Bøger af Ram Prakash Singhal

"Gita leads us from spiritual infancy to maturity, impulsive irrationality to intelligent rationalism, and agitation to tranquility.'G-OO-D' contains two 'O's between 'G', the God, and 'D', the Devil. First 'O' near 'G' denotes Obeisance to God; and second 'O', near Devil, denotes Obfuscation. Eliminate Obfuscation from life to see God in everything 'Good'.Ego and prejudice are the earplugs that stop us from listening to inner voice of God.Enjoy the 3 D film of life by wearing spectacle of Anaasakti, the indifference.Orthodoxy is the peel of a banana whose pulp is Dharm. We shouldn't set foot on the peel and slip into gutter but relish soul-nourishing pulp.Our senses must follow our commands like the 'Genie' of Aladdin's lamp.The best batsman defends his wicket by driving every ball to boundary but the less skilled runs to score; and the least skilled is bowled out.Dharm appears as the ferocious tiger Richard Parker in the film 'Life of Pi'. Initially Pi struggles to save himself from tiger; then it suddenly dawns on him that the tiger is an indispensible anchor of his life in the boat. His simple attitudinal change saves the beast and himself."

"Yog Vaashishth: 'Action and knowledge are two wings of bird that must flutter in harmony to reach the horizon of liberation.'A practiser controls his Indriys as a dog controls his wagging tail; otherwise, the tail may start wagging the dog.Achieving personal liberation is not the finale of Gita; fulfilling duties is also important.God is the beneficiary of all good works as the government receives all taxes.Mountaineers practise regulated breathing. Similarly, Krishn teaches Praanaayaam to enable practisers to climb upwards in the rarefied atmosphere of spirituality.Equality is the Acropolis where different streets of Yogic practices converge.Attaining Yog through meditation is like operating a bank locker. Its customer, the meditator, holds the first key of relentless practice. Banker, the God, applies His key and opens the locker only after the customer applies his key properly.An expert tennis player practises same shot repeatedly to make his muscles memorize it, and respond accurately in real play. A Yogee should similarly keep his body, mind and soul fit.A spark ignites a firecracker that causes more fireworks. Similarly, every spark of Sakaam Karm generates a chain of reactions. We must extinguish such sparks with water of self-control."

"Our heart should be like a plain mirror that reflects true images of objects before it, but retains no trace thereafter. It shouldn't be like a CCTV camera that promptly catches and stores images of every object passing before it. An expert farmer never lets weeds grow in his farm. "Be friendly to everyone riding with you in the same boat, In waters supple, calm, placid, and breeze cool, fragrant, But choose only the best ones from them who shall notDesert you in stormy winds and waters highly turbulent". Jnaan is the head of Gita, Karm its limbs, and Bhakti is its heart. When actions of limbs synchronize with knowledge of head and harmonize with the spirit of heart, the grand fusion of Samagr Yog takes place. A pole-vaulter hinges his entire energy on the pole to lift him higher than the horizontal bar in order to cross over. On attaining desired height, he leaves the pole and concentrates on crossing the bar. Similarly, a Gunaateet must use Sattv Gun like a pole only to lift him up spiritually, and leave it upon reaching requisite height to cross over the bar of the world. Sattv is his pole, not the goal."