Sri Sarada Devi
While performing Japa, take the name of God with the utmost love, sincerity and self-surrender. Before commencing your meditation daily, first think of your utter helplessness in this world and then slowly begin the practice of Sadhana as directed by your Guru.
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Through the spiritual disciplines the ties of past Karma are cut asunder. But the realization of God cannot be achieved without Prema-Bhakti (ecstatic love) for Him. Do you know the significance of Japa and spiritual practices? By these the power of the sense-organs is subdued.
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My child, austerities or worship, practise all these things right now. Will these things be possible later on? Whatever you want to achieve, achieve it now, this is the right time.
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Don’t relax practice, simply because you do not get his vision. Does an angler catch a big carp every day, the moment he sits with the rod? He has to wait and wait, and many a time he is disappointed.
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To pray to God and meditate on Him for even two minutes with full concentration is better than doing for so long hours without that.
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All perform this or that discipline because they think it their duty to do so. But how many seek God? No doubt you must do your duties. It keeps one’s mind in good condition. But it is also very necessary to practise Japa meditation and prayer. One must practise these disciplines at least in the morning and in the evening. Such practice is like the rudder of a boat. When one sits in the evening for prayer, one can discriminate whether one has done good or bad things in the course of the day. Then one should compare the mental state of that day with that of the previous one. Next, while performing Japa, one should meditate on one’s Chosen Ideal. In meditation one first sees the face of one’s Chosen Deity, but one should try to meditate on the entire body from the feet upward. Unless you practise meditation side by side with your work, how will you know whether you are doing the desirable or the undesirable thing?
While performing Japa, take the name of God with the utmost love, sincerity and self-surrender. Before commencing your meditation daily, first think of your utter helplessness in this world and then slowly begin the practice of Sadhana as directed by your Guru.
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Through the spiritual disciplines the ties of past Karma are cut asunder. But the realization of God cannot be achieved without Prema-Bhakti (ecstatic love) for Him. Do you know the significance of Japa and spiritual practices? By these the power of the sense-organs is subdued.
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My child, austerities or worship, practise all these things right now. Will these things be possible later on? Whatever you want to achieve, achieve it now, this is the right time.
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Don’t relax practice, simply because you do not get his vision. Does an angler catch a big carp every day, the moment he sits with the rod? He has to wait and wait, and many a time he is disappointed.
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To pray to God and meditate on Him for even two minutes with full concentration is better than doing for so long hours without that.
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All perform this or that discipline because they think it their duty to do so. But how many seek God? No doubt you must do your duties. It keeps one’s mind in good condition. But it is also very necessary to practise Japa meditation and prayer. One must practise these disciplines at least in the morning and in the evening. Such practice is like the rudder of a boat. When one sits in the evening for prayer, one can discriminate whether one has done good or bad things in the course of the day. Then one should compare the mental state of that day with that of the previous one. Next, while performing Japa, one should meditate on one’s Chosen Ideal. In meditation one first sees the face of one’s Chosen Deity, but one should try to meditate on the entire body from the feet upward. Unless you practise meditation side by side with your work, how will you know whether you are doing the desirable or the undesirable thing?
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