Prasamrati Prakarana

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, Mahesh Bhogilal, V M Kulkarni
Publisher: Nita M Bhogilal & Others

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Prasamarati
Malaya mountain. The words that issue forth from it are like the soothing paste of sandal-wood that grows upon the mountain. When these words fall upon the ears of the disciple, they too, like the sandalwood paste, which when applied to the body, cools its perspiring high fever, soothe and calm the anxieties and torments that arise out of conduct contrary to the sacred and holy words.
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It is very difficult to repay the kind grace and gratitude of a mother, a father, a master and a Guru. The kind grace and gratitude of a Guru, is such that, it is rarely, and with the greatest of hardships, repaid in this life, or even in the future lives.
72,73,74. True humility results in the desire to hear the words of a Guru. The listening to the words of a Guru results in the garnering of knowledge. True knowledge results in withdrawing away from sinful activities. Such a withdrawal, in turn, results in the stoppage of the inflow of Karmas. This stoppage - Samvara (the stoppage of the inflow of Karmas) gives the strength of doing penance. Doing penance (with meditation, of course) leads to the shedding away of the Karmas that have become one with the Atman. This is called Nirjarā. This Nirjarā leads to the cessation of all inner, turbulent activites. The cessation, in turn, leads to what is called Yoga Nirodha i.e. the complete withdrawal of the self from the activites of mind, speech and body. This Yoga-Nirodha leads to the breakage of the chain of births and rebirths, and this breakage leads to Mokṣa the Ultimate Freedom.
All this is to say, that all these good achievements are based in true humility - Vinaya.
75. Some people, who do not have a trace of humility in themselves, are constantly disrespctful towards Gurus, learned men, and the Saints. They, having got a very little success in