Guest guest Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 On Purifying our Nature Selfishness and pride - both these spoil the nature of a person. A spiritual aspirant must therefore give up both selfishness and pride entirely, once and for all. Even after doing meditation, worship of God and many spiritual practices, these may not show any clear benefit in the present, primarily due to the impurity of our nature. A spiritual aspirant must therefore pay special attention to improving his nature. There is no greater gain than in purifying our nature. He whose nature is purified, for him, the entire world becomes better. He whose nature is to cause pain to others, he not only suffers pain himself, but he also causes others to suffer. But he whose nature is to make others happy, he will not only give happiness to others, but at the same time, he himself also exuberates in happiness. Man can improve his nature only by himself. Others can only show the path, suggest remedies and can support him. Our nature will improve when we impose justice on ourselves, (i.e. being punitive to ourselves) and are compassionate towards others. Good company, good thoughts and good messages from the scriptures, are ways to improve our nature One whose nature is purified, he does not face a downfall. " Will do later " attitude leads to a severe downfall. It is difficult of a person with this nature to attain " blessedness " (kalyan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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