Friday, 22 November 2013

Sermonettes of Swami Sivananda


Delusion
While the insects jump into the blazing fire and the fish seizes the bait attached to the hook through sheer ignorance, man who is supposed to have discrimination and knowledge of right and wrong, man does not abandon sensual pleasures that are attended with various defects! How inscrutable is the power of Delusion!
Life is to Give
Know and realise that your faculty is intended for the good of others. Learn lessons from Nature. The various and innumerable products, like fruit, vegetables, gold, coal to name a few – all lay themselves bare for the use of Man. Man always takes but never gives. Let all learn and emulate from Nature and resolve that Life is to give and not to take.
Attain Final Emancipation
Truth is the seed; Celibacy is the root; Meditation is the rain; Shanti or Peace is the flower; Emancipation or Liberation is the fruit. Therefore, speak the truth, practise celibacy, cultivate peace and meditate regularly. You will surely attain final emancipation.
                                                                                             to be continued

 

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