Saturday, December 5, 2020

PURIFICATION


An uncut gem excavated from a mine will not attain brilliance unless it is cut and polished. Similarly, the true tapas, the sadhana that a sadhaka performs, will not shine except by the ordeals which are the obstacles to it.
- Guru Vachaka Kovai v 619
Question: How is it that so much suffering comes to people who behave virtuously?
Bhagavan: It is good if suffering comes to devotees. The dhobi [washer man], when washing clothes, beats them hard against a rock. But he does so only to remove the dirt from the clothes. Similarly, all sufferings are given for the sole purpose of purifying the mind of the devotee. If we are patient, happiness will follow.
- Living by the Words of Bhagavan, p. 238



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