Guest guest Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Dear Friends,Hari OMImmortality is generally understood as 'deathlessness'. Nothing but death is certain for a living being . That being the case, to crave for and hanker after deathlessness is born of ignorance. What is to be strived for, in fact, is ' birthlessness'. The Lord has declared in the Gita, " Certain is death of the born and certain is the birth of the dead". So we can not avoid death as we have taken birth. Nevertheless, we can strive for birthlessness by following the Lord`s advices as below contained in the 6th chapter of Gita:- "That man is eligible for immorality who is not disturbed by by sensations( like heat and cold) and who is unmoved by pleasure and pain. When a man is is not attached to the sense objects or to action, and in addition, has shed all desires,then alone he is said to have mastered the Yoga. Even a little practise of the righteous course protects one from the fear of birth and death. A Yogi who sits for meditation attains Supreme Peace and merger with Me if he is serene and fearless and his mind is under full control, and his thoughts are concentrated on Me and intent on Me alone . Yoga is clearly not for him who eats too much or too little; nor for him who sleeps too much or too little. When the mind, completely controlled, becomes fully established in the Self( Atma) and also free from earthly desires, then the person is said to be established in Yoga. When the self experiences the Supreme Bliss derived from deep meditation and is firmly established in that Bliss, the self does not move a bit from Reality. Once established in that state, no calamity can shake one . Supreme Bliss that flows from Brahman comes to that Yogi whose mind is calm, whose passion is subdued, who is sinless and who has become one with Brahman. He who sees Me in everything and everything in Me and worships Me as abiding in all beings always lives in Me,whatever be his lot. He is supreme, who ,by treating others at par with himself, looks upon the joy and sorrow of all alike, applying the same standards as he applies to himself. None who treads the path of righteousness ever comes to grief". It is never too late to undertake a self-audit or introspection of oneself with a view to see what are the areas where one`s Sadhana is below the mark and as to what corrective actions are required to be taken by us individually. (to be continued) G.Balasubramanian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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