Post on 03-Jan-2016
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Gunarchana
An offering of our inner qualities
at the Lotus Feet of our Dear Lord
Sathyam Truth
Sarva bhoota daya Compassion
Kshama Forgiveness
Tapah Penance
Shanti Peace
Dhyaana Meditation
NonviolenceAhimsa
Indriya nigraham Sense Control
Focus of the month
Month 1
Ahimsa (Nonviolence)
*****************not causing any harm to any being
either through
thought, word or deed
Ponder on:
Why we have been blessed with the sense organs?
Using each sense organ only for its true purpose
Focus of the month
Month 2
Indriya Nigraham (Sense Control)
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Use discrimination
And understand
What is truly right and what is truly wrong
Focus of the month
Month 2
Indriya Nigraham (Sense Control)
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Focus of the month
Month 3
Sarva Bhoota Daya (Compassion)
*****************It is a direct measure of:
How connected we are with
another individual or nature in general
It is the understanding of:
The emotional state of another
Focus of the month
Month 3
Sarva Bhoota Daya (Compassion)
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Compassion happens when:
Love to help becomes Mobile and Flowing
Focus of the month
Month 3
Sarva Bhoota Daya (Compassion)
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Focus of the month
Month 3
Sarva Bhoota Daya (Compassion)
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Remind ourselves:• Same spark of Divinity flows through all the objects of the Universe
How can we develop Compassion?
Focus of the month
Month 4
Kshama (forbearance)
*****************
Kshama is Everything in the World
The greatest power for a human being
Helps to get along and work with others
Kshama (forbearance)
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Forgiveness
KindnessTolerancePatience
True & Selfless Love
Know no Hatred
Tranquility
Equanimity
Harmony
Understanding
Live Together
Compassion
Contentment
Peace
Sympathy
Self Restraint
Focus of the month
Month 5
Shanthi (Peace)
*****************
An ornament
It is a state of mind of calmness and awareness
Everyone’s principal treasure
Where is Peace?Within Us
It is our real nature
How can we find this Peace within us?Control of Senses
Seva/Service
Shanthi (Peace)
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We can move from the feeling of:Happiness bringing Peace,
to, Peace bringing Happiness
Focus of the month
Month 6
Tapas (Penance)
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The Heat that ends the activities of the sense
Means, the Heat
Heat that reduces our Karma
Heat that burns our Sins
Focus of the month
Month 6
Tapas (Penance)
*****************Is:
a Sadhana; a Discipline; a Spiritual exercise
For:
the realization of the SELF
Tapas (Penance)
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To achieve this goal:
Do we need to:
& Meditate in certain postures?
Live in the forest, living on fruits and tubers
No, No, No
Tapas (Penance)
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To achieve this goal:
Have Pure Thoughts,
Have Pure Actions
Have Pure Speech
Yes, Yes, Yes
Tapas (Penance)
***************
Thought, Speech and Action
Need to be coordinated
Do by compulsion?
No, No, No,
Tapas (Penance)
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Coordinate
Thought, Speech and Action
For the contentment of the Self
For satisfying our Inner Yearnings
Yes, Yes, Yes
Focus of the month
Month 7
Dhyaana (Meditation)*****************
Real Meditation is ….
Getting absorbed
in God as the only thought,
the only Goal
Dhyaana (Meditation)***************
- Directing love on to the name and form of the Lord, without interruption
- constant thinking of the Lord in whatever we do. Even performing your duty can be Dhyaana
- constant awareness that He is the indweller of all
- Cultivating love for the Lord has great potentialities
- to avoid lower desires and to develop higher values
- When and where the mind desires, then and there is the time and place
- No fixed time or place for meditation on God
- A general, whole time effort of the mind
WHAT IS REAL DHYAANA :
WHEN & WHERE:
WHY:
Dhyaana (Meditation)***************
HOW:
Three methods of Dhyaana
2) Jyoti/light
(felt and seen)
Light denoting that Divinity never diminishes
1) Japa/Chant
(felt, seen, heard)
Chanting your favourite name of the Lord
in front of the Image of the Lord
3) Natural breath
(felt not seen)
the inward path
Focus of the month
Month 8
Sathyam (Truth)*****************
Swami has been guiding us to realize that
Truth does not change with time
And He has shown us various ways to realize
What the Eternal Truth is
Sathyam (Truth)***************
We consider Truth to be of 3 kinds:
Prathibhasika Sathya: the reality one experiences in a state of
dreaming.
Paramarthika Sathya: The absolute, Eternal reality that is present everywhere and at all times. The highest end of all.
Vyavaharika Sathya: the empirical reality. Based on the fact
that many have experienced it, and hence accepted as true.
But, the reality check is…..
There is one and only Truth.
The Eternal, Absolute, Spiritual Truth.
Something beyond what we perceive as Truth
Sathyam (Truth)***************
- The mind
What prevents us from experiencing the Truth?
How can we address the mind?
How can we recognize the only Absolute Truth?- Swami says we need not make any special efforts.
- Just 11 seconds of contemplation on Truth
- Inquiry into one’s own Reality.
- Just 11 seconds are enough to realize the Eternal Truth
- Develop an Inner and Outer Discipline
- Adhere to what is True in Thought, Word, and Deed.
- Follow your conscience, the principle of Truth
- Have a deep and persistent yearning to realize the inherent Divinity, the Truth