Repeated Practice

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

“"Attempting again and again constitutes Abhyaasa. It means, repeatedly doing a

particular act. There are two kinds of situations in which actions are

repeated. One example for the first kind is eating - which we do every day. By

eating, we get some happiness. After some time, this happiness disappears and

makes way to

hunger, which is in a way, an unhappy feeling. We eat again. This goes on every

day. This is one kind of practice.

 

A student who is taught a new lesson in the school comes home and studies the

same lesson. When he reads for the first time, he may not understand anything.

But after resolutely studying the same lesson over and over again, he will

understand it. After two or three days, he will forget it. He will again study

it many times and with such repeated studying, he will come to a stage when he

will never forget that lesson. This is another kind of practice.

 

Even a difficult task becomes easy if it is done repeatedly. One will even

develop a liking for it after some time. This is a normal mental tendency.

This liking will give some satisfaction and happiness. This will tempt the

person to undertake the task repeatedly everyday. Thus, finally both kinds

of practice are undertaken simultaneously. This state - in which both kinds of

practice have merged - is what is meant by 'Abhyaasa' as told by Lord Krishna."

 

Sri Swamiji

Bhakti Mala, 9/98, Sookti Manjari

 

Sri Guru Datta,

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