Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 4
In the scriptures, there are eight inward spiritual means to attain knowledge. These are —
Discrimination (viveka), consists in distinguishing, the real from the unreal. Renunciation of the unreal or having a disinclination for the world is called dispassion (vairagya). Deviation of the mind from the sense object is quietism (Sama). Control over the senses is darna. Reverence for God and the scriptures is called ppietyp (Sraddha). Total resignation from the - world, is 'Uparati'. Forbearance in the pairs of opposites such as heat and cold, is endurance (Titiksa). Freedom from doubt is composure (Samadhana). The desire for salvation, is called Mumuksuta. When desire for salvation, is aroused, a striver having _ renounced material objects and actions, goes to a learned God-realized preceptor. He hears the Vedantic texts, which remove his doubts, which is known as hearing ( Sravana). Then, he thinks of the reality, about God which is known cognition (Monona). If he holds that the world is real and God does not exist— this is an opposite conception. Removal of this contrary conception, is called constant and profound meditation (Nididhyasana). When, having renounced affinity for all material objects, one gets established in the self, it is called self-realization (tattvam padartha samsodhana).[1] In fact, all these spiritual disciplines are practised, in order to renounce the affinity for the unreal. That which is renounced, is not for one's own self, but the result of renunciation (God-realization), is for one's own self. |
References
- ↑ Those who hanker after worldly pleasures and prosperity hear the Vedantic texts, think over the sense-objects, have a constant and profound meditation on riches and attain pains and sorrows.