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MESSAGE Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the World has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth. Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit. Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action- Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake. *India is celebrating the Golden Jubilee of its Independence this Year. It is a happy coincidence that this year happens to be the fiftieth birthday of Swami Sundara Chaitanyanandaji also. On this auspicious occasion. we can recall India's immortal message, which has come down to us from time immemorial, through the corridor of time, down scores of centuries. loud and clear, for all humanity, not confined to any particular clime or any specific time. That message of Sanatanadharma is KNOW THYSELF. It has come down to us from the Himalayan heights, echoing and reechoing from peak to peak, and reached humanity everywhere. Swami Vivekananda gave his clarion call at the Parliament of Religions, held in 1893 in Chicago, by quoting from the Shvetashvatara Upanishad, the words of the Rishi: 'May the sons of Immortal Bliss hearken to me even they who occupy celestial regions!... I have realized this great Being who shines effulgent like the sun beyond all darkness. One passes beyond death only on realizing Him. There is no other way of escape from the circle of births and deaths." Let us strive to attain that Self-realization by detachment to all these glamorous trinkets and trumperies of the world; by discrimination between the eternal and the ephemeral; by dispassion towards all that is attractive in this short human life; and by devotion to the ever-present Self, which is the divine spark in every one, without any distinction of caste or community, race or religion, man or woman. May the Lord Almighty bring peace and happiness to all. Swami Ananyananda Ramakrishna Math Body? OR Almighty Much as you love your daughter, one day you have to marry her off and part. Much as you would like to keep your body, oneday it must, mingle with dust. Now think, where do you put your mind? In the body, or in the Almighty? -Swamy Sundara Chaitanyananda God is an Ocean of Love Devotee is an embodiment of Love Devotion is an exalted form of Love Love sees no differences Love has no malice Love is beyond dualities and distinctions. -Swamy Sundara Chaitanyananda Snug As a Bug in a Rug During Brahma muhurtam you pull the rug over your face, tuck it under your feet and lie curled up snugly in your bed. Do you ever jump out of bed the moment you are awake, take a bath and sit for meditation? -Swamy Sundara Chaitanyananda Words without love do not sound sweet worship without devotion does not move God Service without sacrifice does not bear fruit. -Swamy Sundara Chaitanyananda He who believes in God never fails. Let the world hate you, harass you, discredit you and despise you. As long as you have faith in God. Victory is yours. This is true, true. ever so true. -Swamy Sundara Chaitanyananda Without being connected to the main switch can a bulb give you light? Without having associated himself with God can your Guru light up your life? -Swamy Sundara Chaitanyananda Now a days we are all buzzing around with activity doing voluntary services to social, spiritual and cultural organi- zations. But have these activities helped us to evolve mentally, morally, and spiritually? Service sans spiritual and moral Values can never be complete. -Swamy Sundara Chaitanyananda Sweet Bitter? or Bitter Sweet None likes the bitter tablet All love the sweet chacolate Lust is bad like the sweet to a patient While Love is good like the tablet. -Swamy Sundara Chaitanyananda Remember, that it is God that gives you and God that takes from you. If you live with this kind of attitude you will neither love those who give you nor hate those who take from you. Swami Sundara Chaitanyananda You can get pearls only if you dive deep into the sea. What you find on the sea shore are only snail shells. There is noth- ing in the world outside except darkness and duality. Turn your mind inwards. The real treasure lies there in. Swami Sundara Chaitanyananda A saint does not wish that his present pattern of life must be different nor does he try to change the existing scheme of things around him. He examines the pros and cons of every situation and accepts the inevitable. It is not that the saint is insensible to pain and pleasure. Though experiencing them he remains unruffled by them and steadfast in his wisdom. -Swamy Sundara Chaitanyananda The boat of life sails for Godhead The wind of His grace ever blows But the sails have not been raised And His grace silently passes by -Swamy Sundara Chaitanyananda So long as God's grace does not fall on you, you will not know its greatness. And when His grace falls on you, you will ask your- self, "Do I deserve His Love?". God's grace is not the result of your effort or the reward for your endeavours. It is a proof of His infinite love for His children. Swami Sundara Chaitanyananda The richest among us is he who wants nothing. A Viragi's life is therefore, the grandest of all. He sleeps in a bower with the green foliage shading him, the blooming branches fanning him, the flower-laden trees waiting on him and the birds singing him a lullaby. SWAMI SUNDARA CHAITANYANANDA