Krodha and kaama

17 March 1966, Mumbai

Professor Kasturi's English.

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is the mother of , who knew his identity with the Universal from the moment of his birth; of , who from the day he lisped uttered the Name of ; of , who had the unique Adhwaithic Realisation even while a boy; and a , who mastered the intricacies of even while in his teens. She is the mother of heroes like , who gambolled with lion cubs, who could wield his undefeatable bow, in either hand; of , who faced fearful odds to fulfil the smallest wish of his . Among her children, we have men like , and who are shining examples of the spirit of renunciation and women like , and who are brilliant stars in the firmament of virtue. No wonder India rose to the position of the of the Globe, the Teacher of all Humanity. This heritage is fast being forgotten and India started a journey away from her legitimate direction. Man, according to this ancient teaching, is not simply a co-ordinated collection of limbs, senses and sensations. He is all these, governed by intelligence, sharpened by the modes and memories earned through many births. That intelligence itself is an instrument with a limited range of efficiency; there are many goals which it cannot achieve. These can be reached only by the descent of Grace and Power from above. Complete surrender of the ego to that Power will bring it down, fill you with itself.

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Develop a pure unsullied mind to get peace was capable of that surrender and so he was accepted and assured quickly. It took much longer to reach that stage, for he had some personal aims to realise, through and his faith in him was clogged by doubts. Has he the skill he professes to possess? Can he kill such a formidable adversary as ? He surrendered to only when his doubts were cleared.

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Speaking of the , you will notice that there are two little incidents, centred round two minor characters, which sparked off the entire epic: the resentment of and the lust of - and . In the , the life-epic of each of you, beware of these two, (anger) and (desire); a tiny spark of each is enough to destroy peace and joy. Weed them out, before they destroy you. The (extinction of the mind) - with all its likes and dislikes, its flowing out into the objective world in search of joy - can be effected, if the senses are rendered ineffective. Then, like the faggots on which the corpse is cremated, in the process of cremation, the corpse as well as the faggots both become ashes. Sensory activity is the warp as well as the woof of the mind; when that ceases, the mind vanishes. It starves and dies. To get and you must develop a pure unsullied mind, unsullied by egoism and its pro-geny - lust, greed, envy, anger, hatred and the rest. For this, you must seek (good company), perform (good deeds), entertain only (good thoughts) and read (good books). You may see a thousand good things or listen to a thousand good words or read a thousand good books - but, unless you put at least one into practice, the blemishes in the mirror of your heart will not be wiped off. The Lord cannot be reflected therein.

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Constant practice with full faith will transmute into , into (man into God); for is your real nature, is your real essence. You are but a wave of the sea; know it, and you are free.