Aspirants Guide

Author(s): Atmanandji Maharaj
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Sadhna Kendra Koba

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EQUANIMITY and violence and adopt a spirit of unity and friendship. The real aspirants who are inspired by the keen and pure desire to seek knowledge and bliss of the self, resort to their vicinity and company. There is no surprise, if they win eternal bliss. We, the ordinary people of the world, deserve only to take the dust of their feet on our heads with a spirit of great reverence.
GLORY OF EQUANIMITY
1. May my soul work hard to attain to a spirit of equanimity which is possible by abandoning attachment to the body and by becoming completely detached from all desires, passions and enjoyments.
2. All worldly desires get dissipated by resorting to the spirit of equanimity; ignorance vanishes and the mind comes under control. Let one therefore, be devoted to equanimity.
3. By resorting to the spirit of equanimity, one wins a firm and steady happiness, attains to the state of eternity and shatters all the bonds due to Karmas.
4. The Yogi who is steady and firm in equanimity, keenly feels that this world is mad, misguided, deluded and asleep.
5. The state of the soul, bereft of infatuation and agitation is the very secret of Supreme Reality; again it is only that which is called equanimity that can lead to liberation (Nirvana). The noblest souls therefore worship and take recourse in this equanimity which is of the nature of supreme righteousness and eternity.
LIVING EXAMPLES OF EQUANIMITY
(1) Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak was a lawyer and disciple of Mahatma Gandhi who significantly contributed in the freedom struggle of India. He was famous as a great patriot, scholar, and philanthropist. Utter devotion to the country, simplicity, modesty, religious learning, study of the scriptures and many other virtues made his life full of fragrance.
One day he was busy solving an important problem in his office. The solution was not easy because the problem was highly complex. Deep concentration was necessary. At home, his own son was critically ill. A servant arrived and told him that his son was in a critical condition and so he should run home. However, Tilak was busy with his work.
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