The Chinmaya Mission Pledge
We stand as one family, bound to each other, with love and respect. We serve as an army, courageous and disciplined, ever ready to fight against, all low tendencies and false values, within and without us. We live honestly the noble life of sacrifice and service, producing more than what we consume, and giving more than what we take. We seek the Lord’s Grace to keep us on the path of virtue, courage and wisdom. May Thy grace and blessings flow through us to the world around us. We believe that the service of our country is the service of the Lord of Lords, And the devotion to the people is the devotion to the Supreme Self. We know our responsibilities, give us the ability and the courage to fulfill them. OM TAT SAT For explanation on Pledge, read |
Om Narayana Smriti Gangotri It is several days since your letter arrived at Uttarkashi and was duly received. My custom is to spend the chaturmasya period at Gangotri. Perhaps you know Gangotri is the source of the Ganga, quite close to the Tibetan border. It is some days since I arrived at Gangotri from Uttarkashi. The remoteness of the region from the humdrum plains, my natural indifference to external activities such as writing letters, if for such and similar reasons, letters from here are delayed, don’t get worried; don’t feel surprised. Be assured it is not for lack of love. The liking for spiritual practices and exercises therein should show steady progress. The ways of the mind should be watched and tested from time to time. One must check up and see every year, every month, every day how far one’s exercises are fructifying, how far passions like love and hate and vain thoughts are subsiding and how much the mind delights in the thought of God. The main use of japa, dhyana and other modes of worship is to win God’s grace and the resulting purity of mind, purity of mind means the cleanness and peace of the mind on the cessation of its mischievous activities arising out of the attachment to the sensuous life. The more the mind gets purified, the more it delights in japa, dhyana etc. the more one’s spiritual exercises progress the more purified one’s mind gets. So, spiritual effort and mental purity should advance steadily hand in hand. When, as a result of long periods of sadhana, mind becomes clean, be sure realization of Self is not far. I am not writing at length. In my previous letter I have already dealt with the spiritual exercises to be attempted. Never forget God, that is, even in the giddy whirl of daily duties remember Him without a break. Writing to Smt. And Sri with affectionate good wishes, Swami Tapovanam
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