Self Realization

                                               Srimad Bhagavatam

The main purpose of spiritual practices is self control and perfection in meditation.

The body is a chariot.

The senses are its horses.

The vital energies are the wheels.

Virtue and vice are its spokes.

Objects of senses are the road.

The ego is the rider.

Anger, hatred, jealousy, sorrow, greed, delusion, pride and thirst for life are the enemies one meets along the road.

When the rider brings the horses and the reins in his control his heart becomes pure and he feels divine from within.

One should carefully cultivate the following virtues:

Truthfulness

Kindness

Forgiveness

Discrimination

Control of mind

Mastery over passions

Non violence

Continence

Charity

Frankness

Contentment

Devotion to spiritual teachers

Avoiding idle conversation

Seeking the highest truth

Seeing god in all

Human birth is the door through which one can attain upper or lower births according to one’s deeds.

It is human birth which is the door to self realization and liberation.

Man finds true happiness and bliss when he looks within and finds god.

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