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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM
great? I will be a fool to say so. But, is He my Means? Surely not. The greatness of Swamy Vivekananda is just unquestioned. His service to mankind is unquestioned. We love him, we adore him, we worship him but he is not the ‘Means’. This much of clarity you should have.
If you don’t have this clarity you are in real troubles. If you read ‘Ramana’ you definitely feel enlightened. If you read ‘Aurobindo’ surely you feel enlightened. If you read ‘Sivananda’ you will be enlightened, if you go and hear ‘Chinmayananda’ you feel happy. There are people who felt happy with ‘Rajneesh’. I have nothing against them. By all means see what is good in others, but follow your Master, follow the proper Master. Follow that Master who takes you to the ultimate. He speaks beautifully sir, I will go and sit in that class, do by all means. If you want to go and spend your time there you can go but then guard yourself against the human weakness, to conform. Once you start seeing others, you start following them also, consciously or unconsciously. That is where ‘Gita’ becomes very very relevant where it is clearly stated “Ananyaschintayoman” The Lord says ... “You
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