Some questions answered by Shri Shivananda

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Q:Where can I find eternal happiness?

A: In your own Atman(soul) within.

 

Q: which is the most troublemsome organ?

A: tongue

 

Q: who is your best friend.

A: Satsanga or association with the wise.

 

Q: Who is your real father?

A: Your guru.

 

Q: which is the worst intoxicant?

A: Lust.

 

Q: which is the worst emotion?

A;Anger.

 

Q: which is the best thing in this world?

A: Pain, because it is the eye-opener. it goads you to seek

liberation.

 

Q: Who is the best man?

A: A kind-hearted and loving man.

 

Q:who is the worst man?

A: a selfish man.

 

Q: where is hell?

A: in the mind filled with jealousy, cookedness and hatred.

 

Q: where is the heatven?

A: in the heart filled with love, mercy and generosity.

 

Q: Who is the strongest?

A: He who practises Ahimsa, he who can bear insults and persecutions

with a smiling face.

 

Q: who is the weakest man ?

A:An irritable man.

 

Q: Who is a beggar?

A: A man who has desires is a beggar.

 

Q: Why did the all-merciful God create pain this world ?

A: Pain is the only belssing in this world. It is an eye-opener. Man

would never attempt to attain salvation if ther had not been any

pain in the world .

 

Q: How can I know whether I have purity of mind or not ?

A: If you have vairagya(dispassion or indifference to sensual

enjoyments) that is a sign of chitta suddhi or purity of mind. No

sensual desires or vasnas will arise in the mind.

 

Q: What is the purpose of God creating the world ?

A: This is a transcendental question or Ati-Prashna. You will know

the purpose when you attain self-realisation. The finite mind that

is conditioned in time, space and causation cannot get an answer for

a question that relates to transcendental matters.

 

Q: When I concentrate, so many thoughts arise in my mind. How can I

avoid them? Can I suppress them?

Ans: Do not try to suppress them with force. The thoughts will

manifest with redoubled force. They will rise up frequently also.

You will tax your will and waste your energy. Be a slilent witness

of these thoughts. Say upto yourself - I have no conern with these

thoughts. Be indifferent. All useless wordly thooughts will die by

themselves.

 

Q: How to prevent bad dreams ?

Ans: Study any religious book. Meditate for half an hour just before

retiring to bed. You will have no bad dreams.

 

Q: What are the signs of a person who has no Ahamkara or ego?

Ans: He will not identify himself with his body. He will be free

from pride, likes, dislikes, jealousy, anger and hypocrisy.

 

Q: Why does evil exist in the world ?

Ans: Change the angle of vision. All evils will dissappear. Evil is

negative good. Evil exists to glorify good. It has a raison d'etre.

What is good at one time is evil at another time. What is good at

one time is evil at another time. What is good at one time is evil

at another time. What is good for is evil for another. Understand

this and become wise. Behold the one Atma in all forms and beings.

Evil and good are mental creations. Transmute evil into good by Atma-

drishit. There is some good in evil too.