Friday, May 14, 2010

Ishwarbhav. This brings in its train a state of absolute lordliness in a God-realiser. He does find himself to be the lord of all he surveys. This is what is meant by Ishwarbhav, the lordliness of the realised saint. He is like a pinnacle. He stands alone to himself in his solitary greatness and with the power to do good whenever and wherever he likes.

(Page 190, The Bhagavadgita as a Philosophy of God Realisation, R D Ranade)

...Aurobindo emphasizes that our highest ideal ought to be to surrender ourselves to the Master of Existence which, according to him, consitutes the great finale of human achievement.
(Page 154, The Bhagavadgita as a Philosophy of God Realisation, R D Ranade)

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

A man who has reached God must show courage and valour in thought and action.

(Page 190, The Bhagavadgita as a Philosophy of God Realisation, R D Ranade)

..cardinal criterion of God-realisation, namely, Santi or peace. As we have seen elsewhere, Santi or peace and the bliss of God are interdependent and the two are perfected together. But the peace which follows upon the enjoyment of divine bliss is higher than the peace which precedes it.
(Page 190, The Bhagavadgita as a Philosophy of God Realisation, R D Ranade)

God-realisation also implies a complete sacrifice of all our possessions for the sake of God. This is really what is meant by Yajna . The sacrifice of all objects to God brings in its train the sacrifice involved in our dispassionately doing good to all fellow beings.
(Page 189, The Bhagavadgita as a Philosophy of God Realisation, R D Ranade)

बरा वोखटा सर्व संसार झाला।परी शेवटी काळमुखी निमाला।।
वरी चांगला अंतरि गोड नाही।तया मानवाचे जिणे व्यर्थ पाही॥
वरी चांगला अंतरि गोड आहे।तयालागी कोणीतरी शोधिताहे॥

-समर्थ रामदास स्वामी

॥ श्रीहरिः ॥

लागोनियां पायां विनवितोँ तुम्हांला ।
करेँ टाळी बोला मुखें नाम ॥
विठ्ठल विठ्ठल म्हणा वेळोवेळां ।
हा सुखसोहळा स्वर्गीं नाहीँ ॥
सकळांसीं येथें आहे अधिकार ।
कलियुगीँ उद्धार हरिनामेँ ॥
तुका म्हणे नामापाशीँ चा-ही मुक्ति ।
ऐसें बहु ग्रंथी बोलियेलेँ ॥

Pandurang Kanti - Kanada wo Vitthalu - Sant Dnyaneshwar abhang

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