In English
ASPECTS OF :
‘’ (the control of inner sense organs) is an important aspect of ; whereas is discipline. is sense restraint. ‘’ is another important aspect of . Whatever we take, we should take from good people, because the thoughts of the good people also exercise their impact. Hence, whatever we do, we should do with a sense of devotion, firmly established in the feeling that the Lord is everywhere. It is said in the , “.” When you pray to the Lord, “O Lord! Don’t you see my difficulties with your eyes?” God responds only with His two eyes, and His two eyes will present themselves where the devotee has uttered his prayer. When the devotee prays, “O Lord! Don’t you listen to my prayers?” the Lord responds only with His two ears, and these two ears will present themselves where the devotee uttered his prayer. When he prays, “O Lord! why don’t you be with me and rid me of my difficulties?” The Lord responds and one can hear the footfalls of the Lord. The Lord manifests Himself in different ways according to the prayers of His devotees. There is a chapter in the Sutra which speaks about the offering of different limbs to the Lord. But the modern devotees make a mockery of this. They say, “I offer my eye to You, O Lord!” But they touch their eye with a flower and throw it at the idol. Similarly they pray “O Lord! I offer my ear to you.” They then touch their ear with the flower and throw it at the idol. People only make lip service but they do not follow what they say. The two prayers made by the devotees, call for the control of the ear and the control of the eye. Even while is speaking, the people do not pay proper attention to His words. Their eyes are on , but their thoughts are somewhere else. That is why it is said: