Spirituality in Life : 2. Swami Krishnananda

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22/04/2020.
(A Message issued on the occasion of Swamiji's 54th Birthday in April, 1976.)
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#“That which is external is also the internal” is also a message of the Chhandogya Upanishad, . 

##The whole cosmos is vibrating within every cell of our personalities. Everything that is everywhere is also within us and is inseparable from us. 

###This was the foundation of the doctrine of God’s supreme perfection given to us by Acharya Sankara also, on the basis of the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavadgita and the Brahma Sutras. 

####Everything we need is in us. Everything required by us for our existence, every movement in evolution towards perfection, is implanted in our being. When we were born we brought with us everything that is necessary for us, and we carry all these necessities with us wherever we move in this world. We cannot be separated from these needs or standing necessities; they are inseparable from our vital existence.
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#This is the spirit of true spirituality. 

*There is the letter of the teachings of spiritual life, and also the spirit of these teachings. The letter of the teaching is what is generally practised by the masses in the world, but the spirit is missed. 

**The letter is easy to understand, but the spirit is difficult to follow. What is the letter of the teaching of spiritual life? 

***What does the letter of religion say? 

##It says: You must love God, you must believe in the existence of God, you must speak the truth, you should be honest in your dealings with your brethren, and you should be living a life of purity, goodness and truthfulness. 

###But the letter of the teaching has been so construed, on account of the very constitution of the human mind, that the life of the spirit, or the life of God, or the life of spiritual aspiration, has been covertly, without one’s knowing what is happening, separated from the day-to-day activities of life, so that we are one thing on the street or in the shop and another thing in the temple or the church. 

####Thus, we have two ideals before us, the ideal for the marketplace and the ideal for the church or the temple. This is the traditional and organised creed of what you may call the churches of religion.

To be continued ....


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