In plain words
God is not in some country. He is not on some mountain. He is not in some Vaikuṇṭha, Kailāsa or heaven. One's own heart is the sacred temple. The man who tries to turn his outward vision into inward vision is the one who is truly blessed. Only one who has gained that blessedness attains Mokṣa. Until then, delusion does not leave this man. As long as there is delusion, Mokṣa is not gained. Mokṣa is not some special place. ‘Mohakṣayaṃ mokṣaṃ’, it was said. Delusion keeps growing stronger only through the outward vision. On the day a man cultivates the inward vision, the restlessness called outward vision subsides. Yet man today does many sādhanas. He enters upon the nine paths. But whatever paths he enters upon, he cannot recognise the truth that the place he is to reach, the place he is to experience, the place he is to enjoy, is in himself.
All outward sādhanas bring only passing joy!
All outward sādhanas bring joy only for the moment! When bhajans are sung, there is joy for as long as you are listening. As soon as the bhajan ends, the joy stops too. The joy that comes from these outward acts stays outward. It is not that bhajans should not be sung. Whatever sādhana we do, we must make the effort needed to turn it inward. People do japa, they do dhyāna. All of this belongs to the body, not to the heart. Every man does all his sādhana through the mind. The mind is not steady: ‘Cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇā pramādi balavadṛḍhaṃ.’ Greatly wavering, greatly dangerous, greatly stubborn is the mind. How can sādhana done with such a mind reach the heart? It gives a passing satisfaction and cools the heat that had entered into one. No sādhana brings lasting joy. Every sādhana is done outwardly! Those are the nine paths: