1.Even the boundless ocean can be drunk by one with ease. Huge mountains can be plucked from the face of the earth easily. The flames of a huge conflagration can be swallowed without any difficulty. But controlling the mind is far more difficult than all these. Therefore, if one succeeds in overwhelming the mind, one achieves the awareness of the soul. This success can result only when one undergoes many ordeals and denials. The bliss that is the result of this effort is the highest kind of happiness.
2.The awareness of Brahman (God) cannot be won by the accumulation of wealth or even by giving away of riches. Nor can it be achieved by reading texts, rising to power, acquiring degrees and diplomas, or performing scriptural sacrifices and rituals. The body is an anthill, with the mind inside the cavity. The mind has hidden in it, the serpent named ajnana (ignorance). This serpent cannot be killed by resorting to kamya karma (pleasurable activities). Jnana (spiritual wisdom) is the only weapon that can kill the serpent of ignorance. That person alone who has faith can secure this spiritual wisdom
3.You must know that there is no end to the incarnations that God takes. He has come down on countless occasions. Sometimes He comes with a part of His glory, sometimes for a particular task, sometimes to transform an entire era of time, an entire continent of space, sometimes with a fuller equipment of splendour. The drama enacted by the Lord and the devotees drawn towards Him is the subject matter of Bhagavatha (stories on the Glory of God). Listening to these stories promotes the realization of God. Many sages have testified to its efficacy and extolled the Glory of God, and they helped to preserve it for posterity.
4.On account of the impact of the external objects on the senses of perception, one experiences pleasure and mistakes it to be nectar. But over time, the pleasure initially mistaken as nectar turns into bitter and unpleasant poison. This type of happiness is Rajasic happiness. If one welcomes Rajasic sensory pleasure, one’s strength, awareness, intelligence to achieve the four human goals of Dharma (Right Action), Artha (Wealth), Kaama (Righteous Desire) & Moksha (Liberation) are weakened; one’s interest and aspiration to attain divine bliss declines.
2.The awareness of Brahman (God) cannot be won by the accumulation of wealth or even by giving away of riches. Nor can it be achieved by reading texts, rising to power, acquiring degrees and diplomas, or performing scriptural sacrifices and rituals. The body is an anthill, with the mind inside the cavity. The mind has hidden in it, the serpent named ajnana (ignorance). This serpent cannot be killed by resorting to kamya karma (pleasurable activities). Jnana (spiritual wisdom) is the only weapon that can kill the serpent of ignorance. That person alone who has faith can secure this spiritual wisdom
3.You must know that there is no end to the incarnations that God takes. He has come down on countless occasions. Sometimes He comes with a part of His glory, sometimes for a particular task, sometimes to transform an entire era of time, an entire continent of space, sometimes with a fuller equipment of splendour. The drama enacted by the Lord and the devotees drawn towards Him is the subject matter of Bhagavatha (stories on the Glory of God). Listening to these stories promotes the realization of God. Many sages have testified to its efficacy and extolled the Glory of God, and they helped to preserve it for posterity.
4.On account of the impact of the external objects on the senses of perception, one experiences pleasure and mistakes it to be nectar. But over time, the pleasure initially mistaken as nectar turns into bitter and unpleasant poison. This type of happiness is Rajasic happiness. If one welcomes Rajasic sensory pleasure, one’s strength, awareness, intelligence to achieve the four human goals of Dharma (Right Action), Artha (Wealth), Kaama (Righteous Desire) & Moksha (Liberation) are weakened; one’s interest and aspiration to attain divine bliss declines.
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