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In the beginning, you will not be able to perform meditation and Japa always — other things are necessary; a little meditation, a little Japa, some reading from the scriptures, singing devotional songs for some time — various methods to remember Him alone…
Live in the world remembering His name constantly. What else is there to do? In the world there is always good and bad, joy and suffering. We should see that we do not forget Him.
If you constantly remember that the world is unreal, what can desires do? There is no harm in fulfilling small desires, but those which make one forget the Lord are dangerous. It does not matter that you have to live in the world; if you but keep remembrance of the Lord, desires cannot lead you astray.
— Swami Turiyananda
| 2 |  Salutations to Lord Krishna, the Supreme Lord, who is the Indweller of our hearts, who is Absolute Existence, Knowledge, Bliss, who is the Soul of this universe, who bestow Immortality and Eternal Bliss and Supreme satisfaction on His devotees, who is the source for everything and who took a human form for the benefit of the gods and His devotees, to destroy wickedness and to establish righteousness.
I bow to that Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Self, from whom is born this mysterious universe, by whom alone it is upheld, and in whom alone it is dissolved, who is Lord Krishna Himself.
Wishing everyone a happy Janmashtami. May Krishna bestow his grace on everyone with dharma, bhakti, knowledge and moksha. | 75 |
| 3 | *Courage*
One needs physical, mental and inner spiritual strength at all times. One needs inner strength especially during the time of some disturbance, agitation and confusion. In reality you are the soul. Repeat the Lord's invincible Name at all times with faith and devotion. This will give you strength.
*~ Sri Swami Sivananda* | 110 |
| 4 | Practice constant recollection and contemplation of God. One has to form the habit. Remember and think of Him continually, while walking, eating, lying down and even when you are actively busy.
What advice shall I give you? We have only one piece of advice — do not forget God. This is the essence of all teachings.
God graciously reveals Himself in the heart of a devotee who always meditates upon Him. What is needed is meditation — constant remembrance and thinking of Him. Man attains God, who is existence, knowledge and bliss absolute, by constantly thinking about the true, omnipresent, all-loving, omnipotent and all-conscious Lord. Everything is accomplished if a person succeeds in installing Him in his heart. Then special efforts at moral perfection are unnecessary. Then he spontaneously expresses qualities like truthfulness, compassion and so on.
Keep holding on to Thakur. You will get bhakti (devotion), mukti (salvation), and all. By remembering him and reflecting on him the mind and heart get purified. Apply yourself with determination. I tell you, you will get everything.
— Swami Shivananda | 176 |
| 5 | Just do one thing: always try to remember God. I also do that.
The easiest method of realization is to remember God constantly. Even as a man welcomes his friend, and entertains him with food, drink, and conversation, so must you entertain God in your thoughts. Converse freely with him. Know him as your very own, and you will find peace in him.
Remember God constantly. Remember him when you eat, when you sit, when you lie down; remember him whatever you do. By such repeated practice you will find that, when you go to meditate, it will be easy to remember God and become absorbed in him. As your mind becomes absorbed in meditation, a fountain of joy will spring up within you.
If you work and forget God, egotism and pride will overpower you. Therefore I tell you: never forget God, no matter whether you are working or sitting idle. To maintain this attitude you must keep up your spiritual practices, no matter what happens.
— Swami Bramhananda | 183 |
| 6 | O Parth, for those yogis who always think of Me with exclusive devotion, I am easily attainable because of their constant absorption in Me.
~ Gita 8.14
The easy way to attain God is here explained. People think that it is very difficult to attain Him. But practising in the right way, He is easily attained. He who thinks of him continuously and always attains Him.
The mind should be free from any other thought except the thought of God. Usually, the mind is attached to various things and gets entangled in the meshes of the objective world through the senses. That is why it is said here that one should be filled to the brim with the thought of God continuously and forever. It is not enough to think of Him now and then.
Always and every day the thought of God should be present in the mind. Of course, by steady practice day after day, the mind could be trained to think of God more and more. So practising, after a long time, the mind gets fixed and does not turn away from Him. Then the Lord is attained.
The seeker should be vigilant and try his best not to yield to the temptations of Maya. The wakeful and watchful man has no fear of falling away from the goal. | 179 |
| 7 | He who closes all the doors of the senses, confines the mind within the heart, draws the prāna into the head, and engages in the practice of yoga, uttering Om, the single syllable denoting Brahman, and meditates on Me— he who so departs, leaving the body, attains the Supreme Goal.
~ Gita 8.12-13
The process of meditating on OM and attaining final liberation is explained here. It does not mean that one should follow it only at the time of death. It means that one should practise this method throughout life.
Already the Lord has declared “First restrain the senses.” As the tortoise withdraws – all its organs into its shell, so should the yogi withdraw all the senses from their usual external activities in the objective world.
Then the mind should be centred in the heart, in Atma. The heart, Atma, is the source from which the mind arises. So the mind should be turned back to its own source. When the senses are controlled, the mind naturally loses its roving nature and sinks into its own source.
The mind should think of Paramatma in a continuous stream of unbroken consciousness.
What is the ‘mantra’ for meditation? The one-syllable OM, which is Brahman. OM is Pranava. It is the essence of the Vedas. It is not enough merely to utter the word OM but one should think of the Lord. It means that the idea symbolised by the word OM should be thought of. Mere verbal repetition of a ‘mantra’ without thinking of its meaning, will not yield the best results.
The following points are revealed through these two verses.
1. Repetition of a mantra’ (Japa) is not enough. There should be concentration on the thought of the formula.
2. Among all the mantras, pranava is the highest. It leads to Brahman.
3. It is not enough to think of the Lord now and then. Continuous memory is essential.
4. All the senses should be restrained, not merely one are two.
5. The heart is the source of the mind. The mind rises from the heart (Atma) and sinks into the heart.
6. Anyone without distinction of race, caste or creed can attain Moksha by the above-mentioned method of repeating Pranava. | 233 |
| 8 | I will now briefly describe to you that state which those who know the Vedas call the Imperishable, and into which enter the sannyāsis, self-controlled and freed from attachment, and in desire for which seekers lead the life of continence.
~ Gita 8.11
The Lord says that he would declare the Supreme briefly. The Supreme has no end as no words can fully describe it, so the Lord gives the very essence of the Vedas and the worship of the Supreme as the simple single syllable OM-Pranava.
The Vedas declare that Brahman alone is Eternal. Everything else is transitory and changing. It is this Reality that man has to understand and realise. Knowledge of all other things cannot confer the bliss of immortality. In Hinduism, every child when he starts his education begins with the sacred word OM, which is Brahman. So whatever else a man may learn and understand, he should not neglect the knowledge of the Imperishable Brahman. The knowers of Vedas, after a great deal of thought, have arrived at the highest goal Brahman, and thus attained absolute peace and bliss.
Who can enter this state? This question is also answered here. Only those who are free from attachment and desire, free from lust and hatred, can enter the Brahmi State. Let no man complain that he cannot attain that state. The key to this consummation is in his hands. It is purity. Let the mind be purged of all impure tendencies, and that very moment Brahman is realised.
Those who practise severe austerities, restraining the senses and controlling the mind are qualified and fit to realise Brahman.
Celibacy is the bedrock for all spiritual development. Those who aspire for the highest should be free from sensuality in thought, word and deed. They should live and move in Brahman, the pure and blessed untainted by anything else. | 195 |
| 9 | Who, at the time of leaving the body, by the power of yogic practice, fixes the vital breath in the centre of the brows, and thinks continuously of the Omniscient, the Ancient, the controller of all the worlds, subtler than atom, supporter of all, of inconceivable form, self illumined like the sun, beyond darkness – he attains the self-illumined Paramatma.
~ Gita 8.9-10
The Lord describes the different aspects of Paramatma and points the way of meditation. It is necessary to know the attributes of the Supreme for strengthening and confirming one’s faith in Him. Naturally, people can only think of that about which something is known. So in the 9th verse, eight attributes of the Supreme are mentioned.
1. The Lord is Omniscient, the poet of poets; to know Him is the highest poetic experience.
2. He is the Ancient, without a beginning. All other beings have a beginning and so they have an end also. Paramatma is Eternal.
3. He is the Lord and Controller of all the worlds. What should be one’s devotion to Him compared with the respect that one has for small princes of earthly states!
4. The Upanishads declare that he is smaller than the atom and bigger than the biggest. Therefore knowing that the Lord is present in everything big and small, one should have a devotional attitude toward everything in the world.
5. God is the source of sustenance. Similar to an ocean that sustains the waves and its vast marine ecology. God is the support for His entire creation.
6. He is beyond the senses and cannot be comprehended by the mind. But the purified mind, by contemplation, becomes one with Him, even as the rivers when they merge with the sea lose their separateness and become one with the ocean. and The purified mind knows Him by being united with Him. There is no other way to know the Lord.
7. He is Light. It is his Light that illumines the sun and everything else.
8. He is beyond the darkness of ignorance, beyond Maya.
Man when he leaves the body, should contemplate Paramatma by understanding Him through these eight attributes. Here death is described as travel to a distant place (Prayana). Just as man secures all necessary things before he starts on travel, even so he should provide himself with all the best qualities before he leaves the body.
Thus during the last moments also man should contemplate Paramatma with Bhakti and Yoga. Both are essential for Dhyana. Bhakti is necessary to destroy egoism and secure the grace of God. Yoga is necessary to restrain the senses and mind for the purpose of meditating on the Supreme. Also, the mind should be immovable and the meditation continuous.
The reward for this is absolute freedom-Moksha. | 173 |
| 10 | Engaged in the yoga of constant practice and not allowing the mind to wander away to anything else, he who meditates on the supreme, resplendent Purusha reaches Him, Ο son of Prithā.
~ Gita 8.8
In this verse, three definite practices are mentioned to reach the Supreme Lord.
1. The practice of yoga.
2. The mind should not swerve from the Lord, as the supreme goal.
3. One should meditate on the Lord continuously.
In the practical field of work, we understand the need for systematic practice. In sport and art, practice is essential for perfection. In fact, practice is nothing else than the repetition of the mode of thought or act. Any act repeated many times becomes a habit.
All the bad habits have been the accumulated effect of wrong practice. If practice is done in the right direction, good thoughts and acts become natural and spontaneous.
When one comes across a person who is pure in thought, word and deed, he admires him, and sometimes wonders how he could be so pure. But he should realise how he had laid the foundations of purity by long practice.
All the impurities and weaknesses arising from previous births are overcome by the steadfast practice of goodness and purity in this life.
The second thing is that the man should not move away from the ideal. The aim is Bhagavan, and the mind should therefore be centered in him, and not allowed to move out towards material objects. Whatever appears objects of the world perishes. Knowing this, through discrimination one should hold fast to Bhagavan alone.
As the mind by its nature can only hold on to some form it should be given some divine object or form to which it can easily cling to. So it is said here that one should meditate on the Supreme Divine Lord (Paramam Purusham Divyam).
The Lord commands the disciple to think of Him again and again, and yet again. So thinking continuously, man reaches the supreme state. Having full faith in the teaching of the Lord, may all the spiritual aspirants fulfil their life’s purpose. | 215 |
| 11 | I tell you the truth: there is nothing wrong in your being in the world. But you must direct your mind toward God; otherwise you will not succeed.
Do your duty with one hand and with the other hold to God. After the duty is over, you will hold to God with both hands.
Do your duty, but do not forget God.
~ Sri Paramahamsa Ramakrishna | 197 |
| 12 | Therefore, at all times, constantly remember Me and fight. With your mind and intellect absorbed in Me, you will surely come to Me.
~ Gita 8.7
Here the Lord clarifies the declaration by stating that it is the duty of the devotee to think of Him at all times. It is implied that unless a man thinks of Him always, he cannot retain that blissful memory of the lord at the time of death.
It is the lamp that keeps away darkness. When the lamp is put out, darkness envelopes everything. The darkness of ignorance is ready to possess the heart of man if the lamp of knowledge is not kept burning continuously. It is only the thought of the Lord that keeps away delusion. When that thought is not there, delusion immediately seizes man. Therefore remember Me at all times – is the Lord’s command.
Continuous thought of the Supreme should be kept up. Hearing of the Lord, thinking of Him, meditating on Him, the seeker should not let go his hold of the Lord at any time. Such a man need not bother whether death comes sooner or later. Having purchased the ticket, it does not matter when the train comes! Let death come when it will, the seeker is ready with the Lord’s name on his lips and His thought in the mind.
If all the time the seeker is thinking of the Lord, how can he get on in the world? When does he find time to look after the practical duties of life? This question is asked by many people. Most people also make it an excuse that they are not able to think of God because of pressing domestic duties. To such people the Lord here gives the advice. “Think of Me and perform your duties.” Arjuna’s duty on the battle-field was to fight. For each man as he is placed in the various stations and circumstances of life, there will be particular duties and they should be performed while keeping the thought of the Lord in the mind. | 221 |
| 13 | For whatever object a man thinks of at the final moment, when he leaves his body— that alone does he attain, Ο son of Kunti, being ever absorbed in the thought thereof.
~ Gita 8.6
Whatever a man thinks and contemplates frequently, becomes a tendency which holds the mind enslaved by ill-power and momentum. So it is said that whatever form or object the dying man thinks, he will obtain when he takes a new birth. Jadabharata in spite of his great tapas was attached to a fawn which he protected and when he passed away, the thought of the fawn filled his mind. Consequently, he was born as a deer.
As one thinks so he becomes (Yadbhavam tadbhavati). This being the law, every thoughtful man should be extremely careful to choose and select only noble and spiritual thoughts to fill the mind. This should be practised throughout one’s life, so that they should be uppermost in the mind at the time of death.
As all other things in the world are pain-causing, sorrow-breeding, the wise man naturally thinks of the Blessed Lord as the be-all and end-all of his life. Thus man attains the supreme state. Devotion, Dhyana, study, company of the wise, charity, all these should be practised truthfully and by so doing, divine thoughts permeate the mind and determine the future birth of man.
That is why spiritual sadhana is prescribed from childhood when the mind is pure and free from the poisonous ugliness of worldly life.
Every man is himself responsible for his freedom or bondage. “If one thinks that he is free, free he is this moment. If he thinks he is bound, bound he should be.”
Either high birth or low birth or freedom from birth and death, all these depend on man’s mental frame. And this frame of mind is forged by long practice throughout life. The good samskaras would re-assert themselves in the next birth and lead him to the goal. | 247 |
| 14 | Those who give up the body while remembering Me at the moment of death will come to Me. There is certainly no doubt about this.
~ Gita 8.5
The Lord here explains how He is remembered by the self-controlled yogi at the time of death.
It is declared that whoever thinks of the Lord at the moment of death also, attains His being.
The seeker has to think of the Lord not only during his life-time but at the moment of death also. The Lord did not say that He should be remembered ‘only’ at the time of death. That would be quite encouraging to all idlers and wicked beings. Of course, even remembering the Lord at the time of death is also an act of merit. But such memory is impossible to retain at the moment of death, unless by long and steady practice, the mind is saturated with divine thoughts.
Mostly people die thinking of their property, wife, or children because their minds were filled with those thoughts for a long life-time. So the Lord emphasises the idea of remembering Him at all time, both in life and in death.
Those who have spent a whole life-time in spiritual sadhana can retain the memory of the Lord at the last moment. The exceptions are very rare. If a man wants to play some role in a drama, he goes through months of training, memorising his part.
To pass an examination, a long period of preparation is necessary. It is within one’s own experience that what he thinks of intensely in the waking state comes up as a dream in sleep.
In old age, at the moment of death, the functions of the body and mind will be at a low ebb and most people pass away in an unconscious state. So intense sadhana during a whole-time is essential for attaining the Lord by fixing the mind on Him at the time of death.
"Think of Me only” is the Lord’s command. Nothing can save man from the bonds of samsara except the one-pointed absorption in the Supreme Lord. If man wants peace and perfection let him seek refuge in the Lord only. He gives Moksha.
The reward of devotion to the Lord at the last moment is that he attains union with the Lord. This is liberation, self-realisation, Moksha. He does not come again under the power of samsara. He reaches the Eternal. The Lord says, out of infinite compassion, “Have faith in Me I will save you from all the ills and perils of samsara.” So, having full faith in the Lord, and abandoning all small gains and profits in this or other worlds, let the seeker aim at the highest perfection and reach it by continuous devotion to the Lord. | 252 |
| 15 | O best of the embodied souls, the physical manifestation that is constantly changing is called adhibhūta; the universal form of God, which presides over the celestial gods in this creation, is called Adhidaiva; I, who dwell in the heart of every living being, am called Adhiyajna, or the Lord of all sacrifices.
~ Gita 8.4
As the Lord declares that He dwells in the body as Adhiyajna, He is most near to every being. The Lord is not far away either in the sky or in the underworld. He permeates the body with his invisible presence. So it is everyone's duty to discover Him by close self-examination.
As the Lord is very near to all, no one should be hated or looked down with contempt. The divinity of man is thus declared by the Lord. | 249 |
| 16 | Forgetfulness of Bhagavan is the root of all evil and suffering.
One should keep the mind on him at all times by remembering him and chanting his name, and should never forget him; this is the aim. | 282 |
| 17 |  Even the simple act of folding one's hands together in the worship of Hari, bowing down to Him, reciting His name even once, destroys the bondage of saṃsāra.
That Self of all selves, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, is the apt object of contemplation at all times. | 315 |
| 18 |  Prostrations to that Guru who is an embodiment of Knowledge, opens the eyes of those who are rendered blind by the darkness of ignorance.
The Guru is verily a link between the individual and the Immortal.
The Guru is Brahman Himself. He has established himself in Brahman. He is an ocean of bliss, knowledge, and mercy. He is the captain of the soul. He is the fountain of joy. He removes all troubles, sorrows, and obstacles.
He shows the right divine path. He tears the veil of ignorance. He makes one immortal and divine. He gives the rope of knowledge and saves when one is drowning in the ocean of Samsara.
The mere study of books cannot make one a Guru. One who has studied the Vedas and who has direct experience of Non-dual Atman can only be called as a Guru. A Jivanmukta or a liberated sage is the real Guru. He is identical to Brahman. He is a Knower of Brahman.
Wishing you all a happy Guru Purnima and Vyasa Purnima. | 303 |
| 19 | Arjuna said: O Supreme Lord, what is Brahman (Absolute Reality), what is adhyatma (the individual soul), and what is karma? What is said to be adhibhuta, and who is said to be Adhidaiva? Who is Adhiyajna in the body and how is He the Adhiyajna? O Krishna, how are You to be known at the time of death by those of steadfast mind?
The Lord said: Brahman is supreme, imperishable. Its essential nature is called Adhyatma (Self-knowledge); the act of sacrifice that causes the birth of beings is named karma (action).
~ Gita 8.1-3
Three questions are answered in this verse.
First, what is Brahman? The Supreme and the imperishable is Brahman. Two attributes are mentioned here – supreme (Paramam) and imperishable (Aksharam).
There is nothing other than or superior to Brahman. The One above and beyond which there is nothing else is Brahman. Brahman is imperishable, deathless. Since it is deathless it cannot be said to be born.
The whole universe is constantly changing and going through the process of creation and dissolution in an endless chain. Birth and death is the law of nature, and there is only One that is birthless and deathless and that is Brahman.
To the second question – ‘What is Adhyatma?‘- the answer given is nature (svabhava). One’s nature is svabhava (i.e.) the real Self of man, distinct from the superimposed body, mind, and senses. Out of ignorance, man thinks that he is the body and the mind, and that is his reall nature. It is an error. When knowledge dawns, one knows that he is the Self, Atma, uncontaminated by the body, mind, and the senses. So long as man identifies himself with the elements, which are subject to change and death, he cannot be happy. True happiness is only in the Self, pure, perfect, and imperishable.
The third question is ‘What is Karma?’ The answer is ‘an act of sacrifice’, which is the cause of the birth of beings. This is yajna. By yajna, rains are produced, from rains food is produced and from food all beings are born. In charity (Dana), wealth is sacrificed. Service to mankind in any form is an act of sacrifice. This also is Yajna, and it leads to Moksha. | 261 |
| 20 | Formal worship drops away after the vision of God. It was thus that my worship in the temple came to an end. I used to worship the Deity in the Kali temple. It was suddenly revealed to me that everything is Pure Self. The utensils of worship, the altar, the door-frame—all Pure Self.
Men, animals, and other living beings — all Pure Self. Then like a madman I began to shower flowers in all directions. Whatever I saw I worshipped.
“One day, while worshipping Siva, I was about to offer a bel-leaf on the head of the image, when it was revealed to me that this Virat, this Universe, this self itself is Siva.
~ Kathamrita, Sri Paramahamsa Ramakrishna | 226 |
