Fwd: CONDUCT OF THE SADHAKA

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ThePowerOfSilence , " saikali6362 "

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Chapter II - The Quest

 

9. The Conduct of the Sadhaka

 

Part 4:

 

198. He that would deserve God's Grace ought not to kill any living

being for any reason, since he has not the skill to revive what is

dead.

 

199. That alone is right action, which is done with a peaceful and

pure mind; all action is sinful, which is done with an agitated mind

or from desire.

 

200. What have they to gain by practicing tapas, who act with mind

at peace, without attachment to (objects in) this illusory world,

and with the mind activities stilled?

 

201. The most powerful tapas consists in the Sadhaka maintaining

peace of mind, resigning all his worldly burdens to God.

 

202. As the grains that are close to the pivot of the hand-mill (are

not crushed), so those that have taken refuge with God are

unaffected by the severest of afflictions.

 

203. Those that have minds fixed with love on God, as the magnetic

needle points always fixedly to the north, never swerve from the

straight path through ignorance.

 

204. Never worry thinking " when shall I attain this state? " ; this

state transcends both space and time and is neither far or near.

 

205. The Real Self exists free, pervading everything by its

essential being; how can He be bound by illusion? Do not Oh Sadhaka,

be despondent in this. (31)

 

(31) The disciple should beware of despondency and the remedy for it

is to realize by faith in the Guru's assurance, that bondage is

unreal.

 

206. The notion " I am unsteady jiva " has arisen by losing hold of

the Move-less Self that one really is; the Sadhaka should efface

this thought and remain in the Supreme Silence.

 

207. To end the restlessness of the mind the following is the

means: look upon all things that are perceptible and the perceiver

as the Self.

 

208. Even a pure thought which serves to expel an impure one, needs

to be given up (after it has served the purpose), just like a thorn

used for removing a thorn (in the flesh).

 

Note: Taken from Guru-Ramana-Vachana-Mala by " Who " , pages 41 to 43

 

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