Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Chapter 6 SATSANGA AND UPADESA (i) Saints' Company Transforms Lilfe. (ii) General Teachings. (iii) Ancient Wisdom. (iv) Saints and Sages. (v) Vision of the Sage. (vi) The Ideal Man. (vii) The Fruit of Wisdom. (i) Saint's Company Transforms Life. 1. Contact with the saints is the highest good. 2. One gains the privilege of Satsanga through the merits of countless births. 3. Man obtains the contacat of saints only when the merits earned by him through many births ripen. 4. Wisdom dawns when one is in the company of sages. Wisdom disperses the darkness of infatuation and arrogance which have their root in ignorance. 5. Association with the sages who have ralised the Truth removes attachment, desires and produces dispassion, discrimination and strong aspiration. 6. Resort to wise sages and there attain true lasting Vairagya (dispassion), through which develop Atmic enquiry. When you are illumined with true Jnana through Atmic enquiry, then you will attain Moksha or emancipation. 7. The sun by its rays removes only the outer darkness during the day, but the saint constantly goes on removing the inner darkness by rays in the form of instructions. 8. Assimilate the spirit of a saint in your daily life. Become a moving picture of saint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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