Purity of Mind

Poojya Swamiji says that the mind is of 2 types – pure and impure. The same mind becomes pure and impure.

The excessive attachment to the sensory objects of the world leading to sensory enjoyments conduces to bondage. The mind keeps struggling and cannot be contented and quiet. When the mind is free from their stranglehold, then it is said to be free.

How to make the mind pure? A seeker must focus on removing the impurity and restoring purity. Contentment and joy as much as sorrow belong only to the mind, as they are experiences produced by the mind.

Swamiji elaborates that the mind, intelligence and ego get purified by beautiful narrations like the Srimad Bhagavatam, listening to these holy stories, chanting the names of God. To the extent we are purified, to the same degree we are able to perceive the self.

Shlokas chanted in the Track:

मन एव मनुष्याणां कारणं बन्धमोक्षयोः ।
बन्धाय विषयासक्तं मुक्तं निर्विषयं स्मृतम् ।।
Amritabindu Upanishad 2

मनो हि द्विविधं प्रोक्तं शुद्धं चाशुद्धमेव च ।
अशुद्धं कामसङ्कल्पं शुद्धं कामविवर्जितम् ।।
Amritabindu Upanishad 1

क्षणार्धमपि केशव त्यक्तुं समुत्सहे नाथ
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.6.43

यथा यथात्मा परिमृज्यतेऽसौ मत्पुण्यगाथाश्रवणाभिधानैः ।
तथा तथा पश्यति वस्तु सूक्ष्मं चक्षुर्यथैवाञ्जनसम्प्रयुक्तम् ।।
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.26

PR 18 Jan 2017