(KDAS-40)- Chtta shuddhi !

[Guest guest]

thank you dear dear Professor-ji for another fascinating installment

in this series !

 

yes , chitta shuddhi - a favorite topic on this list .

 

Yes- cleaning up the mind or 'purification' - removing the 'mala '

or dirt ?

 

how can this be accomplished ?

 

several sadhanas are prescribed for this purification process

 

1) nishkama karma

 

2) upasana

 

3) tri-kala sandhyavadanam (thanks Bhaskar-ji! for this wonderful

tip! )

 

4) performing yagnas etc for bhuta shuddhi

 

5) reading of scriptural texts etc ....

 

6) dhyana or meditation

 

so on and so forth ...

 

but the big question is once chitta shuddhi is attained, should a

sadhaka give up all of these i.e one who is apsiring to be a brahma

jnani ?

 

here i recall a well known verse from swami sivananda

 

 

Vihaya Kaman Yah Sarvan

Pumamscharati Nisspruhah

Nirmamo Nirahankarah

Sa Santim Adhigachhati

 

 

Yes ! we must never give up study of great scriptures like Srimad

Bhagvat Gita , VIVEKA CHUDAMANI, ATMA BODHA , TATTVA BODHA ,

UPANISHADS , PANCHADASI , YOGA VASISHTA, ASHTAVAKRA GITA , AVADHUTA

GITA ETC ETC ETC .... FOR peace of mind , this is absolutely

necessary ( nirmamo nirahankarah sa santim adhi gacchati) !

 

 

but the question still remains once a brahma jnani should you give

all these up ?

 

i do not think so .

 

FOR THE SAKE OF SANTANGATI, A BRAHMA JNANI SHOULD SHARE ALL HIS

KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM WITH OTHER ASPIRANTS .

 

satsaügatve niþsaügatvaü

niþsaügatve nirmohatvam |

nirmohatve ni÷calatattvaü

ni÷calatatve jãvanmuktiþ ||

 

By keeping the company of great Mahatmas, one becomes dispassionate.

He gets Vairagya. He does not like the company of worldly men. Then

he develops the state of Nirmohatva. He becomes free from

infatuation or delusion. Then his mind becomes steady and one-

pointed and rests on the Svarupa or Essence. Then he attains

liberation or freedom.

 

>From the "Bhaja Govinda Stotram" of Sri Adi Sankaracharya

 

WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS 'COLLECTIVE' SATSANGHA IN THIS

GROUP !

 

 

Thank you professor-ji !

 

with warmest regards