In plain words
The aṅga. What is the saṅga in the aṅga? They are none other than kāma, krodha, lobha, mada and mātsarya. Within this saṅga dwells a jaṅgama. He himself is the embodiment of the Ātma. That jaṅgama itself is the liṅga. He brings everything to its end. So everything is right within us. The whole universe is right within us. You travel wanting to see the universe, but that is great madness. Whatever place you go to, buildings may change, people may change, circumstances may change, but what is within you will never change. What is it that you see in the world? What is there outside? When you go outside, all the outer sights look grand. When they are far away, everything looks smooth. Distant hills are smooth, they said. Go near, and they are nothing but round rocks and boulders. There is no smoothness anywhere. Because they are far away, people think everything is like that. Only when you come near can you recognise what is real. Through the feeling that it is far away, you are going mad.
Heaven and Hell Are Within You
Vaikuṇṭha is not somewhere far away, Kailāsa is not somewhere far away, heaven is not somewhere far away: these three are in your heart itself.
One's own joy is heaven, one's own sorrow is hell, they say.
You say one's own sorrow is hell; you say one's own joy is heaven. There is no separate heaven, no separate hell. That is to say, people say that one will go to hell, so that faults may not arise. There is no hell at all. Both of them alike are in the mind itself. The ways of the mind alone are the cause of these joys and sorrows. Where does your sorrow come from? It is only the reaction of your own conduct. It is its resound, it is its reflection. Resound, reflection, reaction: it is the reflections of these three that lie in our heart. The Buddha did sādhana in many ways. He kept vows for many years. At long last, one day, He opened His eyes and looked. “Oho! Today I have caught the thief,” He said. Who is the thief! This mind itself is the thief.