The Master Said .... 17- Swami Sivananda
(Speech delivered by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj on the 26th December 1954, at Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, for the celebration of the 34th birthday of Sri Swami Venkatesananda.)
07/01/2017.
17.1
Understand the magnitude of human suffering.
Understand what this world can give you—only a little sensation, titillation of the nerves.
If you waste your life in these little things, how foolish you are!
You have forgotten the goal of life.
One paisa of pleasure is mixed with fifteen paise of pain.
Can you recognise this as pleasure?
17.2
So many virtues have to be cultivated.
So many scriptures have to be studied, not only for the sake of knowledge and understanding, but for the sake of practice.
Remember : -
“Vihaaya Kamaan yah Sarvaan Pumaamscharati Nihsprihah, Nirmamo Nirahankaarah,
Sa Shaantimadhigachchati, Indriyartheshu Vairagyam Anahamkara eva cha, Janmamrityu-Jaravyadhi Duhkha Doshanudarshanam.”
(The man attains peace, who, abandoning all desires, moves about without longing, without the sense of mine and without egoism, indifferent to the objects of the senses, reflecting on the evil of birth, death, old age, sickness and pain.)
Are you keeping these as your ideals before you?
He who is free from cravings and temptations, he alone will enjoy peace.
Your endeavour must be daily to find out “How much Ahamkara and Mamakara have I got?”
You will have to repeat these formulas every second and annihilate desires, Ahamkara and mineness.
Then you will enjoy real peace.
To be continued ...
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