Gurudev Uvacha

09/06/2019 Yoga does not mean only practice. It is something different also. It is the energy of the whole cosmos wanting to befriend you, come to you, take care of you, possess you, unite itself with you, inundate you and 'be' you. That is the Great Yoga. By some mystery of the workings of Nature, as it were, divine hands begin to operate and grace descends and we are brought in contact with a proper Guru or a teacher. That itself is a great blessing; contact with a proper Guru is really coming in contact with God Himself. That the Self is of the nature of absolute Bliss is proved from the fact of its being the eternal Consciousness which is self-luminous in nature. There can be no imperfection in Consciousness. It is clear that it is free from all wants, because it is absolute and includes everything in itself. Meditation is rightly done when its object is the totality of which the visible and the conceivable are just aspects. In such meditation individuality is s...

09/06/2019 Moksha is not attainment of liberation from an actual state of bondage but is the realisation of the liberation which already exists. It is freedom from the false notion of bondage. The cause of delusion is the desire in man. The desire generate the thought-waves and the thought–waves veil the real nature of the soul which is blissful, immortal and eternal. When the desires are annihilated, Moksha dawns on the individual. Therefore, Moksha is a state of desirelessness. Liberation comes from Knowledge of the Self. Sense-restraint conduces to knowledge. The name of God is an inexhaustible storehouse for spiritual knowledge. To know is not true knowledge. To intuit is true knowledge. A little knowledge puffs up. Acquire knowledge from any source. A great knowledge makes one humble. Self-knowledge alone is the means to the higher Bliss. Knowledge of the Self comes by revelation. Knowledge without conduct is deplorable. Knowledge of duality generates fear. Evil is a k...

==================================== 08/06/2019 Yoga Patta - Symbol depicting power of concentration ==================================== Chapter- 3. Sloka -42 of Srimad Bhagavad Gita says, ------------------------------------------------------------ "indriyani parany ahur indriyebhyah param manah manassas tu para buddhir yo buddheh paratas tu sah" indriyani—senses; parani—superior; ahuh—is said; indriyebhyah—more than the senses; param—superior; manah—the mind; manasah—more than the mind; tu—also; para—superior; buddhih—intelligence; yah—one which; buddheh—more than the intelligence; paratah—superior; tu—but; sah—he. “Senses are superior to the objects, Mind is superior to the senses, Intellect is superior to the mind, Superior to the intellect is the Self ” One who understands this great secret is in the right path of evolution. Self regulation is the means to become established in this knowledge. One who is established in this know...

========================================= 08/06/2019 What is Dharmam : - Srimad Bhagavad Gita : Chapter-3-Karmayogam, Slokam-35. ======================================== śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitāt swadharme nidhanaṁ śhreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ śhreyān—better; swa-dharmaḥ—personal duty; viguṇaḥ—tinged with faults; para-dharmāt—than another’s prescribed duties; su-anuṣhṭhitāt—perfectly done; swadharme—in one’s personal duties; nidhanam—death; śhreyaḥ—better; para-dharmaḥ—duties prescribed for others; bhaya-āvahaḥ—fraught with fear Translation: BG 3.35: It is far better to perform one’s natural prescribed duty, though tinged with faults, than to perform another’s prescribed duty, though perfectly. In fact, it is preferable to die in the discharge of one’s duty, than to follow the path of another, which is fraught with danger. Discussion : In this slokam, the word dharma has been used four times. Dharma is a word commonly used in...