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Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya!
Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya!
Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!

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Standing Like A Rock, No Matter What Comes
by Sri Swami Chidananda

The great sages of the past discovered the Supreme Reality. It is the one Being that is eternally present. It is That which is beyond sense perceptions, and which is the depth of your own consciousness. They did not give It any particular name; they only said that it is "That" or Tat. That alone exists; That alone is. It is eternal existence. They said that you are no different from That. The quote in Sanskrit is Tat twam asi, or "Thou art That."

However, the sum totality of the knowledge concerning all things in this material physical universe is comprehended only through the senses. These phenomena, like the flitting shadows upon a cinema screen, come and go, but they are made possible because of the presence of the screen. Without the substratum of the screen, it would be impossible to project any pictures. The screen was there even before the projection of the movie started, it is present throughout the showing, and it remains when the show is over. It alone persists even when the shadow play is finished. But no one ever thinks of that silent screen in the cinema theatre; everyone is interested only in the shadow play. However, that screen is the true Reality, while the pictures are only a play of shadows. The great sages said that the Reality is not the same as this passing show and that it is none of what you have known up till now through the senses.

What is the basis of human experiences? Do these experiences really exist outside of you? Have they got an independent existence apart from you? Now let us make it more concrete. Your joys and your sorrows—do these things exist in this world outside of you? Who makes you happy, and who makes you weep? Can you point the finger at someone or something and say, "This is the cause of my happiness, and this is the cause of my sorrow?" This finger pointing is what we all do. We all think we are all wonderful and innocent people, but it is this world outside that puts us through the mill. We are always bothered by this unjust world that gives us such an unfair deal, and we try to find the causes of our unhappiness in the outer things.

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• Commentary on the Kathopanishad - Discourse 7: The Method of Yoga

 

Yours in the service of Gurudev,

Pannirselvam

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Commentary on the Mundaka Upanishad
by Sri Swami Krishnananda

We are delighted to bring our new publication ‘Commentary on the Mundaka Upanishad’ by Worshipful Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj.

Saunaka, the great householder, questioned Rishi Angiras, Kasmin Bhagavo vijnaate sarvamidam vijnaatam bhavati iti: O Bhagavan, what is that which being known, all this—the entire phenomena, experienced through the mind and the senses—becomes known or really understood?

The Mundaka Upanishad presents an elaborate answer to this important philosophical question, and also to all possible questions implied in the one original essential question.

Worshipful Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj gave a verse-by-verse commentary on this most significant and sacred Upanishad in August 1989. The insightful analysis of each verse in Sri Swamiji Maharaj’s inimitable style makes the book a precious treasure for all spiritual seekers.

For more information, please see: Commentary on the Mundaka Upanishad

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SERVICE OF THE SICK: One night, in the winter of 1949, the Master came out of the Bhajan hall after the night Satsang.

“Did you take the temperature of Sri Balammal in the evening?” he questioned an Ashram worker. The latter replied in the negative.

The Master at once went to the patient’s room. And he did not depart from there until every minute detail in connection with the patient’s requirements was attended to.

He then explained, “Put yourself in the patient’s place. That is the best way to ensure attention to the minutest detail. If you consider that you are the doctor, you might neglect some things. What are all the items you would require? See that all these are available to the patient. You must enter into the patient’s spirit. That is the meaning of real service.”

And he went on to instruct, “There must be a bed-pan. This is most important, especially in the case of aged patients like this lady. There should be a light, matches, water in a bucket and a glass. All these things should be neatly arranged in the room so that the patient can reach out for them without much difficulty. You should pay very great attention to the arrangement of the bed. Even the slightest carelessness in this regard will deprive the patient of Nature’s most beneficial and powerful remedy—sleep. A haphazard making of the bed won’t do. What would be a mild discomfort to a healthy man would be an unbearable horror to a sick man. Bear this in mind always.”

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"We do not want sorrow and pain; we want happiness and joy. That is what everyone is seeking. All your experiences are created by yourself. You can unmake your own misery; you can make your own happiness. This is the truth. Ponder this truth again and again. If you refuse to allow anything in this world to affect you, then already you have guaranteed what will happen to you and what will not happen to you." - Swami Chidananda

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