(Succinct precepts of Pujya Saint Shri Asharamji Bapu)


If you wish to develop your personality and influence others, then cultivate these eight virtues. These eight virtues and the ninth health giving ‘sthalbasti’ will further multiply your influence manifold. However ordinary and small a person may be, if he has these virtues then he will become greatly influential.

1. Behave humanely: We should not behave like animals. No falsehood, no deception, no dishonesty, no egotism in behaviour. Behave like human beings. The nature (path) of action is hard to understand. Hence perform such actions which awaken love towards God. Nurture only such thoughts which intensify the desire to know the Supreme Self, who is always with us and near us.

2. Respect other’s feeling of importance also. Others also are endowed with virtues. If you can do anything to bring about their elevation it is good otherwise think of their welfare from within. You may scold them, but for their good.

3. Be cheerful, happy and cordial with all. To remain cheerful and happy breathe in deeply through both nostrils while sitting or lying down. Then exhale through the mouth thinking- “I have exhaled vibes of anxiety, dejection and diseases.” This will enhance good health and cheerfulness. Do this every morning for 10-12 times.

4. Self-restraint: If you save yourself from doing that which should not be done or from eating that which should not be eaten then whatever should be done will start happening on its own.

5. Fix the goal. “I have to attain to my Self, Supreme Self. O unfortunate mind, unfortunate intellect why don’t you try to attain That which is ever attained, sahaj, your innate Self. Without attaining That there is no end to misfortune and after attaining That there remains nothing else yet to be attained. Attain to That.” Make your mind understand this. “I did this… I did that…” just as an elephant when enters quagmire, goes on sinking into it all the more as much as it tries to bring himself out. Similarly when man thinks “Let me do this… Let me do that a little… Let me acquire some estate, let me set this right.” This way the jiva goes on getting further trapped in the quagmire of samsara.
While setting all other things you became upset. What did you get? One blow of death will upset everything. How long will you hanker after that which you have to leave behind in the end. Before death comes to upset everything you set right, better you, You know your immortal nature – Your Real Self, which never dies. If you just reflect and experience your immortal nature, than no miseries, attachments, fears & worries of the world will upset you. Then you’ll remain ever happy, cheerful in the eternal bliss. And you’ll be capable to bring about an all-round development in the lives others to just by your seight and words alone. So, my deer try to achieve such inner happy, inner benefit and inner knowledge. How long will you keep running madly after perishable things of the world which you have leave here only at the tune of death. How long will you avoid disregard and disrespect that which never dies – that’s your Soul, your Higher Inner Self.

6. Feel good for all in your heart and live a frugal life. Do not run after luxuries. Don’t spend much on your personal needs and be engaged in the welfare of others. The ever-present feeling of others benefit, economical life spending less and heart-warming pleasant speech will soon make you darling of others.

7. Restrained entertainment: There should be entertainment and amusement also in life but it should be restrained, moderate and balanced. There must be a limit to entertainment.

8. Your enthusiasm for Self-realization should remain undiminished. Until you attain Self-realization your enthusiasm should never go down. “Why am I not able to attain Self-realization? How should I attain That?” Thus persevere earnestly.
If these eight virtues come in your life then your influence will get increased. Blessed is he/she, blessed is his/her family, blessed are his/her visitors who has cultivated these virtues in his/her life. The kings will make their fortune by bowing their heads before you. Such power lies dormant within you. Even after you leave the world, people will make a promise of worshipping or offering something to you after fulfilment of their desires as they make for in the name of Kabirji, Buddha, Mahavir, Nanak, Dhruv, Prahlad, Shabari, Mira, Lilashah Bapuji and many others. If you cultivate these eight virtues then you will attain God. Moreover thousands and millions of people will follow your footsteps. And sthalbasti, which is taught to you at the time of mantra diksha or initiation, will give a real shape to all these eight virtues or qualities. It’ll multiply your qualities manifold to enhance simplify and uplift your life in every way. It’ll help you in health improvement; personality development, and God-realization in many ways.


Extracted from Discourses of Asharam Bapu Ji , for more discourses like this visit:
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