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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Success due to God or myself

    When there is a close harmony between the knowing intelligence and the willful mind, equally between the external body and senses, good and effective actions proceed and they bring about the desired outcome. Otherwise not. Whether you believe in God or not, does not matter. What is required is a conscientious striving.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Bhagavad Gita to overcome overwhelming emotions

    Nourishment for intelligence is Knowledge, for mind is emotions. So, you must develop good emotions – love, sympathy, sacrifice – for the mind, and elevate your intelligence with greater and greater Knowledge.

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    Ma Gurupriya

    Contentment is in the Mind

    वयमिह परितुष्टा वल्कलैस्त्वं दुकूलै:सम इव परितोषो निर्विशेषो विशेष: ।स तु भवतु दरिद्रो यस्य तृष्णा विशाला मनसि च परितुष्टे कोऽर्थवान् को दरिद्र: ।। vayamiha parituṣṭā valkalaistvaṁ dukūlaiḥ sama iva paritoṣo nirviśeṣo viśeṣaḥ |sa tu bhavatu daridro yasya tṛṣṇā viśālā manasi ca parituṣṭe ko'rthavān ko daridraḥ ||

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    Ma Gurupriya

    The Cause of Happiness and Misery

    नायं जनो मे सुखदुःखहेतु र्न देवतात्मा ग्रहकर्मकालाः। मनः परं कारणमामनन्ति संसारचक्रं परिवर्तयेद्यत्।। nāyaṁ jano me sukha-duḥkha-hetur-na devatātmā graha-karma-kālāḥ | manaḥ paraṁ kāraṇam-āmananti saṁsāra-cakraṁ parivartayed-yat ||

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    Ma Gurupriya

    Our True Nature

    आकाशवल्लेपविदूरगोहं
    आदित्यवद्भास्यविलक्षणोऽहम् ।
    अहार्यवन्नित्यविनिश्चलोऽहं
    अम्भोधिवत्पारविवर्जितोऽहम् ।।
    ākāśavallepavidūrago'haṁ
    ādityavadbhāsyavilakṣaṇo'ham |
    ahāryavannityaviniścalo'haṁ
    ambhodhivatpāravivarjito'ham ||

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    Ma Gurupriya

    The State of Fullness

    पूर्णे मनसि संपूर्णं जगत्सर्वं सुधाद्रवैः।
    उपानद्-गूढपादस्य ननु चर्मास्तृतैव भूः ॥

    pūrṇe manasi sampūrṇaṃ jagat-sarvaṃ sudhādravai: |
    upānad-gūḍhapādasya nanu carmāstṛtaiva bhū: ||

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Obstinacy

    Any obstinate note is a killing factor! It takes away peace; it takes away the blessedness; it takes away health; it destroys inner wealth; it destroys the person.

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    Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha

    Desirelessness

    We are born with an insufficiency or lack that makes us look for happiness. We are born with the delusion that something from the world will fulfil that lack, will make us happy.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Understanding Death

    Can you forestall your own death, and the resultant loss to your children? Why then construe unnecessary misery in what, through your father's death, has befallen your lot? Better wisdom lies in assimilating the event, understanding it in its own place, and developing a larger, deeper and higher mind and emotions.

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