50 DIVINE THOUGHTS - COURTESY KANCHI KAMAKOTI PEETHAM

March 28, 2010

PRIYA BHAGAVAT BANDHUVULLARA!

With the courtesy of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, let us go through the 50 divine

thoughts of HIS HOLINESS SRI SRI SRI CHANDRASEKHARENDRA SARASWATHI. Let us have

five per digest.

1.The medicine of Grace to wipe out our sorrows is to develop unshakable faith

in God and tolerance is the medicine of Grace to wipe out our sorrows. Bhakti

alone can give us the capacity to put up with sorrows. Temples are the agencies

for developing that Bhakti. Hence, the need for temples at all places. All

offerings to the deities in the temples are tokens of our gratitude to God.

2. That which is within all, which is seen as " This " is the source. He who is

within and sees as " This " is God. It is the reality. It is in yourself. What is

limited is Sadhana; what is unlimited is the end.

3. He alone is an Acharya, who, after clearly understanding the conclusive

teachings of the Sastras, makes the people of the world gain their welfare by

making them stick to the path shown in the Sastras and also himself does

everything according to Sastras and remains in that experience.

4. Many acts relating to God, like building temples, digging tanks are

performed. While executing them, there would be many difficulties. There would

come also several kinds of dishonour. Not minding any of these, they would

complete their tasks with mental one-pointedness removing impurities from their

minds and letting the mind wander. By straightening their mind, they acquire

mind control and at the end, they realise the Reality that is to be known.

Digging tanks, building temples and such other acts are called poorttam. The

performance of sacrifices, etc., is known as ishtam. Combining these two, we

have the word Ishtapoortam.

5. In all that you do, let love be the sole motive. Any need must be with

reference to another. Let action be out of love. Passions such as desire and

hatred , anger and malice must be totally eschewed. If love becomes the

grounding principle of all deeds . then most of the ills of the world will

vanish.

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