Satsang 3 March 2021
Channel: Anandashram Kanhangad
Date: 2021-03-03

Swami Ranganathananda---JOYOUS ASCETISM...SHANKARA SAYS THE ONE WHO IS HAPPY WITHOUT WEALTH, WITHOUT HELPERS, AND WHO SEES ALL AS EQUALS, IS NO ORDINARY PERSON...THIS GREATNESS IS CALLED SPIRITUAL GREATNESS, ORDINARY GREATNESS CANNOT PRODUCE SUCH GREATNESS...this is the possibility hidden in all of us....


Swami Ranganathananda----That person has the steady wisdom who has no petty desires because he has realised that desire-fulfilment is nothing when compared to his own infinite self. ...Neither 5 rupees nor million rupees...How can you compare the infinite value of the Self which is my true nature...this knowledge comes after a long struggle of inward penetration...


Swami Ranganathananda---the highest maturity of the human mind is that it is not dragged by any desirable object outside...I have something infinite within me..what can these tinsels do to me...


When mo was sent to Papa , he sent it back...


When we are with the One who is Full, how can we think of having this and that...self-contented and self-contained...


We may not want to have anything more...but we will not be ready to part with what we have....


We all want to live the life of a man of steady wisdom...the first shloka itself says that we are not supposed to hold on to anything...not only material but no desire must be there for recognition, appreciation, fame etc...


Swami Ranganathananda----“I am not this tiny body mind complex.”...reminding ourselves of our infinite nature..


To remove  desires , one must remember one’s infinite nature. ....


When am I going to reach that state when I am full....that aspiration must be there


What is fullness...Our body is made of 5 elements...It was taking care of 30 crore people many years back...Now it is taking care of 130,crore people....whether it is air, water, earth, fire or space....
Swami Ranganathananda----human being is greater than his possessions...


Swami Ranganathananda---there is something wrong with the asceticism of an ascetic who is not kind to others. JOYOUS ASCETISM IS ONE THING NEEDED...SHANKARA SAYS THE ONE WHO IS HAPPY WITHOUT WEALTH, WITHOUT HELPERS, AND WHO SEES ALL AS EQUALS, IS NO ORDINARY PERSON...THIS GREATNESS IS CALLED SPIRITUAL GREATNESS, ORDINARY GREATNESS CANNOT PRODUCE SUCH GREATNESS...this is the possibility hidden in all of us....


Swami Ranganathananda----the first verse about stitapragna is very encouraging....YOU GIVE UP SMALL THINGS BECAUSE SOMETHING BIG HAS COME TO YOU...YOU REALISE YOUR OWN BIGNESS..


NOTHING CAN ENTISE US..NOTHING CAN ATTRACT US...