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In this Satsang, Ma reads and explains sections from Poojya Swamiji’s book-My beloved Baba. In the book, Swamiji writes about his Deeksha (initiation) and his subsequent Sadhana and his close association with his Guru, Baba.

Mundakopanishad speaks about how Shaunaka (a great householder) went to the saint Angiras and sought the knowledge, by which he could attain fulfilment. Reading the text, Swamiji felt that his own transformation in Sadhana was happening because of the association with Baba and the Deeksha given by him. Each utterance of the Upanishad was a support and confirmation of his own direct experience in Sadhana.

The Upanishad says that avoiding inattention (Pramada), the seeker must strive to attain his goal, realization of his own real identity. The only hindrance to attaining the goal is one’s own inattention. Desires, and expectations cause inattention in the mind and the seeker must scrupulously avoid it. If the mind strays away from the goal even slightly, it uncontrollably goes from one object to another.

The Self can be attained when the whole being is purified, and by adherence to truth, austerity, mature wisdom, and celibacy. Ma says that a reader may read the book ‘My beloved Baba’ and admire Swamiji’s diligent and intense Sadhana and the subsequent transformation. But the Sadhana of a seeker must be to read deeply, introspect on it, assess one’s own Sadhana, and follow in Swamiji’s footsteps.

Shlokas chanted in the satsang:
16:31 - प्रणवो धनुः शारो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्म तल्लक्ष्यमुच्यते…. Mundakopanishad 2.2.4
38:37 - लक्ष्यच्युतं चेद्यदि चित्तमीषद्- बहिर्मुखं…. Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 325
55:13 - सत्येन लभ्यस्तपसा ह्येष आत्मा ... Mundakopanishad 3.1.5
58:32 - हिरण्मये परे कोशे विरजं ब्रह्म निष्कलम्… Mundakopanishad 2.2.9

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