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Maitri Bhavna

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What is the reason behind the adhitthana sittings (sitting for one hour with strong determination not to change posture or open the eyes).

Que : What is the reason behind the adhitthana sittings (sitting for one hour with strong determination not to change posture or open the eyes).

Guruji : You are training to learn equanimity even in severe pain. So you are passing through this torture so that you can learn how to be equanimous, as a training to deal with the painful, difficult situations in life where you cannot do anything, but have to face it.

During adhitthana sitting, even if you have equanimity for a few moments, or even one moment, that moment is so powerful it cuts so much of impurity in you.

So adhitthana sitting is not just for the sake of torture.

Que : Is everything in this life predetermined?

Que :  Is everything in this life predetermined?

Guruji :  Well, certainly our past actions will give fruit, good or bad.

They will determine the type of life we have,
the general situation in which we find ourselves.

But that does not mean that whatever happens to us is predestined, or dained by our past actions, and that nothing else can happen.

That is not the case.

Our past actions influence the flow of our life, directing it toward pleasant or unpleasant experiences.

But present actions are equally important.

Nature has given us the ability to become masters of our present actions.

With that mastery, we can change our future.

ANNAPANA

संसार में तीन प्रकार के व्यक्ति होते हैं--

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संसार में तीन प्रकार के व्यक्ति होते हैं--
1- पत्थर पर खिंची रेखा के समान- ऐसे व्यक्ति प्रायः क्रुद्ध हो जाते हैं, और उनका क्रोध भी चिरकाल तक बना रहता है।
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2-पृथ्वी पर खिंची रेखा के समान- ऐसा व्यक्ति भी प्रायः क्रुद्ध हो जाता है पर उसका क्रोध चिरकाल तक नही बना रहता है।
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3--पानी पर खिंची रेखा के सामान- ऐसा व्यक्ति कड़वा, कठोर बोला जाने पर भी अपने आप से जुड़ा रहता है, सदा प्रसन्न रहता है।