--- In [email protected], hanumanhoffman9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
Good stuff! Thanks for posting this. > Jaya Guru Datta > From Sadguru Sukti Sangraha of Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji > http://www.sadguruseva.org/sss/sssMain.html > > Vaasanas (Predispositions)-Barrier to Liberation > > How bewildering is the ignorance of the deluded ones! They superimpose the non-self on > the self, and self on the non-self, such as body, mind and intellect. Forgetting their true > nature which is Sachichidananda, they indulge themselves in the worldly activities hoping > to obtain happiness. > > Without knowing that the Self is God and that it is uncaused, the deluded ones are given > to think that idols are God and hence worship them. Without understanding that the Self > is ever free, they undertake austerities and pilgrimages. By visiting and residing at holy > places, they think that they will achieve liberation. So long as one has identification with > the body, the above actions will be of no avail towards realization of the Self. > > In the spiritual culture, body-consciousness is also referred to as ignorance arising in the > form of vaasanas (tendencies) which are of three kinds: Deha vaasana, Shaastra vaasana > and Loka vaasana. Attributing the deha dharmas (characters of the body) on the Self, is > deha vaasana (I have achieved); vanity such as ÔI am a pundit Ð I have studied scripturesÕ, > is shaastra vasana, and attachment to the world believing it to be real, is loka vaasana. > > A seeker must realize that there will not be any mukti (liberation) as long as vaasanas are > present. Of the many means suggested by the scriptures for vaasana-kshya (extinction of > tendencies), constant and repeated remembrance of God (Daiva smarana) and Divya > naama sankeertana (singing the glories of God) are within the reach of all, and they can > be practiced with very little effort. Take to them in all earnestness to get rid of your > predispositions if you sincerely seek liberation. > - Sri Swamiji > Jai Guru Datta! > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Drugs Don't Discriminate. Get help for yourself or someone you know. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0I.OUB/ZbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
