Gurudev Uvacha

 ====================================================================== ========================================================================= Friday, September 23, 2022. 07:00 WHAT IS RELIGION?  ========================================================================= A huge locomotive has rushed on over the line and a small worm that was creeping upon one of the rails saved its life by crawling out of the path of the locomotive. Yet this little worm, so insignificant that it can be crushed in a moment, is a living something, while this locomotive, so huge, so immense, is only an engine, a machine. You say the one has life and the other is only dead matter and all its powers and strength and speed are only those of a dead machine, a mechanical contrivance. Yet the poor little worm which moved upon the rail and which the least touch of the engine would have deprived of its life is a majestic being compared to that huge locomotive. It is a small part of the Infinite and, the...

======================================================================== ======================================================================= Thursday, September 22, 2022. 06:00. Parenting is more than duty : ======================================================================== Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha answers questions on parenting and dutyI love my children, but there are times when I really feel that parenting is a huge burden.Finding a balance between home and work can be so exasperating How do I overcome this?While to some extent, desire and its consequent burden are part of household life, the fact remains that this plight robs away the very purpose and fruition of the householder. The question is: Do you like such a plight? If you do not, the straight answer is:.be free of undue desire and the burden it fetches. Learn to live in peaceful harmony with yourself.Desire of any nature always constricts the mind. Such constriction prevents the mind to express itself fully, healt...

========================================================================   ======================================================================= Wednesday, September 21, 2022.06:00. Change your Philosophy! ======================================================================= By changing our perception of things, by developing a positive attitude and by educating our minds to look at the positive rather than the negative, we begin to change and feel more joy within us. Now, let us now study the intellect. It has the capacity to understand. Everyone has their own philosophy and awareness of life. What is life, what is death, who is God, what is my goal in life, what is good, what is bad? Deep within, we know the answers. Developing a Holistic Philosophy : Based on its philosophy, the intellect understands or misunderstands the world and the mind reacts to it. The reaction of the mind can be modified and controlled by changing our philosophy. A person, while waiting for his flight...

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================= Tuesday, September 20, 2022. 08:00. Look At The World Through Shiva’s Three Eyes : ======================================================================== We are accustomed to seeing people with two eyes. So, anyone with an extra eye would attract attention and be termed a freak. However, Shiva, with his three eyes, is beautiful and unique. The ‘Vedasara Shiva Stotram’, states that the three eyes of Shiva are the sun, moon, and fire – ‘indu arka vahni trinetram’. This is not easy to digest. What does it imply? When we refer to the sun, moon and fire as the three eyes of Bhagvan, our focus is on the fact that they are all sources of light; He, the three-eyed One, is the illuminator of the whole world. Even though light is the common factor, each has its own special feature and quality. Fire, with its ability to burn and reduce things to a...

 ======================================================================= ========================================================================= Monday, September 19, 2022. 08:00. Human Nature - Mind : ====================================================================== 1.The Process of Effectuating Real Change in Human Nature : Honest observation without mental bias is the first step the Mother outlines. This is accomplished by setting up the ideal as a screen or filter against which to compare each action. Those that do not compare entirely favorably represent things that can be identified as subjects for the change process. The standpoint of the uninvolved witness of the nature does not have any obligation to intervene, and many paths of yogic development that utilize this method counsel non-intervention as a basis of achieving liberation. If the goal, however, is not ‘liberation’ but ‘transformation’, different criteria emerge and as a result, at some point, intervention is...

 ========================================================================= ======================================================================== Sunday, September 18, 2022. 08:00.  Let Us Be Hindus Home Chinmaya Mission Let Us Be Hindus :  ========================================================================= A Hindu Swami to talk. A Hindu temple for the background. A crowded hall with a Hindu audience, and the subject for discussion: “Let Us Be Hindus,” Strange! It sounds like a ridiculous paradox and a meaningless contradiction. I can very well see that you are surprised at the audacity of this sadhu (Swami)! It has become a new fashion with the educated Hindu to turn up his nose and sneer in contempt at the very mention of his religion in any discussion. Personally, I too belong in my sympathies to these critics of our religion. But when this thoughtless team begins to declare that we will benefit ourselves socially and nationally by running away from our sacred ...

 ========================================================================= ====================================================================== Saturday, September 17, 2022. 08:30. Religion :  ======================================================================== Swami Sivananda respected all religions equally. He found that the fundamental tenets of all religions are the same. In his teachings, he talks about only those ideals, which are shared by all the major religions. His teachings have, therefore, universal appeal. Here are some of his teachings that reflect his broad outlook on religion... The fundamentals of all religions are the same. Non-essentials only differ. Every religion teaches: There is one, eternal, all-pervading, all-blissful, all-peaceful Supreme Being. Speak the truth. Love all. Serve all. Purify your heart. Never hurt others' feelings. Be pure. Observe celibacy. Control the senses and the mind. Concentrate. Meditate and attain God-realisation. One rel...

========================================================================= ======================================================================== Friday, September 16, 2022. 08:00. Authentic Religion : ====================================================================== Just as the different or various paths of Yoga are but varied approaches to the Divine through one or another facet or aspect of your human nature, even so, the various religious systems that exist and prevail in this world today are ever so many ways of approaching the one Supreme Cosmic Reality, who is transcendental and cannot be encompassed within the confines of the limited experience of our finite senses or our finite inner cognising instrument of mind, intellect, etc. He is known as “Para”, in the Sanskrit language meaning that which transcends, that which goes beyond, that which is beyond. There are many effective, equally valid religions. They are, therefore, to be equally reverenced, equally recognized and ...