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A story told by Sai Baba: Every action has consequences Premachand is an eminent and well-known Hindi writer. Both of his sons studied in Allahabad, and he and his wife lived in a small town north of Allahabad. One day he and his wife happened to go to a southern city for business and as the train passed through Allahabad, they decided to meet their sons. And they wrote to their sons to meet them at the station. The train stopped, and the husband and wife exited the train. They saw their sons running toward them. The eldest, before talking to his parents, respectfully touched their feet, and the youngest immediately began to chat lively. Parents asked how their health was and whether their studies were going well. Both answered that everything can't be better. When the train was about to move, the eldest son leaned down at his parents' feet again, while the youngest just waved his hand. Premachanda's wife just said that about sons and was very happy to see them. To her surp...

Meditation Yoga Chapter 6, Verse 1   śrī bhagavān uvāca  anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ  kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ  sa saṁnyāsī ca yogī ca  na nir-agnir-na cākriyaḥ   The Lord says: Whoever does the work to be done without attachment to its fruits, he is a sannyasin and a yogi, not the man who doesn’t light the sacrificial fire and doesn’t do works.   Here Lord Krishna says that a Karma Yogi who performs every sacrifice, with an attitude of surrender, keeping the mind, the body, and the soul focused on God, serving society, doing seva, and following what He teaches is a true yogi. He says that someone who practises Karma Yoga, who is working with the mind attached to the Lord, having renounced all the thoughts of the world, attains true knowledge of the Self and is regarded as a renunciate and as a yogi.    Then the Lord continues, saying, “...not the man who doesn’t light the sacrificial fire.” It is important to note that traditionally wh...

Karma Sanyasa Yoga  Chapter 5, Verse 29  bhoktāraṁ yajña tapasāṁ  sarva loka maheśvaram  suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ  jñātvā māṁ śāntim-ṛcchati   Knowing Me as the enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds, as the Friend of every being, one attains peace.  God is the Soul of all beings. Therefore, God Himself is present in the forms of the gods, the brahmins, the saints and the sages. The same God is present in the afflicted and the distressed. And it is He who receives the sacrifices, the service, and the worship of all.  Here the Lord refers to Himself as “the Friend of every being.” He is the ‘Dear One’ of the one who sees God within his own Self, the one who is conscious of the Divine presence everywhere, in everything that one does; who helps the afflicted, who does charity, who releases the suffering of others. He says, “Know that these ones are serving Me, the all-pervading.”  Jesus Christ ...

Karma Sanyasa Yoga  Chapter 5, Verses 27-28   sparśān kṛtvā bahir-bāhyān  cakṣuś-caivāntare bhruvoḥ  prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā  nāsābhyantara cāriṇau   yatendriya mano-buddhih  munir mokṣa parāyaṇaḥ  vigat-ecchābhaya krodho  yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ   Shutting out all external sense objects and concentrating the vision between the eyebrows, making the prana and the apana move equally within the nostrils, controlling the senses, the mind and the intellect, the sage devoted to liberation, who has discarded fear, desire, and anger, is ever free. The one whose mind is only concentrated on the external reality, dwelling on the sense objects and being charmed and delighted by them, stores those external experiences in his mind. And due to these images which constantly revolve in the mind, one after the other, attachments and desires become more and more intense. Then the mind is never free and depression arises. Memories of the past kee...

Karma Sanyasa Yoga Chapter 5, Verse 26   kāma krodha viyuktānāṁ  yatīnāṁ yata-cetasām  abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṁ  vartate viditātmanām   To those who are free from desire and anger, whose minds are controlled, who have attained self-mastery, who aspire for Realisation – the great Nirvana is close at hand.   The wise ones are completely “…free from desire and anger”. They have a perfectly controlled mind, which is focused on God. They have “…attained self-mastery” through meditation and yoga and are absorbed in the Self. In the eyes of the God-realised souls, there is only God who is the supreme reality.   “…the great Nirvana is close at hand.” They are in the state of supreme bliss. They perceive Brahman everywhere: here, there, in all directions, up, down, left, right, outside, inside. There is no place where Brahman doesn’t exist. They dive into the ocean of Brahman. They dive into the ocean of Narayana. For them, everywhere is just Narayana...