Week 52 Month : December
Saraswati is one of the highest
traditions. It was assigned the duty of
preserving and continuing the
propagation of knowledge so that it
could be utilized by future
generations.
As sannyasins of the Saraswati
order it is our responsibility to
understand and absorb the many
different sciences and systems
existing in the world realizing the
link between them and expressing
them according to the needs of society.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
( 知識を整理，継承し，次の世代，社会
の必要に応じること． そのために
多くの科学，システムを理解吸収し
その間の関係を築き，社会の求めに
応じること． 意訳 by H．T．）
Week 1 Month : January
In the process of evolution not only
of individuals but of the whole
cosmos there is a very deep harmony
underlying each and every object. In
order to give the experience of the
harmony of the spirit behind matter
and universe Guru comes or
manifests.
The mere fact that we have
accepted somebody as our Guru
represents our commitment towards
him or her and our conviction that
they can help us evolve and reach the
point of realization.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
( 一人の個人，さらに森羅万象の成長の
背後には，全ての要素の間の精妙な
響き合いが潜んでいる． この，響き合い
を体得せんと求める者に，自ずから
Guruは訪れる． 意訳 by H．T．）
Week 2 Month : January
Receiving diksha is just the first
stage in spiritual life. Afterwards the
inner link between the Guru and
disciple must be strengthened and tempered.
As we move from one stage of life
into another, the presence and
concept of Guru grows within us.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 3 Month : January
Guru is one who can guide the
individual only according to his or
her state of evolution.
Guru can pick up what we are
experiencing at present and his
teaching or transmisson is according
to what we can absorb.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 4 Month : January
Faith begins in the relationship that
the disciple has with the Guru. Faith
in the Guru becomes the first step.
Humbleness, simplicity, awareness
of higher realities and surrendering
oneself to the Supreme Energy, this
is the final destination of faith.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 5 Month : Feburary
Concentration becomes a tool to
attain faith and the intensity of faith
is experienced in the state of
surrender.
Through concentration on an
external object like Guru or an idea
such as God, we can ultimately
awaken the faith which lead us to
surrender.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 6 Month : Feburary
Surrender pulls the mind away from
gross experiences and links it to the
divine experience.
When you love somebody and your
heart goes out to that person there is
no thinking, no rationality. You
want to please that person in every
way possible. You want to offer that
person everything within your
capabilities.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 7 Month : Feburary
Bhakti is a very deep internal
feeling of having found the missing
link in life, the support or basis of
our existence.
Bhakti is intensity of
communication, relationship and
emotion.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 8 Month : Feburary
In Bhakti there is no intellect and if
we have that feeling for the Guru
then automatically a transformation
takes place. We are shaping our
mind according to the personality of
the Guru.
The identity of our energy with the
energy of the Guru is probably the
ultimate ambition of every true
disciple to become one, to feel the
same, to believe the same, to be the
same as the Guru in total oneness.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 9 Month : March
If I see myself in you and I feel you
in myself then whom do I love ? This
is the concept of unconditioned love.
In love there is only a one-track
mind. There is no other idea in the
mind.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 10 Month : March
Duality has to be given up and the
concept of unity has to be achieved.
To achieve mastery over anything,
to eliminate the pairs of oppsites,
the only way is to practice and
practice and practice.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 11 Month : March
You are given a vechicle. The
vechicle is sadhana and it depends on
whether you go in first gear or fourth
gear. It should be your inner
motivation, your inner drive that will
carry you forward.
Without sadhana nothing is
obtainable in spiritual life.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 12 Month : March
Trying to bring out the best that is
within us is having faith in ourselves.
If you want to improve yourself
and become creative, happy, satisfied
and successful in life take every
single moment of life as a form of
sadhana.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 13 Month : March
Yoga transforms us subtly through
greater awareness of our day to day
activities, adding a new dimension to
even mundane things like eating,
talking, fighting, sleeping, working,
walking, pain, pleasure, everything.
Asana and pranayama are not the
beginning of Yoga. But awareness in
every action combining body, mind
and spirit is.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 14 Month : April
The time that you will be devoting
to the practice of Yoga does not
mean that you will be ``snatching''
good time away from your life. On
the contrary, you will be adding
hours of blissful health and
enjoyment to your life every day.
In the tradition of Yoga in order to
create a balance between mental
experience and the association of the
mind with the external environment,
the practice of Karma Yoga has been
prescribed.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 15 Month : April
In Yoga we emphasize the practice
of external Karma Yoga. Later on
this feeling which we gain outside is
transferred inside into the mind so
that your sadhana can give better
results and help channel the
conflicting energies which come due
to the attachments.
In one simple sentence the
elimination of ego takes place with
the practice of Karma Yoga.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 16 Month : April
When we practise antar mouna,
when we observe the thoughts, we
find a link and try to go deeper. This
is mental Karma Yoga.
Practice antar mouna for mental
``spring clean''.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 17 Month : April
There are many in us of which
we are totally unaware and these
parts have to be brought out.
Examine each of your attitudes,
idea and concepts. Throw out what
is old, useless, negative or unhealthy.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 18 Month : May
Regarding our desires -- we must
accept them. You have to have
desires in order to have a progressive
mind. For the evolution of awareness
conflict is necessary.
Witness yourself in every situation,
both agreeable and non-agreeable.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 19 Month : May
In the yogic way of life, one learns
to face both the pleasurable and the
unpleasurable events with the same
detachment.
Painful events are to be utilised to
develop greater inner strength.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 20 Month : May
Check your bearings in all
situations. Take an objective view.
Stand back from your thoughts and
actions and those of others.
from KARPA TARU,
sayings of Paramahamsa Niranjananda
Week 21 Month : May
You should observe yourself and
you should always try to improve
whatever you do.
Through the practice of meditation,