| Quotes from Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha |
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The
functioning of the mind, along with the disciplines and
virtues it is capable of acquiring, discussed rationally,
becomes a scientific treatise like any other subject of
science.
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One’s own
mind is the cause for everything favourable and unfavourable.
To think of relatives, friends or others as the cause
is fallacious.
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We are born
in this world to lose as well as to gain, to have happiness
as also misery. Enrich your mind by understanding this and
improve, gaining stability thereby.
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Your mind
has enormous hidden dimensions. Open yourselves completely
to whatever reactions and emotions the world evokes from
time to time. Accept them all without any reservation or
resentment. By assimilating everything and all, your mind
grows deeper, stabler and more enriched.
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Do not blame
any one for your torment or degeneration.
The cause for your plight, in truth, inheres in
yourself. To
redress it, first recognize the freedom, scope and potential
your mind holds within it.
Make the necessary inner application to bring about
the desired improvement or change.
Spiritual wisdom beckons you to make such a
determined effort.
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In
self-confession lies the key to self-improvement. Confess to
yourself the errors, slips and deficiencies, not allowing
the mind to delude you by excuses or explanations. Examine
and evaluate to find out where lurk the lacks and
impurities. Accept the finding wholeheartedly and strive to
improve. Be confident. You have the body, mind and
intelligence that any one else anywhere has. Be zealous and
wholesome in your effort and the goal will be reached.
***
Be confident, cheerful and contented.
The mind can produce any degree of contentment and
peace. To
generate these, no other agency or help is required.
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The world is
heterogeneous. The nature and tendencies of people are
varied. To live and move in this world, you will need great
tolerance and a spirit of reconciliation. Your object must
be to appreciate and accommodate others, whatever be their
nature. Do not harp on their errors and shortcomings. By
this process you will evolve and your vision will surely
expand.
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Receptivity
and sensitiveness are what makes one’s behaviour endearing
and enriching. Do not try to thrust your likes and dislikes
on others. Try instead, to find out what those around would
expect from you and where you can possibly contribute.
Rather than feeling conflict or confrontation every time,
look for and generate greater notes of harmony.
***
Spirituality
first addresses the emotional aspect of the mind’s crisis.
But soon it goes deeper and enfolds the intelligence,
whose wont is ever to seek enlightenment.
Once the intelligence is illumined, the mind’s
turmoil subsides. This
much-needed alliance between the mind and the intelligence
does not usually take place. Intelligence, if at all, comes to play later and mind rules
the scene. Distress,
conflict and helplessness inevitably result, as in the case
of Arjuna in Kurukshetra.
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Every moment
of your life you are being carried to fulfillment,
irresistibly. Everything
that comes to you does so to improve, correct or alter your
nature, thereby taking you nearer perfection.
So, whenever agitation assails your mind, ponder over
this truth again and again.
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Achievement
Whether you
seek intellectual wisdom, personal steadiness or religious
salvation or material wellbeing, know that the source of
anything and all lies just within you.
Look within and unearth your own hidden treasure.
Be humble but bold and keen in your attempt.
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In acquiring
material wealth all are not equally blessed.
But in gaining mental and spiritual wealth, every one
has an equal chance. Beginning
from character and disciplines and ending with supreme
kindness and goodness, the wealth of the mind is displayed
in abundance before all.
The question is only who wants, and, to which measure
!
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Fearlessness
Does
spirituality curb anyone’s initiative? Self is the supreme
source of strength, joy and wisdom. How can Self-knowledge
or its proper pursuit take away one’s initiative? True
spirituality can only bestow clarity, courage and
creativity. It removes from our personality all
constrictions caused by ignorance and makes our effort
straightforward and free.
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Guru – The Spiritual Teacher
Parents give
us birth. Educational institutions provide object-based
knowledge. The Spiritual Guru is one who verily bestows the
unique Soul-birth. With loving care and watchfulness, he
takes the seeker to Wisdom and fulfillment. To have a Guru
as Teacher and Guide, is thus the greatest fortune and
blessing in one’s life.
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