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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Rise Above Duality - Swami Satchidananda
“The world is always a mixture of good and bad. You can’t see all good without bad, because they are both sides of the same coin. If everything is good, then life is not worth living here. There’s no charm, there’s no purpose. Both qualities are necessary. We have been given free will and the discriminative capacity to select what is beneficial to us and to avoid that which is detrimental. So the concept of good and bad is mainly for human beings; it’s a sort of testing ground. In that way, we develop and we evolve. We develop our capacities, we sharpen our intellect and we rise above all that. That is the real Yoga, when you rise above the dualities.
“God bless you. Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi.”
Everything Vibrates with OM - Swami Satchidananda
“In the Himalayas, wherever you go you, very often you hear the sound of OM. Every thing chants OM in the Himalayas, even the river. When the Ganga flows, it chants OM. Even the animals in the jungle roar OM. You can hear the OM sound everywhere. It vibrates every cell in your body. It brings such a nice feeling of peace. Just sing OM and dance OM, because this sound creates a special rhythm in your system that puts you into an ecstatic mood. OM is the basic vibration. And when you add Hari, the meaning becomes, ‘One that removes all obstacles’ or, ‘One that purifies the entire system.’ It’s a very great, sacred formula. So, chant Hari OM and experience the benefits.
“God bless you. OM Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.”
Every Particle has Life - Swami Satchidananda
“There are single atoms and, when they move close to each other, they become molecules, then tissues and then cells. The atoms develop one by one and, as more of them gather together, they get awakened. That’s why we say that everything has life. There is nothing inanimate, nothing lifeless in this world. Everywhere, every particle has life. The life in so-called inanimate objects is not manifested, not seen by our ordinary eye. But everything is full of life, and that life force is the vital energy, which we call prana. Prana is in everything. Once we understand prana and become masters of it, we are able to control it. Then we can then direct that prana any way we choose.
“God bless you. OM Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.”
Expand Your Understanding - Swami Satchidananda
“Understand yourself first. Understand your capacity, then you will say, ‘Well, it is my capacity now; let me develop my capacity to understand more.’ When a razor doesn’t shave properly it’s because the razor is blunt. So what should be done? The razor must be sharpened if you want to use it again. In the same way, our intellect is blunt, it has its own limitations. So, sharpen your intellect. There is no harm in wanting to know everything, but if you really want to know everything, become fit. Develop the capacity to know everything. Then, it will be revealed to you. In reality, nothing is hidden from you—it is all an open book. Once you expand yourself, then you will understand things more and more.
“God bless you. Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi.”
The Power of Mantras - Swami Sachithananda
“As the Dalai Lama ran from Tibet to India he passed through a Himalayan pass. He felt that enemies were following him and he wanted to stop them, so he and his lamas chanted some sacred formulas that produced dense clouds and heavy rain. In such heavy rain, the enemies were not able to cross the pass. One of the Dalai Lama’s personal secretaries told me about this event. I believed it because, in the Hindu scriptures, there are certain mantras, sacred formulas, that can—when they are repeated in a group whose members are well versed in such practices—attract clouds. Just by repeating the different holy words they are able to do so many things. This is the power of mantra repetition.
“God bless you. Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi.”
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