Fwd: Worldy Ego - Ahankaar

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SRI : || Hare Krishna. Surrendering To The Lord - The sure solution to get rid of Ego. May Lord Paramarhma Bless The Whole World to get rid of the most tough challenge humanity is facing today - EGO - The Ahamkaar & Mamakaar . Even after fully realising the futility of submitting ourselves to this treacherous trap, one finds it very very difficult to get freed from the grip of 'EGO'. Our Great Achaaryaas have prescribed a very sure way to attempt and succeed in our effort to get freed from this most challenging enemy to all of us - " To start developing the sense of abandoning the thought - I ,Me and Mine. Every thought, word and deed of ours is propelled by The Lord Himself and hence, any result

that comes out of these thoughts, words & deeds should be offered to The Lord Himself. In short this is the Yoga of 'Total Surrender' - SARANAAGATHI - , which Lord Krishna prescribes to all of us in Ch 18 - " Sarva Dharmaan Parithyajya.........Maa Suchah ". This process of Total Surrender is The Greatest Weapon with which we can fight everything that comes in our way to God Realisation. This Path is a smooth & sure one but one which has be treaded with sincerity, unshakeable faith and perpetual practice. The path may and will appear to be too long. But with time, our Lord Krishna will make us feel that we are nearing Him fast, by Himself coming nearer and nearer to us, depending upon how sincere & steadfast we are in our attempt . The effects of Gunaas & Maya can be fought only by surrendering to The Lord with our sincere

prayers to Him to protect us. Lord Krishna will certainly keep His Promise of protecting us, if we seek His Blessing alone without any expectation, under all circumstances. Seeking The Blessings of All The Bhagavathaas, Kombur Vankipuram Madhavan. Capil Sookdeo <capilsookdeo wrote: Hare Krsna. When a man's primary aim is directed towards unreality (asat), bodily pleasures, accumulation of

wealth and material goods, then there remains within worldy impressions - "I am of this world ". This is a worldy ego (laukik ahankara). When such a feeling gets deeply etched, embedded and solidified within, then the person remains ever worldly. While pursuing worldly actions, he certainly remains worldly, but when performing spiritual practices too, he remains worldly. Therefore whatever spiritual practices, devotional efforts he undertakes, he does them with the intention of fulfilling his desires and these actions result in increased vanity in his undertaking of spiritual practices. Vanity is a gross form of worldly ego. When a person's tendency increases towards worldly pleasures and accumulation of material goods, then he become selfishness and vane, which is asurik sampati (demonic tendencies). Gita says - "Ahankaarambalam darpan kaam krodh che sanshritaah. " (Gita 16:18); "Those that are bloated by egoism, power, pride, desire and anger, do not like God.

Gita also says - "Dambhaahankaar sanyuktaah." (Gita 17:5), "Those imbued with hypocracy and egoism may perform intense austerities, even against the scriptures (shastras), influenced by desire and attachment, such persons possess demonaical temperament. " Further according to Gita - "patanti narakeshuchau. " (Gita 16:16); "Misled by wrong ideas and mental confusion and steeped in sense objects, such persons sink into hell." It is misleading to understand that with the attainment of knowledge (salvation), only the worldly ego is destroyed and the suble ego within is not destroyed. It is only on wiping out that subtle ego, one can attain salvation. This demoniacal ego, material influenced ego, is the subtle ego itself, manifesting in a gross form. It is with the aim of treating this subtle ego, that Lord Krishna says - "Atha chetvamahankaaran shroshyasi vinashyasi" (Gita 18:58); "By fixing your mind on Me, you will by My favor, conquer all difficulties, but if your

ego does not let you listen to Me, then you will be lost." Again it is said - "yadahankaaramaashr itya ne yotsya iti manyase." (Gita 18:59); "If your ego forces you to say that - I will not fight, it will be futile, for nature will compel you ." Ego is the result of ignorance, and on attaining knowledge, ignorance is wiped out. When no ignorance remains, then the ego resulting from lack of knowledge (ignorance), how can it remain ? That knowledge by which ignorance is not wiped out, how good is that knowledge? It is only learned knowledge, not knowledge that is realized. If this subtle ego is not wiped out, then just like a seed grows into a tree, similarly on association with worldly objects, individuals, actions, situations etc., that ego too will become of a worldly (demoniac) nature. Sick sense of humor? Visit TV's Comedy with an Edge to

see what's on, when. WE PRAY THE LORD TO BLESS ALL TO LOVE AND HELP ALL.

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