Passage 10

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In plain words

tvamēva mātāca pitā tvamēva tvamēva bandhuśca sakhā tvamēva tvamēva vidyā draviṇaṃ tvamēva tvamēva sarvaṃ mama dēvadēva.

Going to the … state is itself guruship. Itē, for this śravaṇa, manana and nididhyāsana we must … certain bounds. We must do certain sādhanas. But as for taking refuge in your gurus for the sake of these sādhanas, the need … . You must develop within yourself the guruship that is eternal and true. What can a guru do … for one who has no aim? To think that we will reach the goal through gurus is mere delusion. Through your own strength, your own nature … , you have the chance to reach the goal. ‘Flowers, a needle and thread are there. Does the garland come about by itself? … there must be someone to string it, mustn't there? ‘A lamp-bowl, oil and a wick are there. Does the lamp's light come of itself?’ There must be … … to light it, mustn't there? Gold and gems are there; do jewels come into being by themselves? There mu… be one who makes them. Though your feelings are precious, the one who gathers and joins them together in every way and gives… … bliss is God alone. So, when you do the sādhanas you must do, and with the feeling of offering to God you perform ārā… … , God Himself goes on teaching you everything. Not only does He teach. He reveals Himself. … does not mean coming from somewhere, arriving somewhere and giving darśan. Wherever one looks, the one who is … : where is there for Him to go? Where is there to come? To one who says God is apart from himself, … came from somewhere. We think that He came somewhere and gave darśan. These are just the nature of petty feelin… … . God is everywhere. You yourself are God. Because of the … of this body, mind, senses and intellect, you are forgetting your own truth. It is you yourself who wrap this Māyā about you. You think that someone outside … plunges you into Māyā. Believing in the moving clouds, we think it is only the … that is moving. But it is the clouds that move. When we sit… … travelling in a train, the trees and hills seem to be moving away. No. No. … is within us ourselves. If one recognises oneself, one becomes one who has recognised everything. A …-made fault. It is by our own body that we are bound. We are … bound by our mind. So, understandi… … well this nature called the mind and the body, he himself becomes … .

Embodiments of …! What you must chiefly contemplate is just one thing. Ahaṃ baṣmismi. Take up the … mantra Ahaṃ brahmāsmi. You will surely turn into embodiments of Brahman. It is no use merely thinking in word… … ‘…Brahman, I myself am Brahman’. We must recognise the truth and live by it. What is, is one.