Talk On Vivek Chudamani

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

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at its highest tempo when one through steady and slow pursuit develops the above-mentioned qualities of a true seeker. By developing a capacity to discriminate between the Real and the unreal, when one has gained an easy control over oneself in renouncing that which is unreal, when one has, in his psychological make-up, cultivated by steady and conscious self-effort the qualities of self-control, tranquillity of the mind, inward peace, endurance, faith and mental poise, the aspirations in him gain an edge and an irresistible effectiveness.
In short, the four great qualities that have been enumerated now by Sankara, have got among themselves a relationship, so much so that having developed one, the others automatically come to flourish in the same bosom. Therefore, one who has got only a minimum share of aspirations or just a mediocre aspiration need not despair but is advised by the great Acharya to cultivate in himself the other abovementioned three qualities and he promises that the student shall come to experience more and more of the burning aspiration for the Highest.
The "Guru-grace-trick" has been a very lucrative profession in our country during recent years. The credulous public, who were themselves demanding the cheap methods for the highest gains, were made an easy prey by selfappointed Gurus in this sacred land. Gurudom had been a very big concern in recent times of our economic poverty. Without any investment, if a young man wants to make immense and quick gains, there can be no better profession than to become one of those unscrupulous Gurus in our country. The trade has come to such low depths that there are Gurus available now who can, through the nation's postal service, send to their distant disciples packets of grace and glory of curative strength and prosperity, of failureresisting-talisman and children-bearing seeds, or even of packets of God's own vermilion-glory! All these mind you, at a reasonable rate quoted ex-godown!! Sankara's statement here does not of course want such a free trade in ignominy.