Guest guest Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 How to cultivate Love? How is Prema (love) to be cultivated? It can be done through two methods: (1) Consider the faults of others, however big, to be insignificant and negligible. Consider your own faults, however insignificant, to be big, and feel repentant. (2) Whatever you do with yourself or with others, do it remembering that God is Omnipresent. He sees, hears and knows everything. Remember the sword of Prema (Love) has to be kept in the sheath of Viveka (Wisdom). The indriyas (senses) have to be rigorously controlled by Viveka and Vairaagya (discrimination and detachment), the twin talents given exclusively to man.. Viveka instructs you how to choose your avocations and your associates. It tells you the relative importance of objects and ideals. Vairaagya saves you from too much of attachment and injects a sense of relief, at times of elation and despair. They are the two wings that hold before you the impermanence of the world and the permanence of the Bliss of Reality. They prompt you to direct your lives towards spiritual saadhana and the never failing contemplation of the Glory of the Lord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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