Contentment and bliss go hand in hand. – Anonymous

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prof laxmi narain (prof_narain)

 

Source and courtesy: Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad

This article was published in Sri Ramana Jyothi,

monthly magazine of the Kendram.

 

AN UPADESHA

 

Sow an action and you shall reap a habit

Sow a habit and you shall reap a character

Sow a character and you shall reap a destiny.

(William James – 19th century teacher at Harvard.)

 

Contentment and bliss go hand in hand. – Anonymous

 

Only loving devotion for or clinging love of God can manifest the

Bliss of Selfhood. The loving knowledge of God's majesty is called

bhakti. By such a bhakti only the true nature of jiva as happiness

and bliss is fully manifested. – Brahma Sutra 3.2.18-9.

 

Every teaching must be put into practice. Recognizing its truth in

theory will not help us. When a hungry man stands before a table

with food items, he must eat the food and not only think about the

nutritive values of the food items… The mind is a tool and a means.

The mind can reflect the Truth but cannot experience it. It has to be

shut out to experience the Self. We have to function with the help of

the mind to oust the mind itself. – Mouni Sadhu author of the

classic In Days of Great Peace published by Sri Ramanasramam;

available at the Kendram's bookstore.