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Chinmaya Vidyalaya Seminar Opinion      31/03/2016.      398.       All Members,         Respected family members of this great holy Nation.        * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children !        ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !!        ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., )        **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!!        ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!!    Sub : GURU-BHAKTI-YOGAM. :  For Children - 1.5.   Sri Swami Sivananda      Ref :  The present day student unions backed by Communists  and  Congress,...

Chapter 23 : Pleasure And Pain : 4 4. Pleasure Arises From Vritti-Laya : - Not From Sense-Objects - Really, there is no pleasure in objects.  Atman gives a push to the mind and sets it in motion. A Vritti or thought-wave arises in the mind on account of the force of a Vasana. The mind is agitated and runs towards the particular object. The agitation will not subside till the mind gets the desired object. It will constantly think of the object. It will scheme and plan various methods to achieve the desired object. It will be ever restless. It will be ever assuming the shape of the object. As soon as the object is obtained and enjoyed, the particular Vritti that was causing agitation in the mind gets dissolved. Vritti-Laya takes place. When Vritti-Laya takes place, you get peace and Ananda from the Svarupa or Atman within only and not from the object outside. Ignorant persons attribute their pleasures to external objects. That is a serious blunder, indeed. There is no hap...

Opinion     30/03/2016.     393.      All Members,        Respected family members of this great holy Nation.       * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children !       ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !!       ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., )       **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!!       ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!!   Sub : GURU-BHAKTI-YOGAM. :  For Children - 1.4.  Sri Swami Sivananda     Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  p...

Chapter 23 : Pleasure And Pain : 3.3  3. Sense-Pleasure Is Only A Mental Deception-3. No true, lasting satisfaction comes from the enjoyment of worldly objects. Yet, people rush headlong towards objects even when they know that the objects are unreal and the world is full of miseries. That is Maya. When the mind rests on Atman, then only Nitya-Tripti (eternal satisfaction) will come; because, Atman is Paripurna (all-full), you get everything there. It is self-contained. All desires are gratified by realisation of Atman. Some say that children are very happy. It is wrong. They only become exuberant. They get serious reaction also. They have no balanced mind. They weep for hours together for nothing at all. It is only a man of balanced mind that can really be happy. Next : Pleasure Arises From Vritti-Laya : - Not From Sense-Objects - Swami Sivananda     To be continued....  

Opinion    29/03/2016.    388.     All Members,       Respected family members of this great holy Nation.      * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children !      ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !!      ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., )      **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!!      ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!!  Sub : GURU-BHAKTI-YOGAM. :  For Children - 1.3. Sri Swami Sivananda    Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  political parties of  Bharatham ... 1. Introduction : -3. In...

Chapter 23 : Pleasure And Pain : 3.2  3. Sense-Pleasure Is Only A Mental Deception-2. Pleasure arising from external objects is evanescent, transitory and fleeting. It is mere nerve-titillation and mental deception. Jiva joins with mind and Vritti and enjoys the Vishayas (sense-objects). The thing that gives you pleasure gives you pain also. "Ye hi samsparsaja bhoga duhkhayonaya eva te-The delights that are contact-born, are verily wombs of pain." The body is an abode of misery and disease. Wealth brings a lot of trouble in acquiring and keeping safe. Sorrow springs from every connection. Women are a perpetual source of vexation. Alas! People prefer this path of misery to that of spiritual enjoyment. Swami Sivananda     To be continued....  

ARADHANA Opinion    28/03/2016.    383.     All Members,       Respected family members of this great holy Nation.      * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children !      ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !!      ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., )      **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!!      ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!!   Sub : GURU-BHAKTI-YOGAM. :  For Children - 1.2. Sri Swami Sivananda     Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  political parties of  Bharatham ... 1. Introducti...

Chapter 23 : Pleasure And Pain : 3.1 3. Sense-Pleasure Is Only A Mental Deception-1. Pleasure and pain, beauty and ugliness are all false imaginations of the mind. Mind is a false illusory product. Conceptions of the mind also must, therefore, be false. They are all Mrigatrishna (like a mirage in the desert). What is beautiful for you is ugly for another. Beauty and ugliness are relative terms. Beauty is only a mental concept. It is only a mental projection. It is only a civilised man that takes much of symmetry of form, good features, graceful gaits, elegance of manners, graceful form, An African negro has no idea of all these things. Real beauty is in the Self only. Pleasure and beauty reside in the mind and not in the objects. Mango is not sweet; the idea of mango is sweet. It is all Vritti. It is all mental deception, mental conception, mental creation, mental Srishti. Destroy the Vritti; beauty vanishes. The husband stretches his own idea of beauty in ...

Chapter 23 : Pleasure And Pain : 1.3 1. Pleasure And Pain Pertain To Mind -3. If the pessimist changes his mental attitude, the world will appear to him to be full of Ananda. Mind always runs after pleasure, because it is born of Ananda Brahman. You love a mango, because it affords you pleasure. Of all things, you love your own self most. This love of the self gives the clue to the fact that Ananda or bliss must be the nature of the Self. 2. Atman Has No Pleasure And Pain - Freedom from the body and mind is the real nature of the Self or Atman and, consequently, there being no possibility of virtue and vice, very much less is the chance for any effects of these on the Atman, hence, pleasure and pain do not touch Atman.  Atman is Asanga, Anaasakta, Nirlipta (unattached). It is Sakshi of the two modifications, pleasure and pain that arise in the mind. Mind enjoys. Mind suffers. Atman is a silent witness. It has nothing to do with pleasure and pain. Next : 3. S...

Opinion    26/03/2016.    379.    All Members,      Respected family members of this great holy Nation.     * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children !     ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !!     ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., )     **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!!     ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!!   Sub : GURU-BHAKTI-YOGAM. :  For Children - 1.1   Sri Swami Sivananda       Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  political parties of  Bharatham ...   1. Introduction : -1. Knowledge is...

Chapter 23 : Pleasure And Pain : 1.2   1. Pleasure And Pain Pertain To Mind -2. All pains are not equally felt. There is no pain when you are asleep. It is only when the mind is connected with the body that pains arise. It is the identification with the mind and body, Abhimana owing to Avidya, that causes pain. When the mind is intensely fond of anything, there will be no perception of pain even if destruction awaits the body. When the mind is completely drowned in any object, who else is there to observe and flee from the actions of the body? When you put one drop of oil on the surface of water, it spreads throughout the surface of water and makes it oily. Even so, a little pain for a luxurious man spoils all his pleasures and makes all objects appear very painful. When you are in acute agony, a cup of coffee, milk or tea does not give you any pleasure. When you are in acute agony, the whole world which appeared to you to be full of bliss while in good health, appea...

      Opinion    25/03/2016.    374.    All Members,     Respected family members of this great holy Nation.    * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children !    ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !!    ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., )    **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!!    ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!!   Sub : IDEALISM  :  For Children - 6.8  Sri Swami Chidananda    Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  political parties of  Bharatham ...   6. THE VALUE OF AN ANCIENT PRAYER - 8.   (Talk given at Sri Sam...

Chapter 23 : Pleasure And Pain : 1.1 1. Pleasure And Pain Pertain To Mind -1. Pleasure and pain are the effects of virtue and vice. They are two kinds of emotions that pertain to the mind alone. It is the mind alone which brings pleasures and pains on itself and enjoys them through its excessive inclination towards objects.  Mind contracts during pain and expands during pleasure. Ahankara creates the body. Prana does all sorts of Cheshtas (efforts). Mind experiences pleasure and pain. If you perform actions through a stainless mind (with Akartri Bhava and Nishkama Bhava), your body will not share their fruits. There are only facts, vibrations or phenomena outside. Prakriti is blind. Prakriti is quite indifferent. There is neither pleasure nor pain in objects. It is all mental creation, mental perception, mental jugglery. It is only the mental attitude or certain kind of mental behaviour towards objects that brings joy or grief, pleasure and pain. Maya has her ...

Opinion   24/03/2016.   369.   All Members,    Respected family members of this great holy Nation.   * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children !   ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !!   ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., )   **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!!   ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!!  Sub : IDEALISM  :  For Children - 6.7  Sri Swami Chidananda   Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  political parties of  Bharatham ...  6. THE VALUE OF AN ANCIENT PRAYER - 7.   (Talk given at Sri Samadhi Mandir on 22/5/94) 7. Let my interior become filled with that divine ra...

Chapter-22. Raga-Dvesha : 8. 8. Destruction Of Raga-Dvesha Constitutes : The Essence Of Spiritual Sadhana - I shall tell you the gist or essence of spiritual Sadhana. Destroy the true modifications of the mind, Raga-Dvesha, by Vichara and Brahma-Chintana (right thinking and meditation). Go beyond the Dvandvas (pairs of opposites). You will get eternal, infinite bliss and peace. You will shine in Brahmic glory. You will become Brahman. YOU ARE BRAHMAM. Just as heat in fire can be removed by Mantra and Oushadha (recitation of God's Name and medicine), so also the Raga-Dvesha currents, the characteristics of the mind, can be removed by Yogic Kriya (practices of Yoga). These can be completely fried up by Nirvikalpa Samadhi or Asamprajnata Samadhi. Amongst the several Vrittis in the mind, Raga-Dvesha and Moha are very deep-rooted. They demand strenuous and persistent efforts for their eradication. In your mental lives, you can either keep hold of the rudder a...

Opinion  23/03/2016.  364.  All Members,   Respected family members of this great holy Nation.  * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children !  ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !!  ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., )  **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!!  ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!!  Sub : IDEALISM  :  For Children - 6.6  Sri Swami Chidananda  Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  political parties of  Bharatham ...  6. THE VALUE OF AN ANCIENT PRAYER - 6.   (Talk given at Sri Samadhi Mandir on 22/5/94)  6. In the same Yajna-Shala on the 29th we are going to have th...

Chapter-22. Raga-Dvesha : 7. 7. Absence Of Raga-Dvesha Makes For Freedom. That Yogin or Jnanin who has destroyed these two Vrittis of Raga and Dvesha is the highest man in the three worlds. He is the real King of kings, Emperor of emperors. The chief Linga or distinguishing mark of a Jivanmukta or a liberated soul is freedom from Raga-Dvesha. Even if a Jnanin or Yogin sometimes exhibits traces of anger, it is Abhasamatra (mere appearance). Just as the impression made in water with a stick passes away soon, as also the anger will disappear in the twinkling of an eye, even though it manifests in a Jnanin. This can hardly be understood by worldly people. He who has no Raga but possesses Titiksha (power of endurance) can do anything. He can move about wherever he likes. He is as free as the atmospheric air. His happiness, freedom and peace are unbounded. Their extent can hardly be imagined. The freedom and joy of such Sannyasins cannot be imagined by the p...

Opinion 21/03/2016. 359. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children ! ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !! ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., ) **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!! ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!! Sub : IDEALISM  :  For Children - 6.5 Sri Swami Chidananda Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  political parties of  Bharatham ... 6. THE VALUE OF AN ANCIENT PRAYER - 5.  (Talk given at Sri Samadhi Mandir on 22/5/94) 5. Every moment you should strive to go beyond the petty level of human consciousness with this ego, selfishness, failings, defects, wit...

Chapter-22. Raga-Dvesha : 6.2  6.  Raga-Dvesha Constitutes Real Karma-2. If you do not want misery, do not take up the body. If you do not want body, do not do Karma. If you do not want to do Karma, give up Raga-Dvesha. If you want to give up Raga-Dvesha, give up Abhimana. If you want to give up Abhimana, give up Aviveka. If you want to give up Aviveka, give up ignorance. O Rama! If you do not want ignorance, get Brahma-Jnana. This Samsara or world process is kept up by the six-spoked wheel, viz., Raga, Dvesha, merit, demerit, pleasure and pain. If the root cause, the original Avidya, is destroyed by attainment of Brahma-Jnana, the whole chain of Abhimana, Raga, Dvesha, Karma body, merit and demerit, pleasure and pain will vanish. One link hangs upon another. All the links will be broken totally on the advent of Jnana. Sruti says : - "Rite Jnananna muktih-Liberation comes from knowledge of Brahman." Next : 7. Absence Of Raga-Dvesha Makes For ...

Opinion 20/03/2016. 354. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children ! ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !! ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., ) **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!! ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!! Sub : IDEALISM  :  For Children - 6.4 Sri Swami Chidananda Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  political parties of  Bharatham ... 6. THE VALUE OF AN ANCIENT PRAYER -4.  (Talk given at Sri Samadhi Mandir on 22/5/94) 4. For this great prayer tells us what we should ask for from the Supreme Being, what we should strive for by our own effort, for what we ...

Chapter-22. Raga-Dvesha : 6.1  6.  Raga-Dvesha Constitutes Real Karma-1. Raga-Dvesha in the mind is the real Karma. It is the original action. When the mind is set in motion or vibration through the currents of Raga-Dvesha, real Karmas begin. Real Karma originates from Sankalpas of the mind. It is the actions of the mind that are truly termed Karmas. External actions manifest later on. It is desire that sets the mind in motion. When there is a desire, Raga and Dvesha exist side by side in the mind. Desire is a motive force. Emotions and impulses co-exist with desire. From Avidya emanates Aviveka (non-discrimination). From Aviveka originates Ahankara and Abhimana. From Abhimana emanates Raga-Dvesha. From Raga-Dvesha comes Karma. From Karma comes the body.  From body comes misery. This is the chain of bondage with seven links. This is the chain of misery. Swami Sivananda To be continued  ....

Opinion 19/03/2016. 349. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children ! ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !! ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., ) **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!! ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!! Sub : IDEALISM  :  For Children - 6.3 Sri Swami Chidananda Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  political parties of  Bharatham ... 6. THE VALUE OF AN ANCIENT PRAYER -3.  (Talk given at Sri Samadhi Mandir on 22/5/94) 3 Everything it will achieve. Such is the power of this one truth. Then it occurred to me that there is another equally valid concept tha...

Chapter-22. Raga-Dvesha : 5 5. The Causes Of Raga-Dvesha - Raga-Dvesha is due to the Anukula-Pratikula Jnana. You have Raga for things favourable (Anukula) and Dvesha for things unfavourable (Pratikula). When this Anukula-Pratikula Jnana which depends upon Bheda Jnana disappears, Raga-Dvesha will vanish. Raga-Dvesha is also due to Abhimana-Ahankara. As soon as Abhimana manifests, there comes Raga-Dvesha. When you conceive yourself as husband, there comes the attachment (Raga) for your wife. As soon as you conceive yourself to be a Brahmin, there comes the love of the Brahmins. Give up Abhimana, if you want to eradicate Raga-Dvesha. If this Abhimana, the result of Avidya (ignorance) vanishes, Raga-Dvesha will vanish. Some minds hang on you through Raga, while some others hang on you through Dvesha. Ravana's mind was hanging on Sri Rama through hatred and fear. He was seeing Rama everywhere and in everything through constant, intense thinking of Rama. Similarly, Ka...

Opinion 18/03/2016. 344. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. * Initially, Parents are responsible for the character of Children ! ** Next,  Educational institutions, and Teachers are responsible !! ***Next, Society is responsible ( TV, MOVIES, etc., ) **** Overall, State and Central Governments are responsible !!! ***** Politics & Political parties have no roll and  should be avoided!!!! Sub : IDEALISM  :  For Children - 6.2 Sri Swami Chidananda Ref :  Present day children / youth, not governed by Parents / Teachers  supervision, but overpowered by treacherous anti national, political wings of certain undesired  political parties of  Bharatham ... 6. THE VALUE OF AN ANCIENT PRAYER -2.  (Talk given at Sri Samadhi Mandir on 22/5/94) 2. Mankind will find a way, it will be shown the way, and there is still hope. And which was that Upanishad and which was that Shloka? ...

Chapter-22. Raga-Dvesha : 4.3.  4. The Different States Of Raga-Dvesha -3. Dvaita slowly develops when the child reaches the second year. Place a baby within one year of age in any place. It will remain there like a block of stone. It will laugh and see alike all people without any Raga-Dvesha. Ask a child of two years of age to sit. It will stand. Ask the child to come near. It will recede back to a distance. Tell the child, "Do not go to the street"; it will immediately march to the street. It will do contrary actions, because Dvaita is developing now in the child. Next : 5. The Causes Of Raga-Dvesha - Swami Sivananda To be continued  ....