Pearls of Wise

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24/09/2019. Peace of mind 1. The Nature of Desire : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once a desire arises, we cannot forget it. There is complete insistence that things must happen the way we want. As long as we have such desires, it is impossible to gain peace. We cannot even sleep properly because our mind is so riddled with desires, let alone poised enough to gain that great and permanent peace. Another characteristic of desire is that once we have enjoyed something, we crave for it again and again. If we feel itchy and make the mistake of scratching, we will find that the itching increases. The nature of desire is just like having an itch. Once we start enjoying something, there will be more an...

======================================================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The final verse of the Kena Upanishad confirms the goal that is attained by the seeker who carries out the programme defined and is successfully able to shift the standpoint away from the egoistic ignorance to the divine knowledge.  The concept of evil is tied to the ignorance, the thoughts and actions that are divided from the truth, that act from the standpoint of the fragmented egoistic perspective and that thereby are causes of pain and suffering. 4th part, Verse 9:  “He who knows this knowledge, smites evil away from him and in that vaster world and infinite heaven finds his foundation, yea, he finds his foundation.” Sri Aurobindo observes:  “The goal of the ascent is the world of the true and vast existence of which the Veda speaks as the Truth that is the final go...

 ========================================================================  ========================================================================  27/08/2019. Srimad Bhagavad Gita : 1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Devotees, Bhagavad Gita is considered to be a Bharatiya text, given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna, in the battle field of Kurukshetram. But this has been totally misunderstood because Gita never talks about any religion or any God, or any kind of rituals and customs, which one should follow strictly. Gita is one of the best texts of human psychology where Krishna, the world spiritual Master (Jagat Guru) teaches the real purpose of human mind. Today, we have many religions, but unfortunately no one ever talks about the human mind, from where it came, how it came and where it will go, how you should get away from your worries, tensions, fear, and sorrows ...

 ======================================================================= ======================================================================== 26/08/2019. VEDHANTHAM : SRI RAMAKRISHNA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Brahmani was the enthusiastic teacher and astonished beholder of Sri Ramakrishna in his spiritual progress. She became proud of the achievements of her unique pupil. But the pupil himself was not permitted to rest; his destiny beckoned him forward. His Divine Mother would allow him no respite till he had left behind the entire realm of duality with its visions, experiences, and ecstatic dreams. But for the new ascent the old tender guides would not suffice. The Brahmani, on whom he had depended for, three years, saw her son escape from her to follow the command of a teacher with masculine strength, a sterner mien, a gnarled physique, and a virile voice. The n...

======================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25/08/2019 How to conquer destiny? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A well-to-do lady told Ramana Maharshi, ‘I am blessed with everything that a human being would like to have’.  Her voice choked. Controlling herself she continued slowly, ‘I have all that I want, a human being may want… but… but… I do not have peace of mind. Something prevents it. Probably my destiny’. There was silence for a while. Then he spoke in his usual sweet manner: ‘All right, you have said what you wished to say. Well, what is destiny? There is no destiny. Surrender, and all will be well. Throw all responsibility on God and do not bear the burden yourself. What can destiny do to you then?’ D: Surrende...

 =======================================================================  ======================================================================== 24/08/2019. (New Discoveries, Vol. 6, pp. 175-76.) [Mr. Frank Rhodehamel's notes of a Bhagavad-Gita class delivered Thursday, May 24, 1900, in San Francisco, California] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Gita is the gist of the Vedas. It is not our Bible; the Upanishads are our Bible. It [the Gita] is the gist of the Upanishads and harmonizes the many contradictory parts of the Upanishads. The Vedas are divided into two portions — the work portion and the knowledge portion. The work portion contains ceremonials, rules as to eating, living, doing charitable work, etc. The knowledge came afterwards and was enunciated by kings. The work portion was exclusively in the hands of the priests and pertained entirely to the sense life....

======================================================================= ======================================================================== 23/08/2019 Everything Is Yogam :  Swami Chidananda ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Worshipful homage to that supreme, eternal, universal Being who revealed Himself in a glorious personal form comprising total Divinity as the world teacher, Lord Krishna, and who revealed Himself in and through the Gita wisdom teachings that He imparted for all mankind, for all times, through His beloved devotee and disciple, the warrior prince Arjuna. He not only revealed His divine nature through His Bhagavad Gita teachings, He also revealed how man can realise Him fully, can experience Him, and, ultimately, how man can merge himself in Him to become one with Him. All this He taught within the compass of 700 brief verses contained in 18 chapters. And wh...