Rejoice In The Self

Excerpts from Gurudevs discourse on the Narada Bhakti Sutras

Our body is bound by discipline; some sort of clock binds it. Whether you want it or not, whether you like it or not, your system gets tired at some point of time, wants to sleep at a definite time, is hungry at a definite time, it answers nature - calls at a definite time. Your body is in a certain discipline - as long as you are in this body, on this planet, with people around us.

We need to honour the rules, honour the discipline, honour the rules of that particular place, wherever we are. Here, (Lake Tahoe, Montreal), driving on the right-hand side is the rule. If you go to India or England, it is left-side driving and you have to honour that rule there. Honouring the rules, the Shastras, the scriptures brings you enormous freedom. Freedom sustains love. Love, in turn brings you enormous freedom, the true freedom. Nothing can take away the freedom that love brings you. There is a subtle difference. Be in the world like any body else, like a common, ordinary person. Be one with everyone in the world, in society.

Different rishis, different traditions spoke about this Divine love and its characteristics. But they had different perceptions. The Truth is the same but they saw different characteristics.

Parashara, one of the pioneers of the Vedic tradition, said, “A deep interest in pooja is a sign of Divine love.”