Some interesting quotes

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Namah Shivaya,

 

I get a Devi Mandir newsletter from Shree Maa's orgranization.

Here are some excerpts that I liked from the latest version:

 

Q. I understand in the eastern way of thinking I am

God. If this is so then why do I need to do worship

to the murtis (statues)?

 

Shree Maa's Answer. So you remember who you are.

 

Below are some quotes from "Shree Maa, The Guru and the Goddess",

by Swami Satyananda Saraswati

 

The following is from the introduction to the Guru

Gita, the song in praise of the guru. "For every

desire which an individual pursues, there is someone

to demonstrate the means to it's attainment. In

Sanskrit this is called a guru."

....

Seva is by definition

different from work in which compensation is expected

and agreed upon beforehand. The highest form of seva

is when we go out of our way to add value to another

persons life without being asked to.

There is a difference between seva and karma yoga.

Yoga means to unite the individual consciousness with

the universal consciousness, the ability to cease the

any change of modification in the objects of

consciousness. It is any action which induces a state

of complete absorption in consciousness. This is karma

yoga.

....

Through seva to the Guru we earn the privilege of

learning and practicing more karma yoga and then we

too realize the Self. We become the Guru. We

become "Supreme Divinity".

....

It should not be possible to have confusion of

loyalty to the guru. If I can use all knowledge to

become one with God, then this is the highest respect

I can show my Guru.I am not abandoning him , rather I

am becoming him. Therefore I must take inspiration

from wherever possible, from all sources. This is the

path he took and the path I must take to become like

him.

Only two types of individuals would not want us to

explore elsewhere: a businessman who has no love of

competition, and a fool who says,"I know enough."

Until we reach that Self Realization, neither reason

is valid. Get blessings everywhere. The disciples' duty

is to wear out the steps if a saint is visiting the

area.

 

 

Vallath Nandakumar

vallathn

 

 

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