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Longing
Longing refers to a profound emotional and spiritual yearning across world traditions. Traditions converge in recognizing longing as a fundamental human experience. They diverge in interpreting its purpose and resolution.
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As long as this earth remains stable, with rivers flowing and mountains standing, the great Ramayana will endure.
If one wishes to live a hundred years on this earth, they should live while performing actions, for as long as one lives, there is no alternative to this by which actions will not cling to them.
Weep for God with a heart full of longing. The tears you shed for Him will wash away the impurities, and only then will you be drawn to the divine magnet, allowing you to attain yoga.
God's grace is the ultimate help. You may try thousands of times, but nothing can be achieved without God's grace. One cannot see God without His grace. It's not easy to receive God's grace; one must renounce egotism completely, as one cannot see God as long as they feel they are the doer.
You can't achieve this as long as you have even a hint of worldliness.
As you have described yourself, Supreme Lord, so it is. I wish to see your lordly form, Supreme Person.
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर | द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ||११-३||
Tell me again in detail, Janardana, of your yoga and your manifestation; for I am not sated hearing your nectar-like words.
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन | भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ||१०-१८||
You will need to struggle for a long time with patience and perseverance to achieve this. For a seeker with unwavering determination and unshakeable resolve, nothing is impossible.
Whether one receives much or little, or nothing at all, one should always partake of whatever comes with a contented heart and free of craving.
लब्धं वाऽथ न लब्धं वा स्वल्पं वा बहुलं तथा । निष्कामेनैव भोक्तव्यं सदा संतुष्टचेतसा
O Great Goddess, whoever slanders the Guru even after hearing all this will dwell in dreadful suffering for as long as the sun and moon endure.
एवं श्रुत्वा महादेवि गुरुनिन्दां करोति यः । स याति नरकं घोरं यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ
Abandon attachment to one's own social station, caste, desire for fame, and the urge to accumulate — relinquishing all this, let the mind rest on nothing but the Guru.
स्वाश्रमं च स्वजातिं च स्वकीर्तिपुष्टिवर्धनम् । एतत्सर्वं परित्यज्य गुरोरन्यन्न भावयेत्
O beautiful-faced One, now I shall describe the places suitable for recitation done with a specific desire: at the seashore, on the bank of a river, or in a temple of Viṣṇu or Śiva.
अथ काम्यजपे स्थानं कथयामि वरानने । सागरे वा सरित्तीरेऽथवा हरिहरालये
O fair-faced one, those liberated at the level of piṇḍa are free, those freed at pada are free, those freed at rūpa are free — but those who are liberated beyond rūpa are truly free, without a doubt.
पिण्डे मुक्ता पदे मुक्ता रूपे मुक्ता वरानने । रूपातीते तु ये मुक्तास्ते मुक्ता नात्र संशयः
Initially, the psychic being can only exert a hidden, partial, and indirect influence through the mind, life, and body, as these aspects of nature need to be developed into instruments for its self-expression. As a result, it remains confined by their development for a long time.
With constant and deep meditation on the Atman, you can go beyond the mind and reach a state where opposites no longer exist, where you'll find supreme peace and ultimate knowledge.
It increases longevity, health, prosperity, sons, and grandsons. A widow who recites it without selfish desire attains liberation.
आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यपुत्रपौत्रप्रवर्धनम् । अकामतः स्त्री विधवा जपान्मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
Beyond what has never been known before, I am eternal, self-luminous, and free from all affliction; spotless, infinite as the supreme sky, immovable, blissful, and imperishable.
अपूर्वाणां परं नित्यं स्वयंज्योतिर्निरामयम् । विरजं परमाकाशं ध्रुवमानन्दमव्ययम्
The trivial preoccupations of daily life are not enough for man; wisdom too is a native hunger.
The beginning of love is search, but the end is rest: water flows in the river-bed, but when it reaches the ocean it ceases to flow and changes its taste.