189 - Mental Purity through spiritual disciplines | Swamini Ma Gurupriya

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In this Satsang, Ma speaks about the pursuit of a seeker of Truth. Referring to various scriptures, she says that a sincere seeker must be diligently devoted to the practice of Yama and Niyama. He must also have a discriminating intelligence which will help him assess whether he is proceeding in the right path. Only when a Sadhaka is endowed with discrimination and is regular in his spiritual practices and routines, his mind will become tranquil and calm.
The Yama disciplines are Ahimsa (Non-hurting), Satya (Truthfulness), Asteya (non-stealing), Brahmacharya (Celibacy) and Aparigraha (Non-acceptance of gifts). A spiritual aspirant must understand and practice them in such a way that he is constantly connected to the Ultimate Truth. He must have a deeper understanding that Ahimsa is seeing the same Self in every being, Satya is being constantly established in the Truth, Asteya is renouncing all kinds of desires, Brahmacharya is constantly dwelling in Brahman and Aparigraha is having no desires.
Niyama disciplines are Shaucham (mental and physical purity), Santosha (contentment), Tapas (Austerity), Svaadhyaya (Introspection on the Truth) and Ishwara Pranidhana (Surrender). Ma says ‘Ishwara Pranidhana’ means simply surrendering to the Supreme. It is like becoming a small child in the lap of its mother. It is taking complete refuge in the Supreme Consciousness or the Divine, with the conviction that the Supreme is designing and sustaining everything and one is just an instrument in His hands.
A seeker must always assess whether his mind is desire-free and is taking him towards the Oneness behind all the plurality. He must try and cultivate more and more Sattva Guna, which will bring about calmness and unaffectedness. He must ensure that he does not become complacent. Instead, there should be regular introspection to assess whether the intensity in Sadhana is growing or not.
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Verses chanted during the talk:
स्वामिन्नमस्ते नतलोकबन्धो कारुण्यसिन्धो पतितं भवाब्धौ ।
मामुद्धरात्मीयकटाक्षदृष्ट्या ऋज्व्यातिकारुण्यसुधाभिवृष्ट्या ॥
svāmin-namaste nata-loka-bandho kāruṇya-sindho patitaṃ bhavābdhau |
mām-uddharātmīya-kaṭākṣa-dṛṣṭyā ṛjvyātikāruṇya-sudhābhivṛṣṭyā ||
Vivekacūḍāmaṇiḥ 35
ज्ञानस्वरूपं निजभावयुक्तमानन्दमानन्दकरं प्रसन्नम् ।
योगीन्द्रमीड्यं भवरोगवैद्यं श्रीमद्गुरुं नित्यमहं नमामि ॥
jñāna-svarūpaṃ nija-bhāvayuktam-ānandam-ānandakaraṃ prasannaṃ |
yogīndram-īḍyaṃ bhava-roga-vaidyaṃ śrīmad-guruṃ nityam-ahaṃ namāmi ||
Guru Gītā 114
नित्याय सत्याय चिदात्मकाय नव्याय भव्याय परात्पराय ।
शुद्धाय बुद्धाय निरञ्जनाय नमोऽस्तु नित्यं गुरुशेखराय ॥
nityāya satyāya cidātmakāya navyāya bhavyāya parātparāya |
śuddhāya buddhāya nirañjanāya namo'stu nityaṃ guruśekharāya ||
Guru Gītā 326
यमेषु निरतो यस्तु नियमेषु च यत्नतः ।
विवेकिनस्तस्य चित्तं प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥
yameṣu nirato yastu niyameṣu ca yatnataḥ ।
vivekinastasya cittaṃ prasādamadhigacchati ॥
Sarva Vedanta Siddhanta Sara Sangraha 364
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ॥
ahiṃsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ॥
Patanjali Yogasutra 2.30
शौचसन्तोषतपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि नियमाः ॥
śaucasantoṣatapaḥsvādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni niyamāḥ ॥
Patanjali Yogasutra 2.32
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति ।
भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया ॥
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hṛddeśe'rjuna tiṣṭhati ।
bhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā ॥
Bhagavad Gita 18.61
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते ।
इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः ॥
ahaṃ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṃ pravartate ।
iti matvā bhajante māṃ budhā bhāvasamanvitāḥ ॥
Bhagavad Gita 10.8
सम्पूर्णं जगदेव नन्दनवनं सर्वेऽपि कल्पद्रुमाः
गाङ्गं वारि समस्तवारि निवहाः पुण्याः समस्ताः क्रियाः ।
वाचः प्राकृतसंस्कृताः श्रुतिशिरो वाराणसी मेदिनी
सर्वावस्थितिरस्य वस्तुविषया दृष्टे परब्रह्मणि ॥
sampūrṇaṃ jagadeva nandana-vanaṃ sarve'pi kalpadrumāḥ
gāṅgaṃ vāri samasta-vāri nivahāḥ puṇyāḥ samastāḥ kriyāḥ |
vācaḥ prākṛta-saṃskṛtāḥ śrutiśiro vārāṇasī medinī
sarvāvasthitirasya vastu-viṣayā dṛṣṭe parabrahmaṇi ||
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