by Sri Bmal Mohanty
VOL No. 21
July. 2002

PREPARATIONS FOR SADHANA -Part 2

"Based on the lectures by Sri Bimal Mohanty"

When everything start pointing towards the Bramhan the mind eventually condescends to rest on the thoughts of Bramhan.

One should not feel disheartened when doubts about the Lord claws one's inside. As long as doubts are natural and healthy and not destructive it is a sure sign of a mind that is engaged in a change of character. Some faiths prohibit any criticism of The Lord at all branding them as blasphemy. The greatness of The sanatana philosophy lies in its tolerance rather encouragement to all questions from a doubting mind. Great sages and seers before reaching their state of sansuddhabuddhi , before they acquired clarity of thought, were also full of doubts and questions. Only caution was that ma vidvisavahai- the doubts and questions should never be based on acrimony. "Avoid vain disputing, but exchange views freely" that is the advice given by Sri Aurobindo to all of us.

So far what we have said is that, we have taken a sankalpa in our mind to pursue and acquire truth, we have physically and mentally made ourselves strong for the long journey towards our ultimate goal and we are constantly engaging our mind and intellect in gathering all knowledge from the right sources and thereby achieved a certain stage of clarity of perception about the Bramhan. There remain a few more preparatory steps yet to be taken.

TO BE CONTINUED NEXT - Shraddha, and Samarpan