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May the Lord bestow on you Vairagya, Viveka and inner spiritual strength to control the
senses and enter into Samadhi.
7. Conquest of Mind
1. The mind can be controlled by Abhyasa and Vairagya. Abhyasa is constant effort to fix
the mind on God or Atman. Vairagya is dispassion or non-attachment to sensual objects.
2. Enquire Who am I? Do Vichara. Do mental Japa of Om and meditate on Atman. All
thoughts will die by themselves. You will rest in Sat-chit-ananda Atman.
3. Sit alone and watch the Vrittis of the mind. Be indifferent. Remain as a Sakshi. Do not
identify yourself with the Vrittis. The mind will come under your control.
4. Destroy the fuel of desire; the fire of thought will be extinguished. With the annihilation
of Sankalpa, the reality of Brahman will shine.
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5. Cultivate Divine qualities such as friendliness, mercy, gladness and indifference towards
happiness, pain, virtue and vice. You will get peace of mired.
6. Do not think of the past. Do not plan for the future. Do not allow the mind to build images.
Live in the solid present.
7. Do a thing which the mind does not want to do. Do not do a thing which the mind wants to
do.
8. Do not try to fulfil your desires. Do not hope. Do not expect anything. Destroy the vicious
desires through virtuous desires and destroy the virtuous desires also through one strong desire for
liberation.
9. Practice of Pranayama destroys Rajas and Tamas; make the mind steady and one-pointed.
10. Study of religious books, Tapas, charity and Satsanga with Mahatmas, Sadhus and
Sannyasins overhauls worldly vicious Samskaras and paves a long way in the control of mind.
11. Japa of any Mantra and Upasana destroy the impurities of the mind, make the mind
inward, induce Vairagya, help concentration and eventually lead to control of mind and attainment
of God-consciousness.
12. Kalau Kesava-kirtanat. In this Kali Yuga the easiest way for controlling the mind and
attaining Moksha is Kirtan or singing the Name of the Lord.
13. Food has influence over mind. Sattvic food (milk, fruits, etc.) calms the mind. Rajasic
food (meat, alcohol, etc.) excites the mind. Take Sattvic food. Have Mitahara (moderation in diet).
14. Destroy evil habits by establishing new good habits. Control the lower instinctive mind
through the higher Sattvic mind.
15. Constant selfless service with Atma Bhava is highly efficacious in purifying and
controlling the mind.
16. Do not wrestle or struggle with the mind. Be regular in your concentration and
meditation. May Peace, Joy, Bliss and Immortality abide in you for ever and ever! Om Santi, Santi,
Santih!
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VEDANTA
CHAPTER V
VEDANTA
1. Gist of Vedanta
1. The Veda exclaims from time immemorial: Ekam sat viprah bahudha
vadanti Existence is one; Sages call It by different names Rig-Veda I-164-46. God, Brahman
Allah, Isvara, Jehova, Ahurmazda, etc., are one. I offer my worship to that Supreme Being, One
Eternal homogeneous essence, indivisible mass of bliss and intelligence whom sages describe in
a variety of ways through diversity of intellect.
2. Vedanta is the religion of the Upanishads. It is the property of all. It has no quarrel with
any religion whatsoever. It preaches universal principles. It inculcates the idea of that universal
religion which is the fountainhead of all the religions of the world. It unites all. It shows the easy
means to attain the Eternal Happiness, Peace and Bliss, the goal of human existence.
3. The fundamental principles of Sri Sankara s system of Vedanta are beautifully
summarised in the following couplet: I express in half a verse what has been said in crores of
books: Brahman is real; the world is phenomenal (unreal); and the soul (Jiva) is none else than
Brahman.
4. Realisation of the identity of the individual soul with the Supreme Soul eradicates totally
the miseries born of the relative existence and removes the veil of ignorance in the individual soul.
This realization can come by meditation or the right enquiry into: Who am I? What is this
universe? What is Atman or Soul? What is the relation between individual soul and the Supreme
Soul? Whence have I come? Whither will I go?
5. Self is pure, eternal, unchanging, Immortal, Self-luminous, Infinite and all-pervading. He
is Bliss Absolute. But the body is impure, changing, perishable, insentient and finite. It is composed
of flesh and bones. And yet the ignorant man equates the two. Can there be any ignorance worse
than this?
6. The eye cannot perceive Him. The mind cannot reach Him. The gross worldly intellect
cannot grasp Him. The speech cannot describe Him. The speech returns back along with the mind,
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