the one hand, our claim, that we are theists, that is, we consider God as all in all, and, on the other, entertain anxiety about anything whatever ! In order really to be free from anxiety, we must whole-heartedly feel that our money and all things that we call ours, belong, in reality, to Rama's will. We must genuinely believe that our prapancha is run by Him and as He desires, and resolve that we shall ever live in contentment in whatever circumstances He chooses to place us. Do not bother about vairagya, abandonment, etc. All that you will be putting into effect if you only live contented with prevailing circumstances. Make effort to abandon whatever causes God to be out of sight. Whatever puts God in your mind is vivek. Do your duty conscientiously in practical life, but do not let yourself get entangled with it by attachment. Living the practical life is not a sin; to become attached, however, is. Observe religion as far as you can; take care of morals as of your life; and retain nama till the last breath.
So many of you people come to Gondavale; but I feel constrained that, with all the expense and effort and inconvenience that you undertake, you carry back nothing worthwhile. Take with you love for nama; chant nama purely for its own sake; seek nothing in return. Rama will undoubtedly reward you.
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