Comments of Swami Chinmayanda:
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The qualities that are necessary for an individual to be assured of the
Knowledge-Divine are being enumerated here as vividly as from the leaf of a
Science text-book. Three great qualities have been indicated and to
understand them is to understand why the so-called seekers, in spite of
their claims to sincere self-application, do not actually reach anywhere
near the ladder of development. Faith, devotion, and self-control are the
three imperative necessities to be acquired ere we can hope to evolve to the
diviner stature from our present mortal encumbrances. But these three words
are more often misunderstood than rightly evaluated.
Knowledge-Divine are being enumerated here as vividly as from the leaf of a
Science text-book. Three great qualities have been indicated and to
understand them is to understand why the so-called seekers, in spite of
their claims to sincere self-application, do not actually reach anywhere
near the ladder of development. Faith, devotion, and self-control are the
three imperative necessities to be acquired ere we can hope to evolve to the
diviner stature from our present mortal encumbrances. But these three words
are more often misunderstood than rightly evaluated.
FAITH (Shraddha) --- Exploiters of religions have been making capital out of
repeating this word as their safest excuse for all problems spiritual, to
clear which devotees may approach these men who pose themselves as guides in
religion. Invariably, we find that the ordinary devotees are completely
rendered, sometimes fanatical and often poorer, in their intellectual and
mental growth, because of the unintelligent insistence of Shraddha translated
as "blind faith and unquestioned acceptance of any declaration said to be
divine."
repeating this word as their safest excuse for all problems spiritual, to
clear which devotees may approach these men who pose themselves as guides in
religion. Invariably, we find that the ordinary devotees are completely
rendered, sometimes fanatical and often poorer, in their intellectual and
mental growth, because of the unintelligent insistence of Shraddha translated
as "blind faith and unquestioned acceptance of any declaration said to be
divine."
Shankara tolls the death-knell of this misunderstanding when he explains
Shraddha as "that by which an individual readily understands the exact
import of the scriptural text as well as the pregnant words of advice of the
preceptor."
Shraddha as "that by which an individual readily understands the exact
import of the scriptural text as well as the pregnant words of advice of the
preceptor."
DEVOTED TO IT (Tatparah) --- Whatever be the 'path' of divine
self-development that he may be following, it is an unavoidable necessity
that the seeker must give his undivided attention to it, and must, on all
occasions, maintain in his mind a continuous consciousness of the Divine. A
mere intellectual study of the scriptures will not help us in purifying and
shaping our "within' to the glorious Beauty of the Divine. It is necessary
that we must pour out our mind and intellect into the scheme of living that
the Upanishads advise.Bhagavadgita: Qualities that are necassary to obtain Knowledge - Bhagavadgitaself-development that he may be following, it is an unavoidable necessity
that the seeker must give his undivided attention to it, and must, on all
occasions, maintain in his mind a continuous consciousness of the Divine. A
mere intellectual study of the scriptures will not help us in purifying and
shaping our "within' to the glorious Beauty of the Divine. It is necessary
that we must pour out our mind and intellect into the scheme of living that
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