In plain words
So the sun itself is journeying in this direction. So we too must turn our sight this way. It is for this very reason that Bhīṣma too waited 56 days for this time of Uttarāyaṇa. But what is its inner meaning? Īśvara is everywhere. “Īśvarassarvabhūtānāṃ,” they say. Why would He be in the Himālayas alone? Its inner meaning lies right in our heart. They call it Himācala. What does hima mean? Ice. What is Ice like? It is cold. Not only is it cold. It is like an acala. Besides, this Ice is white. What stays cold is Ice. What stays unmoving is a mountain. So they called it hima acala. Hima means our very heart. A sacred heart is itself the Himācala. A tranquil heart is itself the Himācala. It must be cool. Neither anger, nor burning, nor envy, nor arrogance must enter into it. A heart that is perfect, pure, tranquil and unwavering is itself the Himācala. So Himācala means: there Īśvara dwells. You need not go travelling off somewhere. In your citta, steady, calm and sacred, in this stainless citta, God dwells.
Make What Is Hard to Reach Easy to Reach
So when you turn your sight inward, that itself becomes the Himācala. If whenever you look it is moving, moving, moving, how can this become acala? It will be a moving heart. A moving heart is not the Himācala. An impure heart is not the Himācala. A tranquil heart is the Himācala. A heart that is tranquil, sacred, stainless, still and unmoving is itself the Himācala. So students must try to recognise such things well.
Not the slightest spiritual thinking arises in today's students. Parents too do not recognise this matter. Teachers too do not inquire into it.