Talk On Vivek Chudamani

Author(s): Chinmayanand Swami
Publisher: Chinmay Publications Trust

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By discarding the clothes or starving oneself to a skinny existence; either by denying your body the necessities of its thriving or by giving an unnecessary pain to the mind, either by running away from life or by preserving oneself on inhuman diets in some solitary cave; either by living an animal's life open to the brutal climate or by breaking the body, in an effort to make it endure more discomforts--none of the above is true Titiksā. And yet, how many a blind seeker has foundered himself upon this rock of ignorance.
Titikṣā (power of endurance) is that fault of the mind which it maintains when intellectually it is governed by a tempo and a conviction which is complete and selfordained, divine and noble. When the intellect is fully convinced of its new values of life, of the sacredness of the Goal of Life that it has discovered for itself, thereafter in gaining it the mind smilingly faces all difficulties and obstacles. This capacity of the mind to accommodate cheerfully all its vicissitudes and suffer patiently any obstacles that might come on its way is called Titikșä.
शास्त्रस्य गुरुवाक्यस्य सत्यबुद्वयवधारणम् ।
सा. श्रद्धा कथिता सद्भिर्यया वस्तूपलभ्यते ॥२५॥ sāstrasya guruvākyasya satyabudhyavadhāranam sā śraddhā kathitā şadbhir yayā vastūpalabhayate 25.
शास्त्रस्य - Of the Scriptural texts, गुरुवाक्यस्य - of the words of the preceptor, 479 78979120H - understanding readily the exact import (of the above ), FT - that, tel. (as) faith, prerar - is told, A#: - by the wise, यया - by which, वस्तु - the real, उपलभ्यते • could be gained.
That is called the spirit of faith (Sraddha) by which an individual understands readily the exact import of the Scriptural texts as well as the pregnant words of advices of the preceptor by which alone the Reality of things becomes manifestly clear. .
As fifth of the great qualifications necessary for the healthy mind and intellect which alone can ensure a smooth and successful career on the path of spirituality, here we